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Dave Anderson
MISSION STATEMENT
Aullwood Audubon enriches lives through education and stewardship of birds and ecosystems.
VISION STATEMENT
We envision a world where birds thrive and people prosper, everyone is empowered to take conservation action,
and diversit
y
of life and thou
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ht is respected.
AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER & FARM
1000 AULLWOOD ROAD, DAYTON OH 45414
937-
890
-7360 • WWW.
AULLWOOD.ORG
ANNUAL REPORT 2019
AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER & FARM
FRIENDS OF AULLWOOD OFFICERS 2018-2019
W. Chip Herin, III, President
Julie Vincent, Vice President
Sally Mahrt, Secretary
Steve Scheid, Treasurer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Kelly Bohrer
Paul Broerman
Corey Farmer
Mike Cross
Robert K. David
Greg Ewers
John Fabelo
Tom Finley
Lorelei R. Hagans-Floyd
Colleen Hinman
Mike Houser
Carolyn Junius
Nadia Klarr
Erin Kuck
Chris Neary
Kyle Schrodi
Todd J. Stowe
Patrick Turnbull
Julie Zink
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AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER & FARM
STAFF
Alexis R. Faust, Executive Director
Leesa Alexander, Environmental Educator
Geena Cammorato, Database & Center Assistant
Nicole Conrad, Education Manager & Intern Coordinator
Laurie Cothran, Development and Marketing Manager
Ken Fasimpaur, IT Manager
Beth Fuller, Events Assistant
Bev Holland, Environmental Education Specialist
Pat Kretschmer, Guest Services
Mindy Lloyd, Veterinary Technician
Nenita Lapitan, Volunteer Coordinator
Melissa Nicely, Housekeeping
Sam Romeo, Environmental Educator
Chris Rowlands, Environmental Education Outreach
Dalynn Sours, Nature Store & Guest Service Coordinator
Jonny Thomas, Grounds and Maintenance
Barbara Trick, Office Manager
Ryan Walburn, Maintenance Manager
Mark Wright, Land Conservation Steward
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AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER & FARM
AULLWOOD SERVES OUR COMMUNITY WITH
THE WONDER OF NATURE & FARMING
This year, 20,150 children discovered nature, conservation and sustainable farming
through Aullwood field trips or special classes. An additional 21,025 students
participated in Aullwood REACHES outreach programs. These 41,175 students came
from 13 counties, 22 public school systems and 120 different schools or educational
institutions.
Honda of America Manufacturing provided a $10,000 grant for students from Tri-County
North Elementary School to participate in two field trips to Aullwood. 300 students in
grades K-4 and 21 teachers delighted in the Aullwood Adventures School Program at
Aullwood’s Nature Center, Farm and sanctuary and enjoyed the Chris Rowlands
assembly “It’s Wild Out There”.
Aullwood received a $5,000 grant from The Susan Kathleen Black Foundation for an
Artistic Residency at Beverly Gardens Elementary School in the Mad River School
District in Riverside, Ohio with an enrollment of at least 384 students in grades K-4.
Aullwood’s Outreach Naturalist, Chris Rowlands, spent over 60 hours working on-site
with the children in April and May 2019 to create an acrylic canvas mural depicting
wildlife and birds using an impressionistic pointillism technique.
The Vandalia Cultural Arts Endowment Fund provided a $3,500 grant for an Artistic
Residency with Chris Rowlands at Demmitt Elementary School in the Vandalia-Butler
School District,
engaging all 504 K-3 students to create a mural entitled “Nightime Flight.”
Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District supported Aullwood with a grant of $15,002
for general operations during the 2018-2019 fiscal year.
Three hundred eighty four children participated in Aullwood’s Summer Earth Adventures
classes.
“This year…
41,175 students
came from 13
counties, 22 public
school systems and
120 different schools
or educational
institutions.”
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Aullwood received a $20,000 grant from the Kettering Family Philanthropies to evaluate the STEMing Science into Conservation
Action program. Elaine T. Horr, Ph.D., a Research Associate with the Center for Research and Evaluation of the Center of Science
and Industry (COSI) in Columbus, Ohio, worked as the evaluator for the program. Aullwood education staff and Dr. Horr worked
collaboratively to implement evaluation methods and develop program logic models.
