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Friendship Circle


When you make an annual donation to the YWCA Vancouver using the convenient on-line donation form, through our Direct Mail program, your company's United Way Employee Campaign or by way of a tribute gift, you become a member of the Friendship Circle.

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FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE – Individual Gifts up to $499

Frank Abbott
Nian Abdulrahman
Cynthia Abenoja
Eddie Abenoja
Celina Abercrombie
Kumi Abercrombie
J. Aczel
Robert and Shelly Adderley
Joon Suk Ahn
Puspa Affandi
Godofredo Agustin
Jan Alexander
Khairunnisa Ali
Janet Allan
Carlene Allen
Catherine Priestner Allinger
Laura Allison
Janet Ames
Penny Ames
Evelyn Anderson
Patrick and Barbara Andrew
Marilyn and Frank Anfield
Nestor Antonio
Sotelo Apdian
Deborah Armour
Mary and Herb Auerbach
Margaret Avison
Norma J. Badley
Peter Baggaley
Sian Bagshawe
Nancy Bailey
Susan Bailey
Kate Bake-Paterson
Sally Baker
Duncan Ball
Vashtie and Rawle Ballack
Andrea Banks
James Banting
Laureen Barker
Marvin and Cheryl Bartell
Cynthia Baxter
Rhoda Baxter
Susan Baxter
Gillian Beattie
Heather Beatty
Claire Beaudette
Nadine Beaulieu
Gonzalo Benitez
Donald Bennett
Liz Bennett
Marylene Bensler
Anne Benson
Elizabeth R. Bensted
Margaret C. Bergland
June Bernard
Maxine Berry
Joshua Berson
Maegan Bevelander
Deborah Black
Jill Bodkin
Susan Borthwick
Francois Boucher
Tracy Boutilier
Jean Brakenridge
Holly Broadland
Joanne Brown
Judith Brown
Lori Brown
Susan Brown
Georgina Brunette
Marie-Luise Brunnhofer
Shelley Bubb
Emily and Chris Burch
C. William Burge
Chrystal M. Burns
Cam and Kerri Buschel
Paula Caird
Eileen Cambon
Nancy Cameron
Beverly Campbell
Irene Campbell
Joanne Campbell
Richard Campbell
Andrea Canales
Rafael Quijano Garcia Cano
Evelyn Carroll
Diana Carter
Heather Carthy
Robert Carveth
Pamela Catapia
Ted Cathcart
Ligia Celleri
Irene Chamberlain
Pamela Chambers
Leanne Chan
Diana Chan
Doris Chan
Garry Chapman
