Capital Campaign Contributors
In December 2015, the Duluth Cross-Country Ski Club launched a bold, multi-year capital campaign. The goal: to realize the vision of Duluth as a regional and national cross-country ski destination that consistently provides a high-quality ski experience to locals and visitors alike. This was a critical juncture for investing in the future of outdoor recreation in Duluth, including Nordic skiing!
DXC’s Board strategized with community members and leaders about how best to preserve and grow the culture of cross-country skiing in Duluth going forward. As a result, three primary initiatives have came into focus:
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Advancing the City of Duluth Cross-Country Ski Trails Master Plan
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Restoring the Lester-Amity Chalet
Click the links above to learn about where each of these projects stand and future plans.
Below is a list of major contributors to the campaign. Thank you all for your dedication, determination, and passion for Nordic skiing in Duluth!
Capital Campaign Committee:
Cory Salmela, Committee Chair
David Arvold
Bruce Derauf
Marty Espe
Dave Johnson
Scott Neustel
LEGACY
$20,000+
DAVID & JUDITH ARVOLD
$60,000
JOHN TORMONDSEN
$50,000
SONJA BAERTSCH
$25,000 ($10k donated, $15k pledged)
WES NEUSTEL FAMILY
$20,000
COLLEGE OF ST. SCHOLASTICA
$20,000
LOLL DESIGNS
$20,000
FOUNDER
$10,000+
ANDREW & MEGAN BAERTSCH
JOHN & NANCY BERGSTROM
CONTINENTAL SKI & BIKE
BRUCE & JUDY DERAUF
ENERGY PLUS
ERICKA & MARTY ESPE
SHERRI KOSKI ROSE,
STEPHANIE KOSKI STROTHER, & STACEY KOSKI MORTENSEN
(in honor of their mother,
Sharla Ann Koski)
LAKEWALK SURGERY CENTER
LLOYD K. JOHNSON FOUNDATION
CORY & KARA SALMELA
SALOMON
SKI HUT
PLATINUM
$5,000+
NIKOLAI ANIKIN
NILS & LISA ARVOLD
ZACH & KATE BERESFORD
CHRIS & AMY CARLSON
ERIC & SHELLEY CHANDLER
DULUTH VETERINARY HOSPITAL
ESSENTIA HEALTH
FISCHER SKIS
JOANN HANOWSKI
CURTIS & MELISSA NAJARIAN
KATHERINE & TIM RUBIN
DAVID & GLADYS SALMELA
MATT SCHILLER & BETSY SCHWARTZ
STEVE & KAREN SCHUDER
ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL
SWIX
ANONYMOUS DONOR
GOLD
$2,500+
MARY & JOHN ANDERSON
SUZANNE & WALLY AVELLO
BEERSKI, LLC
MARK & SHERRY BOYCE
JULIE & CRAIG BROWN
PETER COENEN
DULUTH NORDIC SKI CLUB
STEVE & KATIE EYER
GREG FANGEL & LIZ WAGNER
CASEY KNUTSON CARBERT
ANN & STEVE HARRINGTON
PATTI & GORDON HARVIEUX
TERA HASBARGEN
SUE & BRUCE HENKE
DOUG HOFFMAN & JEN PEARSON
JOHN IPSEN & KRIS WEGERSON
DAVE & ELIZABETH JOHNSON
DAVE & HOLLY JORDE
JASON KASK
THE K FOUNDATION
KORKKI NORDIC
JEANNE LAMB, MARK & ASHLEY HERMAN
GARY LARSON
LISE LUNGE-LARSON & STEVE
KUROSS
KRISTIN LUSIAN & MIKE SALINE
MAURICES
NORTH SHORE BANK
KRIS OSTHUS & DEBORAH SAH
ANNALISA & PETER PETERSON
SUSAN RELF
CHAD & MIMMU SALMELA
KIM & STEVE SQUILLACE
TODD STRUCKMAN & SUSANNA
GAUNT
AIMEE & JEFFREY VAN STRAATEN
ERIC & ELIZABETH VIKEN
PAUL & MARY WINDBERG
GEOFFREY & GUDRUN WITRAK
ANONYMOUS PARENTS OF FORMER
DULUTH AREA SKIERS
SILVER
$1,000+
JIM ALLEN & CLAUDIA FRENCH
FRITZ ANDERSON & STINA LAPAUGH
SUSANNE & JOHAN BAKKEN
NICOLE & JOHAN BAKKEN
DANIEL BEHRENS
BENT PADDLE
BETH BERNHARDT & MARTIN BEVIS
CARRIE & MATTHEW BETTENDORF
JOSEPH & TEJA BETTENDORF
BRIAN & KRISTEN BICH
RHETT BONNER & LAURIE ANDERSON
TJAARD BREEUWER
PATTY BUGLIOSI & ANDREW THOMPSON
SUZI CABO
JESSE COENEN
BEN CROFT
DEB DELUCA & ERIC DOTT
LEAH & JERE GRUHN
FOSTER, JACOBS & JOHNSON, INC.
