The Pay It Forward Foundation is honored to have the support of thousands of individuals and organizations. Just a few of the most recent are acknowledged at right and below. Thanks to these wonderful people who have been touched by Pay It Forward.

OUR LADY OF MERCY SCHOOL
In an effort to reach out to others while showing school spirit during Catholic Schools Week, the Student Council at Our Lady of Mercy School sponsored a “Dress Down Extravaganza.” During this two week “dress down” celebration, students paid to dress in different colors each day in support of various charities; ultimately creating a “Rainbow of Caring.” On Wednesday, students dressed in purple to aid the efforts of Pay It Forward and collected $163.05. Please accept our donation along with our thanks for all you do for this cause!

Respectfully, Ms. Meribeth Mohr, Advisor, Madison, CT

UM-FUND YOGA TEACHERS DO IT AGAIN IN 2009
As they have for the last four years, the sixth Into This World Yoga Teacher Training group had their Um-Fund weekend last month. Their names appear in the Donor list on the right. Their leader, Suzanne Cardinal, explains,

"They were inspired by the Into This World Yoga Teachers who preceded them, and by the ongoing work of the Pay It Forward Foundation. They send you an Om, namaste, many blessings, and $500 in continued support of the Karma Yoga you so elegantly facilitate in the world."
Thank you--and namaste--to you all!

MEMORIAL FUND HONORS  SUZANNE SLATON, 2008
When Suzanne Slaton passed away in October, her family honored her strong belief in the philosophy of Pay It Forward by asking friends to give donations to the Foundation in lieu of flowers, setting up the Suzanne Slaton Memorial Fund in her name. The response has been breathtaking. The donations from Carole Hossan, Edgar Saenz, the Drollinger Family Trust. Gail Carney, Jummiy Hall, Catherine Carney, Kenneth Yooga, Lee Gangl, Leon Berkovich, Patricia Finnegan, Patricia Urban, Robert Kadota, Patricia Karasick, The Police Advisory Board, Roy Detisch, Michael Slaton, Hannes and Deepa Vilhjalmsson, and G. F. Ruppel, Jr. have totaled enough to fund FIVE SCHOOL GRANTS. The Foundation wishes to express not only our condolences on their loss of a beloved friend and family member but also our deep appreciation for supporting, on into the future, the work Sue Slaton so strongly believed in while she was here.

The Journey from Um to Om 2007
Into This World Yoga Teacher Training instructor Suzanne Cardinal demonstrates how a great yoga teacher uses language to empower and encourage students by, among many techniques, eliminating the "ums"” from her students teaching vocabulary.
During one recent teacher-training weekend,
Ms. Cardinal decided to fine-tune her students language and "um" for charity. Every time an "um", "ah" or " you know" slipped out, a coin was placed in a cup for the Um Fund.” At the end of the weekend, Ms. Cardinal asked the group to read aloud, completely "um" free, a page from the Pay It Forward Foundation website.
All agreed that Pay It Forward embodies the values of Karma Yoga and sent an Om and Namaste along with a sizable donation from the Um Fund to the Foundation.

From Um to Om 2006
Special thanks once again to Into This World Yoga Teacher Training instructor Suzanne Cardinal. Along with her most recent graduating class of students, she raised $500, or the cost of one maximum mini-grant. The Pay It Forward Foundation then chose the following special grant application to fund with their donation:

The application we matched up with the Yoga teachers' group came from the Tahandalai Puther district of India, which contains seven hamlet villages. Each hamlet depends for drinking water on one bore well, which operates with one Mark III hand pump.

Unfortunately, with constant use, these hand pumps are frequently under repair, and therein lies the big problem:
The person--one person!-- who maintains them is responsible for 33 districts, in which there are about 310 hamlets.

And that's where this Pay It Forward mini-grant "changes the world". The mini-grant financed by the Yoga group will enable twenty youths to be trained in the skills and tools required for the trade of bore well maintenance, so each can do the job in his own village. Not only will twenty unemployed youth from 20 villages be transformed by this project into skilled men with a valuable trade, it will also "help to make the people self sustained and avoid dependency always from government sources."

