MBB Fundraiser raises close to $15,000
May 30, 2009 - On May 30, MBB LA Chapter organized a fundraiser in hopes of raising at least $10,000 for MBB’s projects and to open up a conversation on global conflicts and support building conflict resolution capacity around the world. Attended by over 80 people, the fundraiser exceeded MBB’s expectations by bringing in $14,758 ($12,360 for projects and $2,398 for operations) and eight new members. The you to the following people who donated:

• Melvin Avedon, Los Angeles, California, USA
  
• Robert Borsky, Valley Glen, California, USA
  
• Howard Broadman, FM, Visalia, California, USA
  
• Patricia Brown, Los Angeles, California, USA
  
• Nan Waller Burnett, Board Member, Golden, Colorado, USA
  
• Kenneth Cloke, MBB President, Santa Monica, California
  
• Shirley Cloke, Nothridge, California, USA
  
• Paul Crost*, MM, Long Beach, California, USA
  
• Dorit Cypis, FM, Los Angeles, California, USA
  
• Bettina Daniel, Los Angeles, California, USA
  
• Norah Edelstein*, CS, Topanga, California, USA
  
• Monte Factor, Santa Monica, California, USA
  
• Patricia Factor, Santa Monica, California, USA
  
• Wendy Forrester, MM, Calabasas, California, USA
  
• Liebe Geft, Los Angeles, California, USA
  
• Harjinder Gill, Santa Monica, California, USA
  
• Joan Goldsmith, MBB Co-Founder, Santa Monica, California
  
• Steven Goldsmith, Torrance, California, USA
  
• Barry Greenfield, West Hollywood, California, USA
  
• Karen Hayes*, CS, Altadena, California, USA
  
• Frances Kasturas, Hamburg, New Jersey, USA
  
• Laurel Kaufer, Calabasas, California, USA
  
• Daniel Kopels, Marina Del Rey, California, USA
  
• Wendy Kramer, Santa Monica, California, USA
  
• Sheila Lamb*, MM, Redondo Beach, California, USA
  
• Sharon Maier, FM, Mill Valley, California, USA
  
• Meryl Marshall-Daniels, Los Angeles, California, USA
  
• Christine Masters, FM, Toluca Lake, California, USA
  
• Rosemarie McElhaney*, MM, Orange, California, USA
  
• Richard Millen, Sherman Oaks, California, USA
  
• Virginia Morrison, Board Member, San Anselmo, California, USA
  
• Judy & Forrest Mosten, FM, Los Angeles, California, USA
  
• Susan Whittaker Mullins, FM, Los Angeles, California, USA
  
• Megan Orlando*, MM, Santa Monica, California, USA
  
• August Reader, San Francisco, California, USA
  
• Nancy Sackheim, Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA
  
• Anna Spain, Board Member, Golden, Colorado, USA
  
• Ronald Supancic, FM, Woodland Hills, California, USA
  
• Two Oceans Entertainment Group, Los Angeles, California, USA
  
• Kathleen Unger, Santa Monica, California, USA
  
• Olivia Valentine, Hawthorne, California, USA
  
• Barbara Vogel*, CS, Van Nuys, California, USA
  
• Wendy Beach Willson, FM, Cathedral City, California, USA
  
• Kennedy White, Culver City, California, USA
  
• Karen Wise, Santa Monica, California, USA
  
• Madge Woods*, MM, Los Angeles, California, USA

* Joined at the fundraiser.

MBB receives $2,035 for MBB Projects
June 2009 - MBB received funds from the following donors: Tammi Lenski, Peterborough, N.H., USA; The Haber Family, Calif., USA; Jean Lipman-Blume, Pasadena, Calif., USA; and Greater St. Louis Community Foundation - Sarah Knowles Charitable Trust, St. Louis, Mo., USA. Thank you.

MBB receives $400 from Korea Development Institute
May 2009 - Korea Development Isntitute (KDI) donated $400 in honor of the MBB's Ambassadors Program and its first mission to Korea.

MBB receives $1,000 for Hurricane Katrina Project
April 2009-- Ken Cloke & Joan Goldsmith, Santa Monica, California, USA donated $1,000 to the Hurricane Katrina Project. Hurricane Katrina Project Team is very grateful for the donation.

