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Please help support chamber music in Iowa with your generous gift to Ames Town & Gown.

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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. Donors may sponsor a specific concert or outreach. 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, or to sponsor a concert or outreach, 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.

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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

Stephen Willson (in memory of Roger Berger)

 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) ~ Kathy Wiederin

Patrons

Heart of Iowa Classical Guitar Society

Tom and Judy Jackson ~ Helen Jensen ~ Marcia Imsande ~ Adah Leshem and Peter Keeling

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 ~ Thomas Hertz ~ 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 ~ Maureen Wilt

 Friends

Music Teachers of Central Iowa

Pam Sibbel Music Studio (in honor of Paula Forrest)

Anonymous (in honor of Paula Forrest)

Louis and Pat Banitt ~ Betsy Clubine & Michael Horowitz ~ Barbi and Reggie Greenlaw ~ Bob Haug & Anne Kimber

John and Faye Gish Hill ~ Ruth Hill ~ Roger Jones ~ Barbara Kolner

~Cynthia Martin (in honor of Paula Forrest) ~ Jay and Margaret Munson ~ Shellie Orngard

Elizabeth Ritvo and Robert Kunzendorf ~ Klaus Ruedenberg ~ Phyllis Seim ~ Marcia Thompson ~ Dennis Wendell

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