Then as each young man passes his training along to another, the expanding chain of trained repair men will continue to spread exponentially...the Pay It Forward way.

Thank you, "Into This World Yoga Teacher Training" participants!

In Memory:  His Holiness Sri Swami Chidananda Saraswati Maharaj
One of the prominent saints of contemporary times, and the President of the Divine Life Society, Rishikesh, established by Swami Sivananda, Swami Chidananda Saraswati, attained Mahasamadhi on August 28th, 2008 at 08:11 p.m. at the age of 92 . He was a great friend and benefactor to the Pay It Forward Foundation, and we thank him and miss him.

In Memory: Sandra Panosian White
The Pay It Forward Foundation in February 2006 received donations in loving memory of Sandra Panosian White, who had requested that instead of floral tributes at the time of her passing, contributions be made to the Foundation. The Foundation wishes to thank Debora and P.J. White with Kelly and Colin; J. Robert Frawley; Ernst and Irmgard Edelmann; Bonnie Scott; William and Susan Carney; James and Malinda McCann; Richard and Joyce Pirozzolo; and Ellen Stephanian.

In Memory: Christi Michelle Nowak
In October 2005, the girls at the Cheetah in Atlanta, Georgia made a generous donation to the Pay It Forward Foundation in loving remembrance of Christi Michelle Nowak, “a beautiful person inside and out, always there for you when you needed something. In her short life she touched many and now in her memory we would like to continue to touch many more.”

In Memory:  Ann Bowman Lee
The Pay It Forward Foundation is grateful to Ann Bowman Lee for her generous bequest to help in our ongoing work. Ms. Lee, of Lubbock Texas, passed away in March of 2002. We are sorry we did not know her in life, but consider her a great friend to our foundation.

Special thanks to:

