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Thank You To Our Valued Donors

We are grateful to the following community supporters, who allow us to achieve our vision: a sustainable world where aquatic life is diverse and flourishing.

Thank You!

Annual Gifts Made Between
January 1 and December 31, 2010

$500,000+

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

$100,000 - $499,999

British Columbia Transmission Corporation; Estate of Graham R. Dawson*; Loblaw Companies Limited

$50,000 – $99,999

Coca Cola Canada; Environment Canada; Home Depot; Canada Foundation; Maurice and Stacy White*; Molson Canadian

$25,000 – $49,999

Betsy Bennett*; Matt Campbell; Cenovus Energy Inc.; Imperial Oil Foundation; National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; RBC Foundation; The Schad Foundation; Spence Diamonds; Taylor Made Media; Dr. Yosef Wosk

$10,000 – $24,999

The Annenberg Foundation; William T. and Joanne E. Barker; BC Hydro; Russell Bennett*; Winslow Wood and Chantal Bennett*; Canadian Wildlife Federation Inc; ConocoPhillips Canada; EnCana Corporation; Fathom Expeditions; The Highbury Foundation; The John and Pat McCutcheon Charitable Foundation; North Growth Foundation; Darrell and Robin Oswald; SAP Canada Inc.; Scotiabank; Syncrude; Teekay Shipping; Vancouver Airport Authority; Vancouver Foundation; West Coast Fishing Club

$5,000 – $9,999

Air Transat; Blue Planet Links Foundation; C Restaurant; Cactus Club Cafe; Canadian Plastics Industry Association; Commonwealth Insurance Co.; Jennifer and Michael Cormack; Tom and Peggy English; Fernwood Foundation; Erik Kiss and Lisa Baskett; Kyuquot Beach House; McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada; Marin Investments Ltd.; Sol Maya and Gwen Poole; Margot Paris and Chuck Brook; Shawn and Bob Siak; Norman G. Snihur and Gwendolyn Szychter; Sonora Resort Canada; W. Maurice Young Foundation

$2,500 – $4,999

Mary Buttery; Clayoquot Biosphere Trust; Coast Salish Arts; Concord Pacific Harmony Trust 2; Marna Disbrow; The Galbraith Family; Don and Margaret Garnett; Estate of Lewis W. Hunter; Bob and Janet Landucci; Jane Maisonville-Phillips and Ken Phillips; Mission Hill Family Estate; Dr. John Nightingale and Jacqueline Gijssen*; Omega Watches; Mark Schad; Sewell’s Landing Inc.; Stubbs Island Whale Watching; Tero Consulting; Mark Tindle and Leslie Cliff; Umberto’s Villa Delia Cooking School; Uniglobe Travel; VEMCO, A Division of AMIRIX Systems Inc.; WestJet

