We’d like to recognize the many people and organizations who have made contributions to NCTA in 2013 to help make protection and advocacy programs possible. The following list of investments were paid as of May 31, 2013. Thank you to everyone who contributed their time, talents and resources to this effort. The TIP, Legislative and Real Tree programs continue to illustrate how, by working together, we can accomplish much more than we can by working alone.
Please note: the following list recognizes combined total contributions to the Real Tree Advocacy Fund, Legislative Action Fund and Protection and Advocacy Fund.
Bronze Stars
Investments of $5,000 through $9,999
Wolf Creek Tree Farm, Thomas Beutell
Bright Stars
Investments of $1,000 through $4,999
Christmas Tree Council Of Nova Scotia
K.L.M. Tree Farm, Mark & Luanne Steelhammer
The Kirk Company, Ralph Nilssen
Partner Level
Investments of $500 through $999
Brian Fox, Fox Brand, Inc.
Indiana Christmas Tree Growers Association, Kerry Dull
John DeCosmo, Ulta-Lit Tree Company
Ken & JoAnn Scholz, Snowshoe Evergreen Inc.
Kerry Dull, Indiana Christmas Tree Growers Association
Larry Martha Suzanne Stokoe, Stokoe Farm Trees
North Countree Christmas, Inc., Paul Schroeder
Paul Schroeder, North Countree Christmas, Inc.
Snowshoe Evergreen Inc., Ken & JoAnn Scholz
Society for the Protection Of N.H. Forests
Stokoe Farm Trees, Larry Martha Suzanne Stokoe
Patron Level
Investments of $100 through $499
All Western Evergreen Nursery & Christmas Tree Farm, Katherine Humphrey
Anthony Dal Bello, Anthony's Christmas Trees and Wreaths, Inc.
Beavers Christmas Tree Farm, Robert & Susan Beavers
Beth & Michael Walterscheidt, Evergreen Farms Christmas Trees
Bill & Mary Lou Schmidt, Elysian Hills Tree Farm
Blake Rafeld, Sugargrove Tree Farm
Bob & Susan Grelinger, Windy Knoll Farm
Cherry Grove Tree Farm, Paul & Richard Montgomery
Christmas Ranch Tree Farms, Donald & Marilyn Cameron
Connecticut Christmas Tree Growers Association, Kathy Kogut
Donald & Marilyn Cameron, Christmas Ranch Tree Farms
Donald Morris, Sandpoint Ranch Tree Farm Inc.
Egolf Christmas Trees Inc., Shirley Egolf
Enjoy Tree Inc., Renald Gilbert
Ernie Goldenman, Goldenman Christmas Trees
Evergreen Farms Christmas Trees, Beth & Michael Walterscheidt
Glenwood Heights Tree Farm, Jerry Stevenson
Goldenman Christmas Trees, Ernie Goldenman
James Nickelson, Needlefast Evergreens
Jay & Christie Weir, Weir Tree Farms
Jerry Stevenson, Glenwood Heights Tree Farm
Jim Hingst, Pipe Creek Christmas Tree Farm Inc.
Joe Freeman, Mistletoe Meadows
John Knight, Sorghum Mill Christmas Tree & Blackberry Farm
John Rosser, Rosser Family Christmas Trees
Katherine Humphrey, All Western Evergreen Nursery & Christmas Tree Farm
Kathy Kogut, Connecticut Christmas Tree Growers Association
Lowes Creek Tree Farm, Timothy Olson
Mark Johnston Chris Shumate, New River Tree Company Inc
Mistletoe Meadows, Joe Freeman
Moore Tree Farm LLC, Richard & Kay Moore
Needlefast Evergreens, James Nickelson
New River Tree Company Inc, Mark Johnston Chris Shumate
Paul & Richard Montgomery, Cherry Grove Tree Farm
Pipe Creek Christmas Tree Farm Inc., Jim Hingst
Randal & Kimberly Sides, Randal & Kimberly Sides Nursery
Richard & Kay Moore, Moore Tree Farm LLC
Robert & Susan Beavers, Beavers Christmas Tree Farm
Robert Chengerian, Chengerian's Tree Land Inc.
Sandpoint Ranch Tree Farm Inc., Donald Morris
Shirley Egolf, Egolf Christmas Trees Inc.
Sorghum Mill Christmas Tree & Blackberry Farm, John Knight
Stuart & Judy Smith, Wright's Christmas Tree Farm
Sugargrove Tree Farm, Blake Rafeld
T. Ernst Forest Products, Tom Ernst
Timbuk Farms/Canaan Fir Tree Company
Timothy Olson, Lowes Creek Tree Farm
Tom Ernst, T. Ernst Forest Products
Weir Tree Farms, Jay & Christie Weir
Wright's Christmas Tree Farm, Stuart & Judy Smith
Participant Level
Investments up to $100
A Family Tree Farm, Richard Healey
Andrew Alpaugh, Evergreen Valley Christmas Tree Farm LLC
B. Bucchianeri, Lone Oak Farm
Beau & Russell Estes, Peak Farms
Berry's Christmas Tree Farm & Nursery, Chuck Berry
Bierman's Christmas Tree Farm, Brian Bierman
Bill & Alice Brawley, Greenbriar Ag Management Inc.