Recent Donors

Ellen Shiffer in honor of John and
Monica McEntee’s 30th Anniversary
Gabriella Tromley in honor of
Mrs. Tregea
Jennifer Mahoney-in honor of
Matt Rampe’s birthday
Melissa Warten and FLHS
Gainesville State College
Catherine Ryan Hyde
Jackson Healthcare, LLC
Teresa Calabrese
Deerfield Beach HighSchool
Patrick Desamours
Byan Haskins
Marka Ormsby
Amy Ollson and 7B students
from Stratford Central Public School
Kerri Xjimenez and students from
Baldwin Middle School
Partho Sandell
Trudy Edenfield
Fremont Middle School -Asset Development Team
Angela Korkki
Dale Carter
Patrick and Deborah Desamours
Monica Ciurej
The Um Fund Donors:
Joe Amato
Steph McGowon
Vicki Figen
Tamara Ice
Michele Keenan Carmody
Nadra McAuliffe
Cherly McMannus
Dawn Peer
Ashley Reed
Joan Savery
Eugenia Spampinato
Debi Tracy
Cathy Tuthill
Adele Burke
Suzanne Cardinal,
Into This World Productions Inc.
David Carmody
Holly Palumbo
Deborah Ryan
Gena Shampinato
Victoria Blessing
North Arkansas District, Nazarene Missions International
Lorraine Sarmiento
Hestia, Inc
Holmes ans Associates, Inc.
Littell Consulting, Inc.
Walter Graves
Solomon and Sharon Nixon
Progressive Techniques, Inc
Kesia Torrance
Emily Ritesma
Anonymous
Bria Griffith
Emily Borghard
Everett Lawrence-Hill
Incite Decision TEchnologies, LLC
Orlando Lynch
Gregory Baxendale
Denise Billups
Connection Insights
Laura Lembeck
Eunice Reger
Pinnacle Housing Group
Wells Moore
Angela Korkki
Michelle Porter
Blue Creek School
Alan LaBranche
Lori Ciarmello
Francis and Jeanne Elmore
Kay Dempsey
Sandra G. McGowen
Bruce Reed Business Trust
P. Duran
Sharples School
Renee` Rongen
Michael Yublosky
Adron Walker
The Richters in Memory of
Yvonne Arndt
Betty Slagle
Give Back Foundation
Magical Designs
David Cox
Bob Littell
Athena Dellacroix
Michael and Errin Baugh
Jennifer Emery
Microsoft Matching Gift Program
First Church of Christ, Gastonbury, CT
Joyce and Michael Harshman
C.M Carpenter in honor of
Evonne Ella Arndt
Larry and Shirley Erickson, in honor
of their grandchildren Jason,
Matthew and Nicholas
Kent and Kerry Taylor
Matthew Marciano in honor
of Shain Gleba
Kyle and Kimberlee Federer
Emily Ritsema in honor of children
Kiersten, Stan and Julia
Ellen Shiffman in honor of
John and Monica Entee
Bart Maeda
LuAnn O’Hair
Heather Michaels in honor of
Jackie Whitehead
Marilyn Kellner in honor of
Becky Feinberg/Joaquin Filho
Bonnie and Frederick Scott in
Memory of Pamela Kish
Veronica and Gerald Sablo
Melinda O’Neill
Arianne and Larry Ashe
Ryan Whitefield
Cox Enterprises
Roy Gumm in honor of
Jenny’s Kids
AT&T Georgia
Emily Ritsema
David Brown
Jennifer Ray
Tyco Matching Gifts
Cox Enterprises
Angela Pickett
Tanya Ramsey
Jean Doughery
Jennifer Rowe
Barnes and Thornberg
Paula Stone
J. Kemnitzer
Mary Donovan
Shelfgenie Franchise
Nicole Duff
Angela Moore
Ricky Padgett
Brenita McCord
Rosalind Newell
The Enrichment Company
Carolyn Turknett
Gwendolyn Parks
Deborah Sheneman
Deidre and Kennedy Dixon
Felicia Phillips
Consuelo Bills
AMW Enterprises
Oak Leaf Consulting
Fritz Scheffel
Mark RAdke
Market Point Solutions
Ronald and Lois Verlander
Nancy Schultz
James and Elizabether Hayden
Joen Kommer
Tyco Matching Grant
Michael and Judith Yablosky
Carol Nolan
Berkshire Flooring Design
True Source Cabinets
Michelle Hodgeman
Bob Littell
Renee Rongen and Associates
Robin and Thomas Stevens
Carolyn and James McConnell
Phyllis Richards
Frederick Richie
Robert Buschmann
Frank Castellano
Nancy Tramontano
Bank of America Matching Gift
Jim Camferdam
Robert Sternberg
Wesley Carson
Angel Garon
Kent and Kerry Taylor
National Personnel Service of Atlanta
Paul Reckamp
Magnet Constructions Services, Inc