MBB receives donation in honor of Lynn Cole & C.J. Larkin
April 2009 -- Daniel Rainey, Alexandria, Virginia, USA, donated funds in honor of Lynn H. Cole and C.J. Larkin. MBB is very grateful for the donation.

MBB receives donations
March, 2009 -- MBB received donations from Don Friedman, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Rhoda Sommer, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA and Blenda J. Wilson & Louis Fair, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Thank you!

MBB Receives $3,950 in Donations for The Liberian Initiative
Feb. 19, 2009 -- The following people donated to The Liberian Initiative:

• net.Results Web Engineering
  
• Leland Anderson in memory of Elwood Swenson
  
• Michael Louik
  
• Angela Shannon
  
• Walter DeForest
  
• John Feeney
  
• Edward & Wendy Pesicka
  
• Damian, Amato & Start, PC
  
• Sewickley Car Store, Inc
  
• Pascal Nardelli
  
• Stanley Greenfield

MBB also received one anonymous donation in the amount of $100. MBB would like to thank all donors.

MBB Receives $1,925 in Donations for MBB Projects
Feb. 19, 2009 -- The following people donated to MBB Projects:

• Howard Broadman
  
• Mary Zinn as a gift to Elizabeth Loescher
  
• John Sturrock
  
• Lori Churchyard
  
• Kennedy White
  

MBB also received one anonymous donation in the amount of $200. MBB would like to thank all donors.

MBB Receives $4,360 in Donations for The Liberian Initiative
Feb. 2009 -- MBB received multiple donations towards The Liberian Initiative totalling $4,360. MBB is very grateful for the donations. One anonymous donation of $400 was in the name of Elwood Swanson and is to be used for MBB MM A.D. Wright,’s Monrovia, Liberia expenses.

The following people and entities donated:

• William P. Getty
  
• Stuart & Velma Hirsch - (restricted to emergency food assistance)
  
• FM Gig Kyriacou, Toluca Lake, California, USA
  
• Edwin Grinberg
  
• FM Patty Lampman, Parker, Colorado, USA
  
• Ken Lawrence
  
• Maria Lampman
  
• CS John Hubers, New Haven, Connecticut, USA - (in the name of his parents)
  
• Walter DeForest
  
• Stanley W. Greenfield
  
• Edward & Wendy Pesicka
  
• Pascal M. Nardelli
  
• Damian, Amato & Start, P.C.
  
• Sewickley Car Store, Inc.
  
• Angela A. Sherman
  
• John M. Feeney
  

MBB Receives $350 in Unrestricted Donations
Jan. 2009 -- MBB received unrestricted donations totalling $350 from the following:

• Microgrants, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA in honor of FM Tom Fiutak, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, USA - $100
  
• FM Judith S. Ogden, Morrow, Georgia, USA
  
• FM John Sturrock, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  
• FM Kirk Emerson, Tucson, Arizona, USA

MBB is very grateful for all donations.

Tom Valenti Donates $1,000
Dec. 2008 -- FM and Hurricane Katrina Project Leader Thomas Valenti, Chicago, Illinois, USA donated $1,000 to MBB in unrestricted funds. MBB is very grateful for the donation.

John Sturrock Donates $250 to The Zimbabwe Initiative
Dec. 2008 -- FM John Sturrock, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK donated $250 towards The Zimbabwe Initiative in the name of the staff at his firm Core Solutions Group. MBB is very grateful for the donation.

MBB Receives Donations for The Liberian Initiative
Dec. 2008 -- Louise Malakoff donated $250 and two anonymous donors donated $450 total towards The Liberian Initiative. MBB is very grateful for the donations.

MBB Receives $6,445 towards the Liberian Initiative in Memory of Jean Creo
Nov. 2008 -- MBB received $6,445 in donations towards The Liberian Initiative in memory of Jean Creo, mother of Robert A. Creo, MBB Secretary-Treasurer.

The following people donated:

Quarles & Brady, LLC Donates $1,000 in honor of FM Robin Doyle
Oct. 16 -- MBB received an unrestricted donation of $1,000 from Quarles & Brady, LLC in honor of Founding Member Robin Doyle. Robin retired and the firm made a donation to the charity of his choice, MBB.

Rothman Gordon donates $1,500 towards The Liberian Initiative
Oct. 2008 -- Rothman Gordon, a Pittsburgh-based law firm, donated $1,500 towards The Liberian Initiative. FM Louis Kushner, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA is a shareholder at Rothman Gordon and The Liberian Initiative volunteer. MBB Is very grateful for the donation.