With funds provided by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, Mathile Family Fund, Vectren Foundation, DP&L Foundation,
Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust, Wallace Foundation, The Englewood Friends, and Bud & Esther Brown, Aullwood engaged 275
high needs 5th grade and high school students from six Dayton Public Schools in STEMing Science into Conservation Action.
These students were engaged in 4.5 hours/day of hands-on science field experiences at Aullwood for 22 days. Study included
water quality, fish identification, anatomy comparisons of reptiles/amphibians, bat studies, tree planting, invasive species
discussion, forest ecology dynamics, pollinators, production of honey and maple syrup, birding and bird banding.
Aullwood received a $32,000 grant from The Mariel Foundation to support the Muskrat Marsh Boardwalk Reconstruction Project.
A memorial sign will be installed near the beginning of the boardwalk for Mariel Alice Talbot.
Cargill Provimi awarded Aullwood a $10,000 grant for support of the care and feeding of Aullwood’s farm animals as well as for
farm education programs.
The Iddings Foundation provided a grant award of $2,000 for Aullwood’s Small Steps in Nature preschool program which provides
programming for the Miami Valley Child Development Center (MVCDC) Farm Preschool at Aullwood and YMCA’s Early Learning
Center at Stillwater Church and Concord Church.
DP&L Foundation sponsored the Aullwood READS program, enabling forty 3rd grade students from Morton Elementary School to
explore Aullwood and improve their reading skills.
Enrollment in Aullwood’s Farm/Nature Play Head Start Preschool was filled at capacity with 34 youngsters experiencing daily
encounters with nature and farming.
Montgomery County awarded Aullwood a $22,660 grant from a Montgomery County Solid Waste District Business Recycling
program to purchase 100% recycled decking to be used to rebuild Aullwood’s front boardwalk, prairie tower, and rear fire escape.
Montgomery County awarded Aullwood a $24,414 grant from a Montgomery County Solid Waste District Recycling Incentive Grant
for the purchase of a diesel-powered wood chipper.
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Aullwood received $43,207 in grant awards and special gifts for the reconstruction projects for the prairie tower, front boardwalk
and railing and the rear fire escape. These awards came from The Dayton Foundation, The Spurlino Fund, The Schade Family
Foundation, The Spurlino Family Fund II, The Tatar Family Fund, and The Linda and Miles Schmidt Family Fund, with special gifts
from Eileen Roberts and Sue & Ben Fry.
Aullwood was awarded a $5,000 Dayton Conservation Fund Grant for a Water Improvement Project at Aullwood Farm which was
matched by a $5,000 grant from the Miami Conservancy District.
Aullwood’s Avian Art Contest engaged 330 children from Beverly Gardens Elementary, Brantwood Elementary, Saville
Elementary and Virginia Stevenson Elementary. This initiative was sponsored by Annette Marquardt-Kimball and the late Robert
Marquardt in memory of Enid Marquardt.
AWARDS
In September 2018, The Susan K. Black Foundation recognized Chris Rowland’s artwork with a third place award in the final Art
Show at the annual Artist Rendezvous and Workshop in Dubois, Wyoming which welcomes the greatest wildlife artists in the world.
CONSERVATION ACTIONS
In 1995, Paul Knoop and Aullwood staff planted what became the Paul E. Knoop, Jr. Prairie on approximately 140 acres of airport
property adjacent to Aullwood at the corner of Frederick Pike and U.S. 40 (National Road). This prairie is thriving and is one of the
oldest reconstructed prairies in the State of Ohio. It attracts hundreds of resident and migratory birds and mammals, and thousands
of species of insects, butterflies and bees each year.
Even more critical is the fact that it is flourishing on and protecting the watershed and aquifer for Wiles Creek and the many high
quality wetlands that exist on Aullwood Audubon property. Wiles Creek runs through Aullwood and subsequently flows into
Aullwood Garden MetroParks where it has been a central landscape element of this National Historic Landmark since Marie and
John Aull originally purchased the property. It then empties into the Stillwater River, a designated State Scenic River.