TIMOTHY HAGLEY
GARY & KARI HEDIN
THE HOEG FAMILY FUND OF THE
MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION
DAVID KASK & BONNIE FULLER-KASK
DAVID KIRBY & ANNE WHITWORTH
SARA & SCOTT KYLANDER JOHNSON
KRIS & CHRISTINE LARSON
DONALD LEMMERMAN (in memory of
Sharla Koski)
LOUISE & MORRIS LEVY (in honor of
Myers-Wilkins students)
STEVEN & CATHERINE LONG
DAN & MEGAN MAKI
DAWN & SHAWN MILLER
JOE & MARY MOREHOUSE
CARRIE & JOHN MORRISON
SARA & TIM MORSE
BEN & RACHEL NELSON
BRAD NELSON
MARY BETH NEVERS & JON TOFTE
AMY & PAUL OLDENBURG
MARK & CHRISTINE OSTHUS
JUSTIN PINETTE
HEATHER PITSCHKA
VIOLET & ELLIS REED
KEN & CAROLYN RIPP
PHILIP & KELLY ROGERS
JONATHAN & NANCY ROVA
CARRIE & MATT RYAN
TIMOTHY SIEH
BRENT SMITH
MARK STENHAMMER
JON & SHAWNEE STEPHENSON
AMANDA & LUKE STOLTZFUS
ADAM SWANK
JOSH & KATE TESCH
ANN & KEVIN TREACY
RICK & BONNIE TUCKER
ANDRE WATT & JANNA RADTKE
UNITED AIRLINES VOLUNTEER IMPACT GRANT
WOODENSKIS.COM (in honor of Charlie
Banks)
ANONYMOUS
ANONYMOUS
ANONYMOUS
ANONYMOUS
COPPER
$100+
DICK ADAMS
BRIAN ALLEN
ROSS ANDERSON & CARIN SKOOG
SCOTT & PAULA ANDERSON
TODD ARMBRUSTER
AUER STEEL
SARA BALDWIN
GARY BLACK & CELESTE CURLEY-BLACK
ERIK BLOW
JULIE & CRAIG BROWN
DINA & MICHAEL CLABAUGH
CLOQUET HIGH SCHOOL
COBBLESTONE CABINS
LYNNE CECIL
AUDREY & BRADLEY CYR
DEB & CLAY DIGGINS
LESLIE & DANIEL ENDER
KATIE FAST
BRIAN FITZGERALD
NICOLE FLEMING
FRANK & MARLO GANGI
ELLIE GARBERICH
JANE GILBERT-HOWARD
SARAH & RYAN GRENBERG
LINDA HAGEN
JON HALVERTSON
HAPPY SLEEPER
ROGER HARTLEY
MICHAEL HAUKAAS
JON HAVERSEN
LARRY HEINIS
EVE & ERIC HESSLER
DUSTIN HOLDEN
SARA HOLLINGSWORTH
WILLIAM & ANNE HOWARD
DECLAN HUTCHINSON
DREW IMES
BRAD & MARY JOHNSON
CHERI & KEITH JOHNSON
HANSI JOHNSON
KELSEY JONES-CASEY
PAUL JONES
PASHA KAHN
MARK KNUTSON & ELIZABETH STORAASLI
MIKE KOKOTOVICH
TIM & JACEY KUFAHL
BOBBIE LARSON
MARTHA LARSON
JOHN LEWIS, WESTERN BANK
PAT MELBY
DAN MOLINE & CARRIE RUST-MOLINE
RICHARD MORSE
CHRISTINE NORDAL
GLORIA PICHE & DAVID HUTCHINSON
ANGELA QSON
GRETCHEN RANSOM
KRISTIN & ERIK RIKER-COLEMAN
JULES ROAZEN
ALLISON ROBINSON & TRAVIS RAINS
KATHERINE RUBIN
THERON SALMELA
BETTY SANTA
JOE SCHNEEWEISS
JAMES SHOBERG
GLEN SORENSON
JEFFREY & KARI SPEER
MARY JANE SORENSON
ROBERT STEFFES
ELLEN STEPHAN