Bettina Charpentier
Jane Cherry
Shelley Chin
Margaret Ching
Mavis Chittick
Melanie Choiniere
Jeanne Chow
Judy Chrysler
Sarah Ciarrocchi
Denise Clark
Truus Clarke
Susan Climie
Lori Cohen
Moira Colbourne
Joan Collinge
John Collison
Bruce Colwill
Gay and Terry Conn
Ken and June Conquer
Denise Corbett
Lynn Corrigan
Andre Cote
Evi Coulson
Bonnie Craig
Andrew Creighton
Joan Creighton
Catherine Crockett
Tom Culham
Melvin Curdie
Kimberly Currie-Lathigee
Annette Cusworth
Francis Da Costa
Anita Dadson
Topu Dalal
Sandra Dallin
Cathy Daminato
Renee Danylczuk
Jean Davidson
Jill Davidson
Tracy Dawson
Lynne De Cew
Lynn Delahey
Kim Demay
Dawn Demery
Susan Dempster
Johanna den Hertog
Leanne Denis
Krishna and Roop Dewat
Christine Dixon
Jimmy Dizon
Aline and Enrico Dobrzensky
Gordon and
Anne Dobson-Mack
Mary Jane Dodge
Lois Doig
Martha Donnelly
Judge Shehni Dossa
Jeanne Douglas
N. Lauren Dowad
Joan Drabek
Ray Drost
Chanelle Dupre
Barbara Eakin
Faye Eccleston
Judith Echols
A. Jean Elder
Kay Elliot
Linda Ellis
Ron Emerson
Kristy Emery
Frances Empay
Maureen Enser
Kathryn and Ron Erdman
John Esdaile
Sheilah Essex
Harry Evans
R. J. Evans
Niki Fairweather
Lauri Ann Fenlon
Eola and Keith Fenton
Betty-Anne Fenwick
Christine Fick
Lynn Field
Honoree Findlay
Thelma Finlayson
Christopher Fleck
and Margot Bowes
Janet Flowers
Michelle Floyd
Liesl Fonseca
Barbara Fox
Rebecca Fox
Janet Freeman
Dr. E. Margaret Fulton
Placido Gaborno
Maggie Gajos
Laura Gardiner
Roy Gardner
Clementine Ge
Belinda Geraghty
Maureen Gerrard
Carole Gerson
Katherine Gerson
Bruna Giacomazzi
Anne Giardini
Frances Gibbins
Patricia Gibson
Dr. John H. V. Gilbert
Amy Gill
Sarah Gillett
Ruth Gilliatt
Luzy Giron
Sarah Glencross McAulay
Eva Glittenberg
Bob Golden
Carole Goldsmith and
Peter Vaisbord
Claudia Gomez Hernandez
Enriqueta Gomez
Carol Gordon
Nancy Grant
Andrea Gray
Philip Gray
Tiffinie Green
Chelsea Greene
and David Strebinger
Althea Grimm
Dominique Gross
Lorraine Grout
Michael Grover
Joanne Gum
Markus Haapsasalo
Rita Halaszy
Ken Dobell

