Thank You to Our Partners & Donors
You make it happen! Thank you for believing in the power of poetry and for supporting free community access to live Arts & Culture with your gift to Poetry Palooza! Your generous donations helped launch Central Iowa's first major celebration of poetry and poets in 20 years.
You recognized the time is right to illustrate how much words matter through the common bond of extraordinary poetry. Thank you for:
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Encouraging established and emerging poets to hone their craft
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Recognizing the unique and universal healing power of poetry
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Expanding intergenerational and urban-rural communication
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Enriching the climate of Arts & Culture in Central Iowa
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With gratitude from all of us at Poetry Palooza, thank you.
Laureate
Humanities Iowa
Muse
Business Record & Business Publications Corporation
Rusty Hubbell
Mercy One Richard Deming Cancer Center & Above + Beyond Cancer
Bard
Linda & Thomas Koehn Foundation
(Welcome Reception & Award Ceremony Sponsor)
Riley Family Fund
(5-year sustaining donation)
Lauridsen Sand Fund
In Honor of Suzanna de Baca
Sonneteer
Suzanna de Baca
Dory Briles
Rob Davis & Pat Boddy
Sherry & Atul Gupta
Diane Glass & Jeff Means
Trudy Holman Hurd
Kim Poam Logan
Jester Park Nature Center
Urban Experience Magazine
Carol Bodensteiner
Judy Conlin
Allison & Jim Fleming Fund
Susan Judkins
Charlotte & Fred Hubbell
Iowa Poetry Association
Martha James & Michael Myszewski
Mike Simonson
Deborah & Douglas West
Troubador
Alicia & David Claypool
Karen Downing
Mary Gottschalk & Kent Zimmerman
Julie Klein
Kathleen Murrin
Mary Riche & Chuck Offenburger
Susan Skinner & Mark Movic
Marilyn Warling
Carmen Lampe Zeitler & John Zeitler
Jackie Devine
Fisher - Freed Fund
Diane K. Johnson
Paula H. & Michael McKinley
Ellen K. Nelson
Laura Sands & Dave Busiek Charitable Fund
Dawn Taylor
Michele & Steven Whitty
Lyricist
Beaverdale Books
Sherry A. Robinson
Denny Kelly