The Liberian Initiative Receives $ 7,720 in Anonymous Donations
Sept. 2008 -- Four donors who prefer to remain anonymous donated a total of $7,660 to the Liberian Initiative. MBB is grateful  for the donations. The funds will be used towards the repatriation of former child soldiers from the Buduburam Refugee Settlement back to Liberia.

The Nepal Initiative Receives $500
Sept. 26 2008 -- An anonymous donor donated $500 towards the Nepal Initiative. MBB is grateful for the donation.

MBB Receives $750 from Anonymous Donor
Sept. 26 2008 -- MBB received $750 in unrestricted funds from an anonymous donor. MBB is grateful for the donation.

Founding Member Deborah Laufer Donates $3,600
Sept. 5, 2008 -- Founding Member Deborah Laufer, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA donated $3,600 to MBB. MBB is very grateful for the donation.

MBB Receives $30,000 for The Liberian Initiative
July 2008 -- An anonymous individual donated $30,000 to MBB’s Liberian Initiative. The funds will be used primarily in Liberia for reintegration efforts of former child soldiers. MBB is very grateful for the donation.

Anonymous Founding Member Sponsors 10 International Citizen Supporters
June 2008 -- An anonymous Founding Member donated $365 towards the sponsorship of 10 international Citizen Supporters. The first two to be sponsored are Trevor Maisiri from Mabelreign, Harare, Zimbabwe and Abdul Razack Sheriff from Monrovia, Liberia. The donation is greatly appreciated.

Anonymous Donor Donates $15,000 to MBB
May 2008 -- A donor who wishes to remain anonymous donated $15,000 to MBB to be used in collaboration with the Child Soldier Reintegration Fund (CSRF) for the educational needs of former child soldiers at the Buduburam Settlement in Ghana. MBB is very grateful for the donation.

Lamb McErlane PC donates to MBB
Feb. 2008 -- Lamb McErlane PC donated to MBB. MBB is very grateful for the donation.

Ken Cloke Donates $15,000 Towards Project Expenses
Jan. 2008 -- MBB President Ken Cloke, Santa Monica, California,USA donated $15,000 towards project expenses. MBB is very thankful for the generous donation.

Forrest Mosten Donates $1,000 Towards MBB Conflict Resolution Library Fund
Jan. 2008 -- Forrest S. Mosten, Los Angeles, California,USA donated $1,000 to the MBB Conflict Resolution Library Fund. MBB is very thankful for the generous donation.

Towne Drug in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania donates medical supplies
Nov. 2007 -- Robert Akanowicz of Towne Drug in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania donated medical supplies to Buduburam Settlement in Ghana.

Ghana-Liberia fundraiser brings in close to $1,000
Nov. 14, 2007 -- The Wine and Cheese reception for the Liberian Peacebuilding Initiative organized by Rachel Wohl, MBB Director, Annapolis, Maryland, USA on November 14 was very successful as the event raised close to $1,000 to support the travel of the MBB Project Implementation Team to conduct mediation training at the Buduburam Settlement. Rachel Wohl spoke about the mission of MBB and Harriett Nettles, Founding Member, Mechanicsville, Maryland, spoke about her experiences at the refugee camp. The potential of Liberia recovering from the 14 years of Civil War was recognized by all. MBB Founding Members who attended the event include Joan Rowell and Patricia Powel, Annapolis, Maryland, USA.

Mark Modlin donates funds to support MBB Interns
Nov. 2007 -- Mark Modlin, Founding Member, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, donated funds to support student interns from  Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, PC donate funds for Ghana-Liberia Initiative
Nov. 2007 -- Pittsburgh-based Dickey McCamey & Chilcote PC attorneys donated funds for meals for refugees participating in the MBB activities at the Buduburam Settlement in Ghana at the request of its partner Ingrid Lundberg, Founding Member, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: Jill Albrecht, Jane Anderson, Bob Delgreco, Rick Dorfzaun, Katherine G. Horigan, Linda V. Hernandez, Steve Houghton, Joseph
Luvara, Jim Miller, Susan K. Wright.

John Deere Foundation makes a donation for Ghana-Liberia Initiative
Nov. 2007 -- John Deere Foundation donated parts for a tractor for the Buduburam Refugee Settlement, Ghana.