Richard Hallam
Colleen Halloran
Bonnie Hameluck
Shendra Hanney
Melanie Hardy
Trudy Harkness
Julia Harrison
Nicole Hart
Noreen Hautala
Dennis Hayashi
Gloria Hayter
Robbert Heijnen
Jeannick Helm
Connie and Gary Hendren
Cynthia Henkel
Jennifer Henrey
Audrey Hetherington
Pat Hibbitts
Kathleen Higgins
Heather Hilliard
Vivian and Sanford Hirshen
Candy Ho
Peggy Ho Yuen
Melinda Hockley
Mary Hole
Catherine Howard
John Howes
Peggy Huang
Ivy Hubbard
Kimberley Hughes
Tamara and Eric Hung
Sarah Hunt and Simon Thuss
Shirley Hunter
Jane Hutton
Tien Huynh
Daniela Hyrman
Adriana Istrate
Paul and Theresa Iverson
Kim Jackman
Marilyn Jackson
Irene Jacob
Roumina Jamal
Rachel Jamieson
Andrew Jang
Brenda Jebsen
Charlene Jenkins
Alice Jennings
Martin Johns
Jocelyn Johnston
Paulette Johnston
Ethel Jones
Maureen Jones
Paul F. Joseph
Otto Kamensek
Ursula Kasting
Janet Katalinic
Abner Kay
Janice Keast
Iona Keefe
Margery Kellett
K. Kent
Lisa Lancaster-Kershaw
Sukhbir Khangura
Patrick King
Kathy Kinloch
Judy and Michael Kirk
Kathleen and James Kirkland
Caroline Klaver
Boris Klavora
Ingrid Knight-Cohee
Heather and Werner Knittel
Susan Knoerr
Nancy Ko
Janice Koepke
Liz Koerner
Dennis Kong
Yvonne Kong
Mary Kouhi
Marilyn Krell
Moyna Krusell
James Kungle
Roslyn Kunin
Denise Kuno
Maureen Kuper
Derrick Kurita
Leora Kuttner
Nancy La Couvee
John LaBrie
Etoiy Lam
Ricki Lambeck McConchie
Virginia Irene Langdon
Bruce and Leslie Langford
Christine Lattey
Brenda Lavallee
Alma Lee
Angela Y. Lee
Carlota Lee
David W. Lee
Janice Lee
Leslie Lee
Roger Lee
Vicki Lee
Catherine Leighton
Genevieve Lemay
Elaine Leong
Darlene Leroux
Lily Leung
Paul Lewis
Rachel Lewis
Rufina Li
Laura Lightboun
Miu Fong (Jannique) Lim
Lori Lindahl
Gillian Lindsay
Eliza Livingstone
Elaine Lo
I. Chen Lo
Kit Lo
Joan Loftus
Anne Wong Loo
Diane Loomer
Emily, Trevor and Claire Lord
Pegi Love
Rosemary Lowe
Denise Lui
Dianna Lund
Nicole Maas
Kimberly MacAulay
Keith and Gwynneth
MacDonald
Vivian MacDonald
Patricia Mackay
Patricia MacLean
Barbara MacPhail Burns
Cheryl MacRae
Melanie Mageau
Carolyn Main
Ki Fun Mak
Shahram Malek
Janice Mallison
Michelle and Malcolm Man
Garry Mancell
Zeba Manki
M. Patricia Marchak
Marnie Maretic
Sylvia Marshall
Shelley Mason
Lora Masotti
Frances Mastrandrea
Anne Mathisen
Sharon Matthews
Micki Maunsell
Alden May
Susan McAlevy
Rita McAllen
Barbara McAlpine
Dr. Jessica N. McAlpine on
behalf of John D. McAlpine
Terry McBride
Jackelyn McCrimmon
Joy and Thomas McCusker
Ethel A. McDonnell
Vickie and Neil McDonnell
Tom S. A. McFarlane
Lynda McFee
Sharon McGavin
Julie McGill
Cathy and Patrick McGuinty
Barbara Jo McIntosh
Loma McKenzie
Grant McKinnon
John McLaughlin
Andrea Mclean
Hilda McLennan
Margaret McNeil
Margaret McPhee
M. L. McQuaid
Eva McQueen
Sally McShane
Caren McSherry
Vivien Measday
Elizabeth J. Meekison
Audrey L. Mehler
Bruce Meli
Joanne Melville
Victoria and John Mendes
Rekik Mengesha
James Mennie
Catherine Mezei
Mary Lou Miles
Arthur Mills
Pamela Mills
Sandra Minuk
Donna Mitchell
Marnie Mitchell
Ross Mitchell
Diana Moore
Susan Morabito
Maria Morellato
Sarah A. Morgan Silvester
Maurice Morino
Douglas Morley
Helen Morres
Sherri Morrison
Marita Morrow
Stuart B. Morrow
Marilyn Murray
Erica Mustard
Mary Neef
Cybele Negris
and Brad Wurmlinger
Jaymie Nelson
Jennifer Randall Nelson
Mark Nelson
Paul and Penelope Nelson
Ann Marie Neudorf
Karen Newell
Robyn Newton
Rita Nguyen
Joanna Nica
Anne-Marie Nicol
Jillian Nicolson
Lorna Nimmons
Sophia Nishimoto
Helen Niskala
Julie Norton
Jeanette O’Brien
Mary O’Callaghan
Dr. Douglas and
Marion Oldenburg
Murray Olson