$1,000 – $2,499

Active Life Health Clinic; Dr. Patricia Baird and Dr. Joseph Herron; Bank of Montreal; The Bellringer Family Foundation; W. David and Georgia Black; Blue Water Cafe & Raw Bar; Dr. Stewart and Marilyn Blusson; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP; Michael and Laurie Borden; Val and Dick Bradshaw; Jacob and Valerie Brouwer; May Brown, C.M., O.B.C.; Alan Burns and Wen-Lin Sun; Cara Communications; Ronald and Ardelle Cliff; Club Intrawest; Compass Group Canada; Allan and Ann-Marie Copping; CTV Television; Jean-Pierre and Karen Daem; Dr. Keith and Elizabeth Dawson; Christine Elliott; Fairmont Empress; Peter and J. Barbara Finley; Margaret Fisher; Allen and Ruth Fowlis; FrogBox; Rizwan Gehlen; GEP Productions, Inc #4; Paul and Nicole Geyer; Gourmet Cuisine; Brian and Dilys Hanna; Helijet Airways; Martha Lou Henley ; Charitable Foundation; Diane and Keith Hill; James Ho; Stephen and Phyllis Holmes; Akira and Hamako Horii; Hornby Island Diving; Ann Howe; Cathy Imrie and Jay Biskupski; Isa Mundo Foundation; Jessoma Foundation; Heather and Trevor Johnstone; Mary Jordan; Krystal Hotels & Resorts; Laura K. Jewitt Design; Mike Lefroy; Fraser Liptrot and Mary Ann Hamilton; Louis Gervais Catering; James and Nancy Lyman; Dr. John and Marian MacFarlane; Dr. Peter and Lucile MacKay; Fred Mah and Lorna McCreath; Peter and Helen Malcolm; Master’s Touch Inc.; John and Sarah McAlpine; Bob & Brenda McGill; Miner Family Vineyards; Shelley-Mae Mitchell and Mike T. Boehm; Christopher Moreno and Natalie Seaba; Dawn and Jon Moss; Dr. Peter L. Munk and Dr. Maria Chung; Dr. Murray Newman, O.B.C. and Katherine Newman; NK’MIP Resort; Pangaea Restaurant; Dennis Perry and Susan Drury; Randy and Rena Pratt; Publicis Modem; Reed Point Marina Ltd; Reliance Holdings Ltd; Dan and Debbie Rollins; Saputo; The Schooner Zodiac; Richard and Nancy Self; Bill and Carol Slater; Margot Spence and Etienne Van Eck; Bruce and Janet Sprague; Mark Stevens and Celia Schroeder; The G. Zimmermann Foundation; H. Vaughan and C. Nicholas Thornton; W. Richard and Lana Underhill*; Catherine Van Alstine; Van Dop Gallery; Jane E. Van Roggen, C.M.; Hari and Medhu Varshney; Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation; Walter Francl Architects; Dr. John and Carolyn Webster; Eileen and Bill Wheeler; Faith Wilson; Rory and Jane Young; Anonymous Donors

$500 – $999

AG Hair Cosmetics; Dr. Simon and Dale Baker; Bamfield Marine Science Centre; Belkorp Industries Inc.; Black Rock Oceanfront Resort; The Boathouse Restaurant; Gedalia Braverman and Yuval Braverman; Scott Brehaut; The British Columbia Coast Pilots Ltd.; Burrowing Owl Estate Winery; Robert and Joan Carne; Cascade Wear Ltd.; Jennette Chalcraft and Raymond Aoki; Barry Cheney; Peter Cherniavsky; The Cove Lakeside Resort; Dace Designs; Darwin Construction; Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort & Spa; Donnelly Hospitality Management; Scott Elliott; Expedition Blue Planet; Fairmont Chateau Whistler; Fairmont Hotel Vancouver; Fairmont Pacific Rim; Fairmont Vancouver Airport; Five Star Whale Watching; Robert and Diane Fung; Patti Hanneson-Hatch; Karen Hansen; Harbour Air Seaplanes; Diana Henderson; Herman Miller Canada Inc.; Diana and Stephen Hume; The HYDRECS Fund; Aileen Jeffries and Peter Morrison; The L.M. Vermeulen Group Inc.; Kleo Landucci and JD Murray; Lifetime Collective; Thorsten and Rosina Lisker; The Listel Hotel; Jill Lyall; Wendi Mackay; Jeff Magnusson and Helene DeMonye; Marram Wines; Rosemarie Meidinger; Garry Miles; Peter and Dr. Rosalin Miles; North of Naked Lipolaser and Infared; Omni San Diego Hotel; One of a Few; Chris and Johanna Oosthuizen; Peridot Decorative Homewear; Powervibe Fitness; Quails’ Gate Winery; Quintessentially; Rare Indigo Ventures Inc.; RBC Royal Bank; Doug Regelous and Teresa Freeborn; Robin/Tani Media Factory; Krista Salchert-Johnson; Graeme and Carolyn Sewell; Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre; The Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa; St. George’s School; Stephen Mayhew Photography; Dixie Sullivan and Hal Nelson; James C. Taylor; Andrew Wlodyka and Bonnie Teng; TheraHealth Network Ltd; Trev Deeley Motorcycles; Tug-Guhm Gallery; W. Richard and Lana Underhill; Vancity; Vivio Flower Gallery; Alan and Sabina Wallace; Penny Wentzel; Anonymous Donors