This year, the City of Dayton and the Dayton International Airport identified the Paul E. Knoop, Jr. prairie as a development site for
manufacturing. Over 17,000 individuals signed a petition to save the prairie and thus save the water source for Aullwood Audubon.
The fight to preserve this endangered ecosystem and the environments that depend on it will continue until the prairie is preserved
in perpetuity.
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AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER & FARM
BY THE NUMBERS
• 600 volunteers donated 21,552 hours for a
value of
$548,
067
•
Over 120,000 people participated in
Aullwood activities
•
Aullwood’s Breeding Bird Census recorded
49 species of nesting bir
d
s on our sanctuary
•
29 species of birds were identified during
Project Feeder
Watch
citizen science study
•
293 butterflies from 28 different species were
identified during the 27th Annual NABA 4th
of July Butterfly Census at Aullwood
“Over 120,000
people participated in
Aullwood activities…
600 volunteers
donated 21,552
hours.”
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AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER & FARM
FINANCES FISCAL YEAR 2019
Income: $1,562,106
Endowment: $879,614 (56%)
Special Events: $115,345 (7%)
Contributions & Grants: $273,871 (18%)
Admission & Tuition: $114,736 (7%)
Membership: $76,313 (5%)
Rentals: $38,513 (2%)
Store & Farm Sales: $63,714 (4%)
Expenditures: $1,562,106
Administration:
$432,703 (27.7%)
Program: $865,407 (55.4%)
Land & Building: $263,996 (16.9%)
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AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER & FARM
THE AULL SOCIETY
Special recognition goes to the following Aull Society members for their planned gifts which will benefit Aullwood Audubon:
Carla S. Allbright
Marie S. Aull*
Ruth Baxter*
D. Jean Bindeman
Judith Thomas Blanton
Beulah “Boots” Stern Boyd*
Charlie Breish*
Bud and Esther Brown
Larry and Ann Brown
Dr. Juli Burnell
Faith Clark *
Elizabeth Grace Cook
Al & Denise Eder
Linda Katherine Eilerman *
Laurie D. Fox *
Benjamin and Sue Fry
Jackie Guckian
Howard John Hadley*
Bill* and Grace* Hagenbuch
Ardith P. Hamilton*
Gary and Carolyn Harpel
Neil and Jeanne Hazel
Elanora Hersey*
Neil and Jeanne Hazel
Jane and Andy Higgins
Tom Hissong
Dr. H. Robert* and Zoe W. Hittner
William* and Julia Hobart
Cora M. Hodgson
Diane Hogue
Greg and Kim Holler
George* and Pam Houk
Diana Marie Hunn*
Hayward and Betsy* Jones
Virginia Kable
Mikell Kloeters
Samuel* and Linda* Kramer
Charity Krueger
George* and Alice* Krueger
Pamela S. Kyle
June Lauzon*
Florence Love*
Ruth Lundin
Robert L.* and Annette Marquardt
Bill* and Judy McCormick
Donna MolBarnNik Melia
Judith O. Munn
Dane and Priscilla Mutter
Robert and Peggy Neff
Don* and Mary Olt
Dale and Jo* Parkey
Kimberly Parks
Helen Pinkney*
Sally Reahard*
Gary and Lorraine Reibert
Paul* and Marguerite Ressler
Barbara and John Rion
Eileen Roberts
Arlene Sadon*
Burt and Alice Saidel
Betty Seabold
Jon and Diana Sebaly
Lillian S. Shaffer *
Bob* and Joan* Siebenthaler
Sarah Sillin
Milton* and Marian* Simmons
Marianne P. Stephan
Evelyn Stoltz*
John and Mitzi Stuckey
Vaughanedris W. Tullis *
Marj and Tom Wallman
Peg Weller
Eugene and Erla Wilson
Virginia C. Woodrow, M.D.