Sylvia Ommanney
Kevin and Marie O’Neill
Sally O’Neil
Alison Orr
Alison Osborne
Dorothy Osborne
Wanda Osborne
Catherine Osler
Celina Owen
Loree Owen
Deana Palleson
Josey Palleson
Dr. Lisa Palleson-Stallan
Julienne Parker
Karen Parrish
Alison Parry
Deborah Patrick
Maria Pavao
Lola Pawer
Marion Pearson
Francia Pebres
Kathryn Pellatt
Colleen Pennington
Stephen Pepper
Ralph Perez
Heather Perry
Sue Peterson
Kathryn Petrusa
Lindy Pfeil
Erika Plettner (Dr.)
Julie Plotkin
Terry Podealuk
David Podmore
Richard Pomper
Wendi Pope
Carla Poppen
Layle Powers
Dr. Jerilynn Prior
Roman Prociw
Janet and Clifton Prowse
Rosemary Pulfer
Scarlett Qi
Alvina Quek
Jean and Ted Quinton
Chantal Rackley
Barbara Rae
Dianne Ramage
Margaret Ramsay
Nancy Ranger
Maryann Rankin
Leslie Rans
Tracy Redies
Margaret Redmond
Barbara H. Reed
Elise Rees
Asha Reeves
J. Stuart Reid
Sheila Reynolds
Joy Richman
Mary Riederer
Phyllis Roberts
Gloria Robertson
Gretchen Robinson
Marlene Robinson
Peter Robinson
Amy Roesler
Gail Rogers
Sandra Rose
Agnes Ross
Debbie Rowe
Trina and Stuart Rowles
Elizabeth Roy
Ronald Royston
Ann Rubenstein
Lisa Rupert
Lorne Rutt
Paul Salo
Pat Sam
Michael Samson
Dawn Sandberg
Manjit Sangha
Katie Savoy
Dolly Scarr
Ramona Scheiding
William Schouwenburg
Mary Schreiber
Sheryl E. Scobie
C. Bruce Scott
Danielle Segal
Robin Segal
Sulehka Sharma
Thelma Sharp Cook
Shannon Shaw
Kataneh Sherkat
Bonnie Sherr Klein
Janet Shier
Susan Sieg
Thora Sigurdson
Bernice Sikora
Catherine Simpson
and Jim Dales
Helen Simpson
Lindy Sisson
Jillian Sittrop
Pamela Sivertson
Ursula Skihar
Amanda Skoll
Frances Sloan Sainas
Frances and Robert Smith
Heather Smith
Janet Smith
Margaret Smith
Nancy Snelgrove
Cynthia Soboren
Nahid Sohrabi
Ruth Sol
Nikki Sones
Rosalie Soregaroli
Teresa Sparling
Connie Spear
Kate Speir
Kim Spencer-Nairn
Beverly Spring
Bill Spring
Gelma Sripathy
Frances M. Statham
Kathleen Steele
Nora Sterling
Michael Stevenson
Sandra and Ray Stevenson
Jean Stewart
Rosemary Stiell
Mary Bills Stimpson
Kathy Stoessl
Catherine Strashok
Lisa M. Sturgess
Yvonne Sulentic
Christine Sung
Maria Surowka
Margaret Sutcliffe
Elizabeth Wreford Tait
Jennifer Tait
Michelin and Steve Tait
Ellen Tallman
Janine Tasaka
Mabel Taunu
Cindy Taylor
J. Patricia Taylor
Grace Tee
Bonnie Teng
Rose Terzariol
Carmen Theriault
Edith Thomas
Ray Thomas
Tina Thomas
Marjory and John Thomson
Linda Thorstad
Nancy Tillson
Margaret Tipping
Konrad and Violet Tittler
Shiral Tobin
Beryl Todd
Svetlana John Tompkins
Anthony Townsend
Susan Travis
Alex and Jennifer Tunner
Joanne and Jeremy Turner
Violet Turner
Avanell and Aubrey Tuttle
Chizu Uchida
Peter Vaisbord
Cathie Van Alstine
Wendy Van Donkelaar
Gib van Ert
Debra Van Ginkel
John Vandervelde
Shirley Vida
Janet Vigner
Andrea Vollans
Kathleen Waddington
Gary Wagenheim
Julie Walchli
Elizabeth Walker
Florence and Garth Walker
Judith Walker
Meg Watson
Alison Watt
Josie Watt
John Webster
Anita Welke
Frances Wellburn
Judy Wellington
Vanessa Wellington
Theresa and Garry Weltzin
Marlene West
Yolande Westwell-Roper
Richard Whittall
Marie Wilcott
Kaayla Wildor
and Robert Wilds
Terry A. Wilkinson
Andrea Williams
Josephine Williams
Eva Williamson
Eric Wilson
Maxine Wilson
Tara Wilson
Kenneth Wiseman
Fred Withers
Sandra Witherspoon
Ewa Wolak
Andrew Wong
Ray Wong
Rosanna Wong
Tracy Wong
Brigitte Wood
Jori Woodman
Alison Woolley
Barbara Wyntjes
Jenny Xenos
Jill Yates Dahlgren
Dr. and Mrs. Ed and Patti Yen
Maggie Yeung
Lisa Yoo
Andrew Young
Peter and June Young
Christine Younghusband
Rick Zayonc
Chris Zed
Matthew Zien
Tracy Zomar
21 Anonymous Donors