Ar Foster
Tanya Ramsey
Yves Batrel
Tracy Willard
Nancy Tramontano
Renee Rongen and Associates
Maria Wygnal
Lois Klink
Carolyn Randall
Kevin Teurff
Alrich and Associates
Turner Webb Enterprises
Elizabeth Hall
Pamela Booker
Jacqueline Parks
Dianne Morgan
Vicki Donaldson
Michelle Jordan
Vyayarani Natarajan
Melissa Mertogul
Lonoke Exceptional School
Kimberly Cosette
Jennifer Hollingsworth
Amy Fleming
M.B. Davidson
F. Todd Stevens
Mindful Redesign
Emily Lyles
Patricia Sports
Leslie Rausch
Deborah Raibley
Glenn,Burdette, Phillips and Bryson
Kathy Niffenegger
Margaret Bowman-Kelley
Family and Community Support Services
In Honor of Grace Christenson
Kenneth Haggerty
Dawn Barca
Karen DaRocha
Lois Healion
Amy Hess
Briana Kibbel
Beth Mohr
Kathy Nemeth
Marianne Pfieger
Brenda Pigou
Nancy Reid
Victoria Ripley
Karen Scher
Catherine Kotelchuck
Larry Guzman
Michele Larkin
Bridget McKenna
Elizabeth Rakestraw
Dr. Helaine Sheias
Into This World Yoga Teacher Training
Suzanne Cardinal
Northside Kiwanis Foundation
Linda S. Marquardt
Virginia A. Brooks
Kenneth T. Brooks
Kenneth R. Ziegler
Mary E. Ziegler
Carole Sue Aslani
Bear Mountain Custom Painting
Evan Bigam, Co-Chair ~ Suny Cortland Resident Life & Housing
Anonymous
Adrienne Barker
Amie Edwards
Stephany A. McKinney
Fred B. Wayne
Deborah S. Wayne
SLO Night Writers
Lynette Gonzalez
Tyco Matching Gifts Program
Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program
Sue Hinderlider
Joseph & Phyllis Torres Smith
Donovan Nichols in Honor of Association of College Unions International
Deborah Callas
Pequi Starosta
TLC Creations
Sandra Turner
Lynn Rose
Esther Mitchell
Property Projects, LLC
Caring Hearts Services, Inc.
Xavier Gray
Gabriela Gonzales
Gilbert Hastings
Joel Isenberg
David and Pat Richards
State Bank & Trust
R. Grant Graham School PTO
Chevron Humankind Program
Chevron Corporation
Iain Pollock
Tyco Matching Gift Program
Michael and Judith Yublosky
Daksha Mutha in Honor of Hasu Modi
Anonymous, California
Principal Life Insurance Company
Bob Littell ~ Netweaving International
Elizabeth and Glenn Cooper
Jernice Currie
Kenneth and Phlicia Keaton
Vicki Black
Joen B. Kommer
Bank of America
Sharon Robinson
Pfizer Matching Gifts Program
Alice Beecher
Mary P. Hickey
Marisa and James Brady
Bryan Driscoll
Jack McPeck In Memory of Zachary McPeck
Herbert Repp In Honor of Sharon Repp
Rebecca Navarro
Jill Bastian
David Croson In Honor of Alexander Croson
Tina Nolin in Honor of James and Carla Keenan
Suzette Bannister
Julie D. Kosowski In Honor of Vicki Ryan
Don Gibson
Pfizer Animal Health, Inc.
Joy L. Galloway-Jones
Keltie Jones
Jamie McKenna
Revelations Dance Center
Marcia Wickes
Edward B. Robb
Carol A. Robb
Eric N. Stotz ~ Karma Foundation, LLC
Strauss Foundation
Dr. Sheri R. Klein
Russel M. Semerau
Gerard and Julie Loesl
Mark and Paula Edmunds
J.G. and D.S. Hurlbert
David and Pat Richards
Jennifer Clark
Donald Brooks ~ Moms United Boys To Men Club
Gregory and Rebecca Winters
Linden Community Schools ~ Student Council
Brenda Daigle
Patricia and Paul Graham
Richard A. Lastimosa, Jr.
Steven and Jean Soldanels
Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School
Charlene Callaway
Augusta Marketing Products, Inc.
Todd B. and Risa K. Askenas in honor of Sam Askenas’ Bar Mitzvah
Ms. Angela McKinney in honor of Colonel (Deceased) Edward R. Carwise
Renee Rongen & Associates
Pernilla Lillarose
Jack C. Long and Michael G. Westfall
Millicent D. and Michael W. Vaughan
William J. and Linda Skal Caraway
Bob Littell, The Enrichment Company
Paul Foschi in honor of Kristen DiRe and Kevin Dehler
Lynn Goss
Deborah Ann De Salvo