Liz* and David Wyse
Mary Beth Young
(*Deceased)
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AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER & FARM
FRIENDS OF AULLWOOD MEMBERS: SPONSOR MEMBERS
Marvin Appel
Tim & Karen Beaty
Megan & Carl Brickner
Gail & Dan Brockman
India & John Clarke
Molly & Steve Cobb
EBS Asset Management, Inc
Al & Denise Eder
David & Joelle Gibson
Barbara & Robert Gilbert
Penny Haddick
Neil & Jeanne Hazel
Barb Kuhns
Steven & Louise Mason
Greg Merkle
John Miller
Mary Olt
Sarah Sillin
Tom & Carole Stephens
Todd & Lora Stowe
Hope & Bob Taft
John & Louise Thompson
Greg & Rebekah Toman
Almuth Tschunko
Frank Welling
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FRIENDS OF AULLWOOD MEMBERS: PATRON MEMBERS
Erica & Jeff Adler
Brock & Margy Anderson
Carol & Bob Bertrand
Paul & Amy Broerman
Polly Kronenberger & Mary Bullen
John & Pat Dupps
James & Susan Fitton
Caelan & Aven Ford
Harold & Sonja Gegel
Donald Stephan & Doug Grewe
Zoe Hittner
James & Joan Jambor
Judy McCormick
Rick & Denise Palivec
Frances Repperger
John Rion
Judy Royer
Linda & Joel Shapiro
Scott & Paula Wilcher
Jeanette McDaniel
David Wyse
Nancy Zeller
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Mike Mushala
AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER & FARM
SPECIAL FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
Your generosity provides vital resources enabling Aullwood to create innovative activities for children of all ages. All attempts
have been made to ensure the accuracy of and completeness of this list. If your name has been omitted or listed incorrectly,
please notify Aullwood at (937) 890-7360.
$10,000 AND ABOVE
Cargill Provimi
Charles S. Allyn Jr. Foundation Fund
of The Dayton Foundation
The Dayton Foundation
DP&L Company Foundation
Englewood Friends
Graymer Foundation
Honda of America Foundation
Mariel Foundation
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Mary Kittredge Fund of The Dayton Foundation
Mathile Family Foundation
Montgomery County Arts & Cultural District
Montgomery County Solid Waste District
Jesse and Caryl Philips Foundation
Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust
Vectren Foundation
Virginia W. Kettering Foundation
Wyse Family Foundation
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AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER & FARM
SPECIAL FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
$5,000 - $9,999
Bud & Esther Brown
Dayton Conservation Fund of The Dayton Foundation
Kettering Health Network
Miami Conservancy District
PNC Bank
Susan Kathleen Black Foundation
Wallace Foundation
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AULLWOOD AUDUBON CENTER & FARM
SPECIAL FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
$1,000 - $4,999
Tim and Karen Beaty
Christopher Birch
Bonbright Distributors
Cargill
Choice Comfort Services, Inc.
Coolidge Wall Co., L.P.A.
David Yenney State Farm Insurance
Dayton Freight Lines, Inc.
Dayton International Airport
Linda Denney
Dupps Company Charitable Foundation
Houser Asphalt & Concrete, Inc.
Iddings Foundation
John Guenin
C. Stewart Johnson
JP Morgan Chase
Bill Kindred
kmh Graphics
Kroger
Leppla Associates, Ltd.
Lowe’s
LWC Incorporated
Steve and Teresa Meyer
S. J. Meyer & Associates, Inc.
Nancy Nerny
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Projects Unlimited, Inc.
R. B. Jergens Contractors, Inc.
Riverdale Optimist Club
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Schade
Linda and Joel Shapiro
Shook Construction Co.
Joanne & Cyrus W. Spurlino
Michael E. Spurlino
Richard & June Smythe
Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Jerome F. Tatar
Theda
& Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation
City of Vandalia Cultural Endowment Fund
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SPECIAL FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
$500 - $999
Happy Kamper Films
Enterprise Roofing and Sheet Metal
Sue & Ben Fry
Hairless Hare Brewery
Fred P. Kreuzer, C.P.A. & Associates
Leaf Filter Gutter Protection
Dr. Valerie Nicholson
John & Barbara Rion
Judy Royer
Mr. and Mrs. C. Miles Schmidt, Jr.
Milton and Marian Simmons Community
Fund of The Dayton Foundation
Todd Stowe
University of Dayton, Office of the President
Katrinka Westendorf
Western Ohio Graphics
Winans Chocolates & Coffees
David Wyse
John & Becky York
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