TRIBUTES
In honour of Kumi and Drew Abercrombie
Anonymous

In honour of Janet Austin
Heather Hilliard

In honour of the birthday of
Brenda Briggs

Tom S. McFarlane

In honour of May Brown
Janet Pattinson

In honour of Louise Donovan
Joy Alexander
Kathleen Alsop
Sally Baker
Suzanne Bolton
Pamela Chambers
Hilda L. Ching
Kathleen M. Cowtan
Patricia Gibson
Victoria Gray
Jennifer Kubiak
Dr. Verna Magee-Shepherd
Mary McDougall
Janet Mitchell
June Murdoch
Carla Poppen
Betti Port
Margaret Ramsay
Elizabeth Roy
Frances M. Statham
Denise Turner
H. R. Whittall
T. W. Wong

In honour of Lisa Dost and David Hiscox Family
Andrew P. Hiscox

In honour of Carol Fogden
Scott Fogden

In honour of
Diane Forsythe-Abbott

Cynthia Levy

In honour of the birthday of Maryke Gilmore
Irene Dodek
Karen Gilmore
Maryke Gilmore

In honour of Stephen Goldstein
Laughing Matters

In honour of Chris Golf
Laughing Matters

In honour of Nancy Hennessy and Family
Andrew P. Hiscox

In honour of Robert and Lynne Hiscox and Family
Andrew P. Hiscox

In honour of Debbie Hiscox
Andrew P. Hiscox

In honour of the marriage of Kim Horrocks and Rahul Khosla
Chelsea Greene and David Strebinger

In honour of the marriage of Sarah Hunt and Simon Thuss Karen Shi

In honour of Bac Khanh
Luyen Dao

In honour of Donelda Laing
Laughing Matters


In honour of Janet Leung

Yota Hatziantoniou

In honour of Clare Marwick
Laughing Matters

In honour of Dr. James Matteon
Patricia Kelly

In honour of Jane Ritchie and Family
Andrew P. Hiscox

In honour of the wedding of Jan Sieffert and Brent Brown
Joanne Barker

In honour of Patricia Song
Laughing Matters

In honour of Kim Soo
Gordon Dobson-Mack

In honour of Vancouver Kidsbooks
Susan Travis

In honour of Charlene and
Ray Walker

Megan Walker and Paul Kemp

In honour of the birthday of Bruce Welch
Targeted Strategies Limited

In honour of Joanna Whalley
Laughing Matters

In memory of Laurel Austman
Suzanne Bolton

In memory of Beatrice Banfield
Anonymous

In memory of Roy M. Borthwick
Charlotte L. Warren

In memory of Sharon Davies
David Campeau

In memory of Jean E. Foreman
Moira Anderson
Elizabeth R. Bensted
Barbara H. Reed
Pauline E. Scoten
Nancy Snelgrove
Nancy Sowden
Eva M. Williamson

In memory of Daniel Hill
Steven Hill
Rosemary Lowe

In memory of Kathy Johns
Martin Johns
Wanda Morris
Beverly Spring
Donna J. Wilson

In memory of Dorothy MacKinnon
June Murdoch

In memory of Margaret Payne
Margaret Wilson

In memory of Jessie Singer
Mark Nelson

We have done our best to include everyone who made a contribution between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2008. We apologize for any errors or omissions.

Please contact us at 604 895 5766 if we have made an error in your acknowledgement.