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The Children’s Museum of Virginia encourages imagination, questioning and a lifelong love of
learning providing fun and dynamic interactive educational exhibits, activities and programs.
PORTSMOUTH MUSEUMS FOUNDATION
SUMMER 2012
We Thank You
For Our Success
Portsmouth Museums Foundation Board
*Advisory Member
Special thanks to the Southeast Virginia Community Foundation for
sponsorship of the Orientation Room in the Children’s Museum of
Virginia. This was made possible through an approved grant from the
J. Robbins and Barbara K. Hill Endowment.
Need a Gift?
A painting? Jewelry?
Attend Seawall Art Show
Show Proceeds Benefit Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center
The 42nd Annual Seawall Art Show HAS the answer for all your gift
needs! Gift certificates to honor any special occasion are currently
available from any member of the Seawall Art Show Committee and at
the Portsmouth Museums Foundation Office, 521 Middle Street, next
door to the NEW Children’s Museum of Virginia. These gift
certificate/purchase awards may be obtained in any amount ($10 or
more). Certificate redemption will be available only at the art show,
August 25-26, at High Street Landing.
You will be able to fill all your gift needs with these certificates.
What a wonderful way to honor someone special. Remember, every
item at the show will be original and handmade! Phone 393-8983, ext.
25 for more information.
Photos by Lynette James
President
Mr. Peter J. Schleck
Vice President
Mr. Richard E. H. Wentz
Secretary
Mrs. Tara F. Saunders
Treasurer
Mr. Daniel Peterson
Executive Director
Mrs. Martha Frances Fortson
Members
Mrs. Bett Cornetta
Mrs. Paula Glover
Mrs. Patricia Boyce Halstead
*Mr. Herbert A. Haneman, Jr.
*Mr. Robert W. Harrell, Jr.
Mr. William S. Hargroves
Mr. David Findlay Host, Jr.
Mr. Charles B. Hunter
Mr. H. Alexander Johnson
Mr. Stephen Korving
Mrs. Stephanie Moreland
Mrs. Christine D. N. Piersall
*Mr. James A. Resolute, Sr.
*Mrs. Zelma Rivin
*Mr. Philip M. Rudisill
Mrs. Anne Scribner
*Mrs. Sandra Sher
Mrs. Linda Spindel
Mrs. Betty St. George
*Capt. George E. Watkins
Mrs. Lelia Graham Webb
Mrs. Michelle Wren
There are so many reasons for the success of our Children’s Museum, but we have to thank YOU
for your contributions that made it all happen. On May 26, 2011 the doors of imagination opened
and we have welcomed over 217,075 visitors from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 to our new
facility. Membership to the museum now stands at 4,185. Families and groups representing all
50 states fill the museum on a daily basis. The Beazley Planetarium opened in October with a
focus on children’s programming and at the present time the Curious George exhibit is on
display in the changing gallery. Smiling faces and sounds of joy tell the true story of success!
thank you for your contributions
and loyalty to the Children’s Museum of Virginia!
We are very proud of our new museum and again
The Portsmouth Museums Foundation
cordially invites you
to
the Ninth Gala
“Celebrating our 20th Anniversary”
on
Saturday, September 8, 2012
at the
Children’s Museum of Virginia
Cocktail reception 6:00 p.m.
Dinner 7:30 p.m.
Dessert, Dancing & Silent Auction
9:00 p.m.
Black Tie preferred and Tennies always correct
Portsmouth Museums Foundation
Wish List
Museum Planetarium Seats
Each seat in our new Beazley Planetarium costs $400.
We were very fortunate to have area Rotary clubs
donate over half of the funding needed. Twenty- four
out of sixty-four seats remain unsold. Please consider
this great opportunity for naming rights for a loved
one, special event or a gift for friends and family.
Children’s Museum Endowment
The Portsmouth Museums Foundation
Fund for the Children’s Museum was
established at the Hampton Roads
Community Foundation in 2009. All gifts
toward the endowment will be matched
dollar for dollar by the Batten
Educational Fund. This fund will provide ongoing
support to the Children’s Museum of Virginia and is in
addition to the $1,000,000 gift from the Batten
Endowment Challenge.
This match has become a priority for our board
members. An Endowment for this wonderful facility is
part of our legacy to the City of Portsmouth and all of
Hampton Roads.
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DONORS
$500,000 and above
Mrs. Mildred S. Lancaster
$350,000 and above
Beazley Foundation
$250,000 and above
Roy Charles Foundation
TowneBank Foundation
The Estate of Ernestine Renn Boyce
$200,000 and above
Hampton Roads Community Foundation
$100,000 and above
Retail Alliance Charitable Giving Fund
Mary Morton Parsons Foundation
The Virginian-Pilot/Landmark Communications
Foundation
Virginia Port Authority
$70,000 and above
Dominion Foundation
The Cabell Foundation
Portsmouth General Hospital Foundation
$50,000 and above
The Southeast Virginia Community Foundation
Western Branch Diesel
$25,000 and above
APM Terminals
BB&T
Earl Industries
Elizabeth River Run Proceeds
Marietta McNeill Morgan & Samuel Tate Morgan, Jr.
Foundation
CSX
Maersk Line, Limited
Portsmouth Service League
Mr. A. Kenneth Scribner, Jr.
Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation
Wheelabrator Technologies, Inc.