$250 – $499

ACE Health and Training; Tony and Kim Allard; Jordan Anderson; The Arts Club Theatre Company; Crystal Baldwin; Bao Bei Chinese Brasserie; Ryan Beedie; Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art; Lisa J. Bourgault; Gilbert Bradner; Caffe Artigiano; Canadian Outback Adventures; Nicole Cann; CBC TV; Cedar Beach Ocean Lodge; Silvio Cerulli; Pat Chapman; Evie Chauncey; Chris Thorn Photography; Gordon and Mary Christopher; E. Alan Clutchey; June J. Coates; Rothery Colin; Eve Cost; Kenneth and Michael Dakin; Rupert De Barr; Shereen De Rousseau; Deep Cove Canoe & Kayak Centre; Delta Sun Peaks Resort; The Dirty Apron; The Dizzy Whisk; Buddy Doyle; Ducks Unlimited Canada; Martin Duhamel; Ecomarine Ocean Kayak Centre; El Eden Canopy Tour; Ellen Ho Boudoir; Jennifer Ann Elliston; Kerry Elfstrom and Gayle Farrell; Kim Fisher; Robert and Penny Gayton; Elizabeth Gibbs; Frank Girard; GK Media; Bruce Haden; Shannon Handfield; Nora and Andrew Harmsworth; Kirk Herrington and Shannon Bush; Hudson’s Bay Company; Hyatt at Olive 8; Monte Hyssop; Intrawest Corporation; Debra and Andrew Jappy; Joseph and Elizabeth Jarvis; B. and Heidi Joffe; Peter Jucker; Kingfisher Oceanside Resort & Spa; Steven Kraus and Rachel Barton; Le Creuset; Kaye Leaney; Ryan Lee; Carleen Leidal; Live Nation; Al Longair; Linda Loo and Stephen Richards; Michael and Joanne Manson; Dr. Rex and Beatrice Mears; Mercedes-Benz North Shore; Method Personal Training; David Miller; Nature Vancouver Society; Lynne Newton; Opus Hotel Montreal; Opus Hotel Vancouver; Orca Bay; Pacific Coastal Airlines; Pacific Yellowfin Charters; Park’N Fly; Sonja Pfaff; Tanda Pieters; Marina Puddell; Kenneth and Barbara Raynor; J. Charles Robertson; In memory of Anne M. Ruth; Salt Spring Centre of Yoga; Bonnie Schwab; Sea World San Diego; Seattle Aquarium Society; Sequoia Company of Restaurants; Service Canada employees; The Shore Club; Spirit Ridge Vineyard; Resort & Spa; Spruce Body Lab; Starfish Entertainment Inc.; Dr. Joan and Dr. Sara Stelling; Murray Stephen; Mike Stobie; David and Joanie Tara; Sarah and David Thompson; Russell Tibbles and Mary McKenna; Dr. Gary Pansegrau and Dr. Anna Tinker; Barbara Towle; Turning Point Brewing Company; The Michael Waldichuk Family; Nadia Khan and Dennis Wardman; Julia Webb; Mr. David Webbe; Michael J. Welters; Steve Cunningham and Leean West; West Marine; Wickaninnish Inn; Wild Birds Unlimited; Marshal Wong and Eri Matsumoto; Dr. Edward and Eugenie Yeung

*The Aquarium gratefully recognizes these donors whose contributions include gifts made to the Vancouver Aquarium Conservation Foundation in 2010. The Foundation is a registered charitable organization that supports the advancement of aquatic education, research and conservation activities.

The Aquarium also thanks the many individuals and organizations for their contributions in values up to $250.

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