Bill's Christmas Trees, William Sharelis
Black Oak Farm, Robert Housedorf
Bob Scott, Prairie Pines
Bob's Christmas Trees, Robert Pilon
Boiling Spring Tree Farm, Clement Meserve
Brad Miller, The Christmas Farm
Brian Bierman, Bierman's Christmas Tree Farm
Bruce Davidson, Davidson Christmas Tree Farm
Brushy Fork Pines LLC, Rickey or Tonyia Hollandsworth
Carl & Debbie Yeager, Storeyland Christmas Tree Farm
Carlton Ellms, Ellms' Christmas Trees
Carolyn Walsh, Walsh Christmas Tree Farm
Cedar Ledge Tree Farm, Ken & Mindy Cone
Chub Lake Tree Farm, Jim & Bev Whorton
Chuck Berry, Berry's Christmas Tree Farm & Nursery
Clarence Murdock, Murdock's Trees
Clement Meserve, Boiling Spring Tree Farm
Cooley Springs Tree Farm, Harold Shields
Country Pines, David Rench
Darrell & Adele Westover, Westover Farm
David Reese, Kaleidoscope Farms
David Rench, Country Pines
Davidson Christmas Tree Farm, Bruce Davidson
Dennis Tompkins, The Evergreen Arborist
Diane & Mark McCurdy, McCurdy's Tree Farm
Don & Heidi Clark, Family Christmas Trees
Don & Joyce Kachtik, K & K Evergreen Farms Inc.
Douglas Martin, Martin's Tree Farm
Dutchridge Tree Farm, William & Constance Hively
Echo Hill Farms Inc., Robert & Susan Keith
Ellms' Christmas Trees, Carlton Ellms
Family Christmas Trees, Don & Heidi Clark
Farmstead Acres, Marshall Patmos
Farnsworth Tree Farm, L.B. & Dick Farnsworth
Fishers Christmas Tree Farm, Gary & Melba Fisher
Galen May, Pine View Haven
Gary & Melba Fisher, Fishers Christmas Tree Farm
Gary & Terri Hite, Scioto Prairie Farms
Greenbriar Ag Management Inc., Bill & Alice Brawley
Gwinn's Christmas Tree Farm, Michael Gwinn
Harold Shields, Cooley Springs Tree Farm
Harry & Juanita Peckham, Memory Lane Christmas Tree Farm
Howard McCombs, Southern Tree Plantation Inc.
Hutchison's Christmas Forest, John Hutchison
J.G. Brands Christmas Tree Sales, Joe Grande
Jean-Luc Beloin, Jean Luc Beloin Inc.
Jerry Marchese, TNI Corporation, Inc.
Jim & Bev Whorton, Chub Lake Tree Farm
Joe Grande, J.G. Brands Christmas Tree Sales
John Benton, Spruce Goose Christmas Tree Farm
John Hutchison, Hutchison's Christmas Forest
John Wyckoff, Wyckoff's Tree Farm
John Yeager, Yeagers Tree Farm
Jon Bigler, Rolling Hills Tree Farm
K & K Evergreen Farms Inc., Don & Joyce Kachtik
Kaleidoscope Farms, David Reese
Ken & Mindy Cone, Cedar Ledge Tree Farm
Kenlin Tree Farm, Paul May
Kidman Tree Farm, Mike & Renee Kidman
King Tree Farm, Roy King
L.B. & Dick Farnsworth, Farnsworth Tree Farm
Lone Oak Farm, B. Bucchianeri
Lyn & Eric Walther, Strawberry Hill Christmas Tree Farm
M. Wright Farm & Forest Ltd, Matthew Wright
Marshall Patmos, Farmstead Acres
Martin's Tree Farm, Douglas Martin
Matthew Wright, M. Wright Farm & Forest Ltd
McCurdy's Tree Farm, Diane & Mark McCurdy
Memory Lane Christmas Tree Farm, Harry & Juanita Peckham
Meyer Christmas Trees, Michael Meyer
Michael & Lisa Godzyk, Sibgo Tree Company
Michael Gwinn, Gwinn's Christmas Tree Farm
Michael Meyer, Meyer Christmas Trees
Mike & Renee Kidman, Kidman Tree Farm
Murdock's Trees, Clarence Murdock
Pat & Laurie Sunnen, Red Barn Tree Farm
Paul May, Kenlin Tree Farm
Peak Farms, Beau & Russell Estes
Perfect Christmas Tree Farm, John & Cynthia Curtis
Pine View Haven, Galen May
Prairie Pines, Bob Scott
Red Barn Tree Farm, Pat & Laurie Sunnen
Redrock Farm, Richard Rockwood
Renald Gilbert, Enjoy Tree Inc.
Richard Healey, A Family Tree Farm
Richard Rockwood, Redrock Farm
Rickey or Tonyia Hollandsworth, Brushy Fork Pines LLC
Robert & Susan Keith, Echo Hill Farms Inc.
Robert Housedorf, Black Oak Farm
Robert Pilon, Bob's Christmas Trees
Rolling Hills Tree Farm, Jon Bigler
Roy King, King Tree Farm
Scioto Prairie Farms, Gary & Terri Hite
Sibgo Tree Company, Michael & Lisa Godzyk
Southern Tree Plantation Inc., Howard McCombs
Spruce Goose Christmas Tree Farm, John Benton
Storeyland Christmas Tree Farm, Carl & Debbie Yeager
Strawberry Hill Christmas Tree Farm, Lyn & Eric Walther
Sunrise Tree Farm, Betty & Pat Malone
Taylor Tree Farm, Wendell Taylor
The Christmas Farm, Brad Miller
The Evergreen Arborist, Dennis Tompkins
TNI Corporation, Inc., Jerry Marchese
Walsh Christmas Tree Farm, Carolyn Walsh
Wendell Taylor, Taylor Tree Farm
Westover Farm, Darrell & Adele Westover
William & Constance Hively, Dutchridge Tree Farm
William Sharelis, Bill's Christmas Trees
Wyckoff's Tree Farm, John Wyckoff
Yeagers Tree Farm, John Yeager