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Please help support chamber music in Iowa with your generous gift to Ames Town & Gown.
Sales of tickets cover only a portion of the expenses of our series. Our concerts are therefore possible because of the loyalty of our audiences and the financial assistance of our friends. We urge you to contribute to Ames Town & Gown to assure the continued presence of chamber music in our community.
Gifts to Ames Town & Gown may be made by individuals, families, and businesses, and may be in memory or in honor of a person, organization, or event. Contributors of $2,000 or more may sponsor a concert. Contributors who donate $1,000 may support a specific outreach event. Donors, concert sponsors, and outreach supporters will be acknowledged in the concert program.
Gifts are accepted online or by mail: PO Box 1134, Ames, IA 50014.
Ames Town & Gown is a 501(c)(3) organization. Gifts may be tax-deductible.
For further information, please contact Artistic Director Paula Forrest at town.gown@gmail.com
Donation Levels
Friend or Student: up to $149
Enthusiast: $150 – $249
Patron: $250 – $499
Benefactor: $500 – $999
Leader: $1,000 – $1,999
Sponsor: $2,000 or more
Contributors of $2,000 or more may sponsor a concert.
Contributors who donate $1,000 may support a specific outreach event.
We thank our 2025-2026 donors!
Sponsors
William and Mary Ann Dilla
Joseph and Mary Merchant
Leaders
Grant Cooper (in memory of Art Staniforth) ~ Peggy Earnshaw and Paul Tanaka
Jayne Staniforth (in memory of Art Staniforth) ~ Rae Reilly
Benefactors
Barbara Atkins (in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Atkins)
Kay Berger (in memory of Roger Berger) ~ Jim Cornette
Jan Flora (in memory of Cornelia Flora) ~ Jennifer Killion
Erika and Brian Saunders (in honor of Paula Forrest) ~ Dirk and Lucinda Scholten
Mark Widrlechner (in memory of Sherry Dragula)
Patrons
Heart of Iowa Classical Guitar Society
Tom and Judy Jackson ~ Helen Jensen ~ Marcia Imsande ~ Roberta Vann
Evonne and Gary Walling ~ B. Joan White
Enthusiasts
Mark and Deborah Blaedel ~ Ed Braun & Jean Krusi ~ Lynne Carey & Navid Emami
Mary and David Giese ~ Etha Hutchcroft ~ John and Jane Jacobson ~ Bruce and Barbara Munson
Thomas and Lynn Nehls (in memory of Larry and Lorraine Nehls) ~ Paul Sacks & Ina Pour-El
Priscilla Sage ~ Phillip and Galina Spike ~ Stephen Willson (in memory of Roger Berger) ~ Maureen Wilt
Friends
Music Teachers of Central Iowa
Pam Sibbel Music Studio (in honor of Paula Forrest)
Louis and Pat Banitt ~ Bob Haug & Anne Kimber ~ Ruth Hill ~ John and Faye Gish Hill
Barbi and Reggie Greenlaw ~ Barbara Kolner ~ Cynthia Martin (in honor of Paula Forrest) ~ Jay and Margaret Munson
Shellie Orngard ~ Elizabeth Ritvo and Robert Kunzendorf ~ Phyllis Seim ~ Marcia Thompson
Dennis Wendell