Rose Finnie in honor of Felicity Franklin Christian Church
Christopher Megill in honor of Colonel (Deceased) Edward R. Carwise, U.S. Air Force
Kathleen Flynn
Leslie McCombs
Jake Prescott
Daniel Rongo
Pamela Rowse in Memory of Kierra
Joel Tuzynski
Mimi Howe
Nancy Rollins
Kimberly Dick
Terri Matera in honor of Teun
Lynne Kaska
Jenna Bjorgen
Trinity United Methodist Church of Hudson
John L. Efroymson
Unity Center ~ Austin, Texas
Barbara Gruener
Daren Lipinsky, in honor of Kathy Beitcher’s 60th birthday
and Jeffrey & Sheila Lipinsky’s 40th Wedding Anniversary
St. Peter's United Methodist Church
Citizens Community Credit Union
Billie June Umberger
in honor of Mona Lee Burr
Matthew Marciano
in honor of Tish Cassa
S. Febre-Hart
Janet Chittum
Nettie Mallicoat
Lynne D, McCormick
Lee Valsvik
Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship
The Enrichment Company
Barbara P. Zimmer & Louise Zimmer
Debbie Rice Von Furstenrecht
Simon P. Micola Von Furstenrecht
Joan M. Rogers
George Mock
Alma Guimarin
Fran Simon, in honor of Brittany Birken
Our Lady of Mercy School
Google Matching Gifts Program
Vicki Hancock, honor of Genevieve Cree
St. Pius X Parish
St. Ann Church & National Shrine
Shirley A. Turner
Victor De'Prey
Ousama Abuyousif, dedicated to
Mr. John Fitzpatrick
Angel Huval, dedicated to
Paul Huva, Mom Snook
George Sterpka
Rod Strohl
Norman Cristina
Anonymous (monthly)
Teresa Hamlin
Maryanne Cannon
April Lindevald
Jackeline Hermida
Andréa Poser
Kimberly Dick
Anthony Barca
Catherine Kotelchuck
Janine Ambroze
Audrey Bernhardt
Jennifer Trenaman
Ann Harmon Mayes
Theresa Banks
Eileen Loh
Janet Ledo
Maria Yakkey
Into This World Yoga Teacher Training
Sue Hinderlider
McCart Insurance Agency
Renee Rongen & Associates
Ousama Abuyousif,
in honor of John Fitzpatrick
The Enrichment Company
Anonymous
Sandra Burnett,
in memory of Maggie Burns
Adam Dubay
Amanda Neel
Amy Goldstein
Brenda Sanders
Brokers Resource Center
Bryna Kanarek
Carole Hossan
Charlotte Alexander
Cynthia Hickman
David McCurdy
David & Pat Richards
David & Pat Richards
Dean Klassman
Donald Nuebel
Drollinger Family Trust
Edgar Saenz
Edith Sieg
Enrichment Co
Eric Flamm
Felix Group
Fettner Consulting
Forrest Tennant
Fresh Murals
Gail Carney
George Ruppel
Jared Shields
Jeffrey Rayis
Jen Walker
Jimmy Hall
Jose Oliver
Julie Levinson
Katherine Carney
Kenneth Koga
Laurence Lindberg
Lauri Aud
Lee Gangl
Leon Berkovich
Mark Lusher
Marva Coffey
Michael Slayton
Michelle Lasher
Patricia Finnegan
Patricia Sullivan
Patricia Urban
Patricia Karasick
Peggy Shalloe
Police Advisory Board
r Jeffrey & Associates
Raymond Agans
Robert Kadota
Roy Detisch
Sarah Heil
SDA Security Systems
Susan Gruener
Sylvan Rudd
T Dobbins-Lucy
Trahe Hickman
United Way of Slo
William Schlit
Karma Yoga
Jean Harper
Cregg Watner
Dona Hagedorn
Amanda Neel
Robert Kadota
Leon Berkovich
Kenneth Koga
Gail Carney
Edgar Saenz
Roy Detisch
Michael Snell
Winn C. Claybaugh
Thomas and Diane Hocking
Nita and Ken Kenyon
JUMA Entertainment, LLC
Bob Littell
Federation of Exchange Accommodators
Fay and Robert Kennedy
Eleanor Cardinal Allan
Suzanne Cardinal
Donna V. Dragani
Catherine Ryan Hyde
Into This World Productions, Inc.
Jodie Kallas
Catherine Kotelchuck
Teresa Reid
Karen Passalacqua
Livia A. Polise
David and Phyllis L. Richards
Leslie Scheinthal
Valerie J. Yates
F. Middleton
Rhonda Morrison
Andrea Brown
Robin Woodley
Polly Montgomery
Augustana College
Kerny McLaughlin
William Schilit
Mona Schroeder
Joyce Bales
Bill Ibur
Kim Morris
Bay Head School, NJ

Pay It Forward Endowment Fund Donors :
Sri Swami Chidananda Maharaj , of the Divine Life Society, India
Charlotte Alexander
Vance Hyde