SHANNON & MICHAEL STEVENSON
MARTY TABOR
JOSEPH & KATHLEEN THIBAULT
SCOTT THOMPSON
AARON TOWNER
JAMES & EMILY VOS
JAMES WHEELER
TRENT WICKMAN
STEVE WILSON & MARY SHEDD
SCOTT WOLFF
KEVIN & KATELYN WOOD
TONY & SHARON YUNG
BRIAN & MELISSA ZUCK
SUPPORTER
Up to $100
WALLACE ALEXANDER
BEN ANDERSON
CHARLES ANDERSON
JESSE ANDERSON
KAREN ANWAY (in honor of
her father)
RICHARD AXLER
REBECCA & DAVID BARTOL
DOMINIC BACIGALUPO
BRUCE BAUER
BENEVITY COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND
KERRY BOGENREIF
JOEL BRANSKY
CARLA BRINK
SEAN COPELAND
AARON & SARAH CROWELL
JORDAN & LAURA DAHL
ANNA DEHLER
PATRICIA DOWNS
MARK DUNAGAN
BRAD EDGERTON
PETER & POLLY EDMUNDS
DEANNA ERICKSON
MARK ESKOLA
DUANE FORBORT
BRYAN & VICKEY FRENCH
JAMES & VIVIAN GANGL
DANIEL GJERTSON
DANIEL GOLDFARB
FRANK & LINDA HANSON
KARA & MIKE HANSON
DAVID HARMANN
BARBARA HEMENWAY &
CHARLES ROUNDS
DENNIS & LINDA HENKEL
GEORGE & JANE HOVLAND
BILL HUMES
LAMBERT & DONNA KESSEL
LUCAS KRAMER
LENORE LAMPI
PETER LANDE
JENNIFER LIEN
ANN & MATT LIND
JOEL LONGTINE
ANJA, YVETTE, & ARNE MAIJALA
LESLIE MCFADDEN
SKEETER MOORE
SONDRA MOWERS
JASON MOZOL
MARGIE NELSON
MARK NYHOLM
JENA BERRYMAN OGSTON
AMBER OOLEY
JOE OSTAZESKI
TYLER PETERSON
JACKIE PRIBYL
PAUL & CARLA RANELLI
JULIE REICHHOFF
KAI SALMELA
KENNETH SALZBURG
DOUGLAS SCOTT
ANTHONY SQUILLACE
REID SMITH & KRISTEN FRANCIS
LYNNETTE STEEN
LEE STUART
DANNY TANNER
ALENA TOFTE
TIM TRAYNOR
TED & JEANNE URBAN
EM WESTERLUND
RUTH WESTRA
CHARLES WOLFE & DEBORAH RALSTON
KATHERINE ZUPAN
BRONZE
$500+
PETER AAS
TIMOTHY ANDREW
VIRGINIA ARVOLD & JOHN DICK
GREG & LAURIE ASH
LOGAN & ADRIANNE BAIER
BJORN BAKKEN
MARLENE BANTTARI
NILES & PATTY BATDORF
BECKETT BERNING
MEHGAN & ROBERT BLAIR
LISA BODINE & JEREMY HARALA
KEN & JOAN URSA-BORCHERT
DOUG & HOLLY BOWEN-BAILEY
VIRGINIA BREIDENBACH
ARVID BREKKE
ANDREW BROADMOORE
JULIE & CRAIG BROWN
ELIZABETH BUFFINGTON
TIM & VALERIE BURKE
JAY & CINDI BUTCHER
TODD CAMPBELL & SUE WEGENER
MARK & SARA CHMIELEWSKI
ANTHONY & BRENDA CIARDELLI
MICHAEL & DIANE COCHRAN
BENJAMIN COGGER
SAM & PHYLLIS COOK
JEFFREY COREY & MICHELE FLATEAU
XAN COURVILLE & BRENDAN BROOKS
MICHAEL CRANSTON
JAKE DALBERG
JAMES & SUSAN DENNEY
MICK DODDS
MICHELE DRESSEL
JOE EHLERS & SARAH NELSON
ERIN ENDSLEY & JOHN SAGER