$20,000 and above
Photos courtesy of TriDuo
Elizabeth River Run
Celebrates 8th Year
in Portsmouth
In 2005 the Elizabeth River Run (ERR)
moved to Portsmouth and the event has
grown each year with over 1,200 runners in
2012. The Tidewater Striders partnered
with the Portsmouth Museums Foundation
to bring the ERR to Portsmouth on the
Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.
The ERR begins and ends at the N’Telos
Pavilion with participants running along the
Elizabeth River on the seawall down
Crawford and into the Naval Regional
Medical Center. This very popular 10K
draws many runners outside of the
Hampton Roads region. The Crawford
Street Mile and Children’s Museum Fun Run
are added fun venues for children and
those who don’t run in the 10K.
2012 ERR WINNER
RYAN CARROLL
Portsmouth Partnership Foundation
W. F. Magann Corporation
Sales Systems, Ltd.
$10,000 and above
Bank of America
Dr. Maria Bobroff
Brown & Brown Insurance
Colonna’s Shipyard
Farm Fresh
Helen G. Gifford Foundation
McAllister Towing
S. L. Nusbaum Realty Company
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
Alison J. and Ella W. Parsons Foundation
SunTrust Mid-Atlantic Foundation
Tidewater Children’s Foundation
$5,000 and above
JASON & DYLAN McNEAR
To date the Portsmouth Museums Foundation has received a total of
$55,555 through the partnership with the Tidewater Striders. The ERR
has been a huge success and great contributor to the Children’s Museum
of Virginia.
American Patriot Self-Storage
Anonymous
Carmax Foundation
Catering Concepts
Mr. & Mrs. E. Saunders Early
Frogland Farms
Galliford-Mulard Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. William G. Harshaw
Mrs. Mary Welton Hawks Meredith
In Honor of Ida Kay Jordan
The Pruden Foundation
In Memory of Irma Ayers by Ann D. Reed
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Rivin
Dr. & Mrs. H. Dale Sponaugle
Mrs. Mildred Van Dyck
Captain & Mrs. George E. Watkins
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Wren, Sr.
$2,500 and above
Barr Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Byers
City of Portsmouth – Mayor’s Ball
Cdr. & Mrs. Malcolm Fortson
Mr. & Mrs. S. Earl Griffin
Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce, Portsmouth
Division
Hecht’s May Company Employee Fund
Dr. Gladstone Hill Memorials
Mr. Jay Nelms, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Ovid Keene
Portsmouth Invitational Tournament Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Philip M. Rudisill
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Schleck
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Sher
Trinity Episcopal Children’s Christmas Shop
Mr. & Mrs. Jay M. Weinberg
Mr. Richard E. H. Wentz
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth W. Wren, Jr.Rotary Club of
Churchland
Mr. & Mrs. John R. St. George
$1,000 and above
AMERIGROUP Charitable Foundation
Mrs. Alice Pettus Ash
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Brenner
Churchland Kiwanis Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. Brad Cherry
Estate of Martha Boone
Frogland Farms
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Gartman
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Halstead, Jr.
Hampton Roads Shipping Agency
Mr. William S. Hargroves
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Harrell
Seawall Art Show
Mrs. Harriet Heath
Jr. Virginia Beach Garden Club
Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Kirby
Kiwanis Foundation of Portsmouth
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Leon
Mrs. Connie Magann
Mr. & Mrs. G. Gilmer Minor, III
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Moreland
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Morgan
Sis Nash Memorial Fund
Norfolk Sunrise Rotary Club
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Oast
Ms. Nancy S. Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Perry
Portsmouth Convention & Visitors Bureau
Rotary Club of Hampton Roads
Rotary Club of Portsmouth
Mr. & Mrs. Eric J. Sasser
The Rotary Club of Suffolk
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene J. Seward
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Strattner
Mr. Lewis Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. George Randolph Webb, Jr.
Williams Mullen
Lewis & Minta Wood Charitable Foundation
Honorable Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr.
Ms. B. Anne Davis
Dr. O.P. Delcambre
$500 and above
Miss Grace M. Armistead
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Ayers, III
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Blachman
Miss Millicent Anne Carney
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Cohen
Mr. & Mrs. Don Comer
$500 and above
Martha Ann Creecy for Mayor Campaign
Dr. & Mrs. James V. Cornetta
Mrs. Linda Lamm English
Mr. Benn Griffin
Dr. & Mrs. Harold P. Heafner, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Hoddinott
Mr. H. Alexander Johnson
Dr. John Joyce
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond S. Joseph
Merrimac Kiwanis Foundation
Perry and Bunny Morgan Fund
PAPCO, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Peck
Mr. & Mrs. Von L. Piersall, III
PFD-Firefighters Credit Union, Inc.
Prentis Park Reunion Committee
Primrose School Chesapeake
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Resolute, Sr.
Mrs. Susan Robertson
Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Sapiro
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Saunders
Segaloff Family Philanthropic Fund (UJCVAP)
In honor of Norman Sher
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Spindel
Tidewater Officers’ Spouses’ Association
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Weiss
Dr. & Mrs. Ben E. Wiggins, Jr.
In-Kind Giving
Advanced Design Fabrication Corporation
Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters
Mr. & Mrs. Steven Freeman
KC’s of Portsmouth
Kool Smiles
Ogg Stoneworks
Olde Towne Business Association
Vista Graphics
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Portsmouth Museums
Foundation, Inc.
And mail to
521 Middle Street
Portsmouth, Virginia 23704
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