MATTI & KAITLIN ERPESTAD
TJ ESTABROOK
JIM & SHERYL FILBY WILLIAMS
BILL FISHER
CINDY & JOHN FOCHS
ROBERT FOX
BARBARA GADDIE
JUDY GIBBS
DAN GLIZINSKI
ANITA & MARK GOELLNER
NONA GOERTZ
MIKE GOETTEL & SARA ZIMMER
PETER GOOD
KAREN & RICHARD GRAN
CINDY & STEVE GRINDY
JOE & AMY HAGGENMILLER
ERIC & SARAH HANHAN
WILLIAM & PATRICIA HARWELL
ERIC HEDMAN
MIKE & SHIRLEEN HIEB
KIM & TOM HEINITZ
SARA & JON HENDRICKSON
ERICA HENKEL
MICHAEL HILLMEYER
CONRAD & SUSAN HJORT
DIANE HOLLIDAY-WELSH & KEVIN WELSH
ANTHONY HOFF
JILL HOLSINGER
BETH & TIM HOLST
ROBERT HOWE
ABETT ICKS & RON CAPLE (in honor of
Antonina Anikina, our beloved
Queen of her Snow Roses Coach)
HELENA JACKSON
STACY JOHNSTON & MIKE REUTER
PETE JOHNSON & DEHLIA SEIM
ERIK & JENNIFER JULSRUD
JON JUREK
STACEY JUTILA & JON DUMPYS
JIM & SANDY KARI
GENE & CINDY KARWOSKI
ADAM KENT
RICHARD KOLLATH
STEVEN & JESSICA KRAMER
DAVE LaBORE
SOPHIE LAFOND-HUDSON
CHRIS LARSEN
JOHN LEWIS
DAWN LORAAS
PATRICK MALONEY
MICHAEL MCPARLAN
JOSEPH MEDLIN
TIMOTHY MEDLIN
KATE & DYLAN MILLS
SCOTT MOORE
SIIRI & PEDER MORSE
JOHN MUNGER
GRANT & ELAINE NELSON
KEN & MARCIA NELSON
NAOMI & TIM NELSON
JULIE NEWMAN
THOMAS & SUSAN NICODEMUS
KAREN & MARK NIEDERMIER
ANDREW NISBET & ELIZABETH JOHNSON
DEANNA NOTARO
ANDERS OSTHUS
JEFFREY & AMY PACKER
LANE PALMER
BRET PENCE & LAURA DELANEY-PENCE
GREG & JENNY PETERSON
THOMAS PETERSON
DANIEL RADLOFF
EMILY RANTA & ZACH VIA
COLIN REICHHOFF
MICHELLE RILEY
STEVE & JANET ROSEN
CHRISTOPHER RUBESCH
KATHREINE RUBIN
MICHAEL SCHARENBROICH
WILLIAM SCHULDT & GAIL TROWBRIDGE
SECURITY JEWELERS
DALE SHIMMIN & LYN KAIM
RON SIEBERT
RYANN & JOE SIGNORELLI
ANGIE & MATT SLATTERY
JEFFREY SPEAR
NYASHA SPEARS
KIM & STEVE SQUILLACE
JENNIFER & MICHAEL STATTELMAN
JON STEPHENSON
MARY & STEVE STROMBACK
MARIA STUBER & BRYAN COOK
KATE TAYLOR & MATT WHITEHILL
THOMAS & ROBIN TEDLUND
STEVE & KERRY TOMHAVE
LORRAINE & ROBERT TURNER
SHARNELL VALENTINE
ERIK TORCH & SANDRA VAN DEN BOSSE
AIMEE & JEFFREY VAN STRAATEN
KATHRYN & MARK WALLIS
ERIC & ANDREA WATSON
THOMAS & NOELLE WESTRUM
AMY WHITE & NICK JOHNSON
KIM & TRENT WICKMAN
MARK WILHELMSON
JOHN & SHERRY WILLIAMS
W.P. & R.S. MARS CO.
CYNTHIA & HARRY WIRZ
GEOFFREY & GUDRUN WITRAK
DAN WOLBRINK
JOHN WOOD
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