Our Military Kids, Inc. thanks the following for supporting its mission. These contributors ensure that children of deployed Reserve and National Guard receive the support and recognition they need and deserve during the period of their parents' deployment.
* Denotes multiple contributions
$200,000 and up
- The Boeing Company *
- General Dynamics*
$100,000 - $199,999
- Commonwealth of Virginia*
- US Government
$50,000-$74,999
- The Leonsis Foundation*
- Lockheed Martin*
- Northrop Grumman
- Sidley Austin Foundation*
- Target*
$25,000-$49,999
- American Legion Child Welfare Foundation
- Emerson Charitable Trust
- Freddie Mac Foundation*
- Jeong H. Kim Foundation
$10,000-$24,999
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP
- Association of the United States Army*
- Avpro, Inc.*
- BJ's Charitable Foundation
- Boeing Employees Community Fund of the National Capital Area
- George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation
- George M. Marcus
- Mechanical Contractors Association of America, Inc.
- William J. & Leonilla G. Perry*
- Raytheon*
- Rolls-Royce
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance*
$5,000-$9,999
- 3M Corporation
- Anschutz Film Group, LLC.
- Asia Pacific Management, L.P.
- Avion Manufacturing, Inc.
- Gordon & Adele Binder
- Carter Phillips & Sue Henry
- Charity Works
- The Dorothy G. Bender Foundation, Inc.
- DynCorp International
- Fisher House Foundation/Newman's Own
- Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Gwendolyn-Halsey Albertson Foundation
- Shawn & Louise Hendon
- Evelyn E. Howell
- Howell Family Foundation
- Ta-Lin & Joyce Hsu
- Lincoln Property Company
- Montblanc North America
- PGA Tour Wives Association
- RHP Properties, Inc.
- Sara Lee Corporation
- David Scheffman
- Steven & Juliet Shane
- Soldiers Angels
- SRA International, Inc.
- Tiger Woods Foundation
- Under Armour, Inc.
$1,000-$4,999
- AUSA Family Programs
- Anonymous
- Jennifer Armstrong
- The Brinks Company
- Andrew Brown
- Keirn Brown
- Cecile Burfeind*
- Daniel & Diane Burfeind
- William Butler
- CACI, Inc.*
- Frank & Marcia Carlucci
- Ceridian
- Pierre & Amy Chao
- Chevy Chase Bank
- Chugach Alaska Corporation
- The Cohen Group, LLC
- Martin & Theresa Cole
- Congressional Country Club
- George and Wati Alvarez-Correa
- Joseph P. Craven, III & Nancy Roberts Craven
- Arie & Ida Crown Memorial
- Brian E. & Ashley A. Dombkowski
- John Donahoe
- Frank J. Donatelli
- Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff Driggs II
- Ray & Helen DuBois
- Ken Duberstein
- GEICO*
- Mark Gerencser*
- First Data Foundation
- First Reformed Church of Bethlehem
- Goodrich Corporation
- Ellen and Robert Gordman
- Alison L. Goulder*
- RADM and Mrs. David T. Hart, USN (RET)
- Brian Henderson
- John & Gail Hiser
- A. Bart Holaday
- James C. & Donna W. Janning Charitable Fund
- Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.
- The Kennedy Center
- Leonardo Technologies, Inc.
- Keith & Linda Lippert
- Jan Lodal
- James and Joan Loftis*
- Anne Machesky
- Manpower, Inc
- McParlane & Associates, Inc.
- Lauren Mead
- RADM G. Robert & Beverly Merrilees*
- MGIC
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
- Cynthia Muller
- NCB
- Philip & Marjorie Odeen
- Parents Magazine
- Robert & Daniele Paul
- Philoptochos Society of Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral*
- Pinnacle Foundation
- Plotkin-Katz Foundation
- Robert C. Pond
- Jeff Poole
- Colin Powell
- Joe R. Reeder
- Marie W. Ridder
- Jenny Russell
- Martha B. Russell
- Bob and Olga Ryan
- SAIC*
- Thomas E. Schmitt, MD
- Mr. and Mrs. Roger Schultz
- Shingleton Class Action
- Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
- Matthew D. Slater
- Walter E. Slocombe*
- Nancy Sloss
- Sonitrol
- James Stovall
- Phil Swallow
- Thales North America, Inc.
- Titanus, Inc.
- Robert & Margaret Vanderhye
- Stanley Walker
- Joan L. Webster
- Kim and Kevin Wilson
- Judith and William Wolpert
- Jean Zettler*
$500-$999
- MichelleA. Ajami*
- Marcelyn Amble
- American Legion Auxiliary - New Jersey
- M. Elizabeth Arky
- Augusta Parish Chapter, NSDAR
- Ken Pair & Beth Baldwin
- Charles & Ivana Baltic
- Gary Beauchamp
- Mary Cowen Beitner
- Bill Betz
- Joel Bostic
- Claude S. Breeden, Jr.
- Meghan Brennan
- Donald Brothwell
- Margery Byers
- N. Mackenzie & Rhoda Canter
- Caruthers Foundation, Inc.
- Christ Church Gift Shop
- Circuit City Foundation
- Deborah Cross
- Patricia DeBoer
- The Dessert Plate Bakery
- Jaime Diaz
- DRS Technologies Charitable Foundation, Inc.
- Gary Ellerton
- Stephen Fenton
- Miguel Frontera
- Peggy Craig Gay
- Charles Harris & Elizabeth Brooks Harris
- James Hayes
- Jeff Haynie
- Paul Humphreys
- Barbara and Gordon Hutchins
- Mark G. Jenkins
- Marvin L. Jones
- Duane Kalinowski
- Patricia and Joseph Kimmey
- Susanne and Shiro Kimura
- Martha and Richard King
- Robin Kirkpatrick
- Stephen Kolodny
- Cary Kossaras
- Barry Kostinksy
- Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW Post 4289
- Harry Levy
- Joan and Jim Loftis
- Dr. Robert & Diane Mantoni*
- Dennis Martin, Jr.
- Lisa Mascolo
- Ray McAuley
- Wendy and Ronald Meltsner
- Meeting Solutions
- Kenneth Mitchell
- Thomas T. Musarella
- Joan O'Hare
- Bryan & Fay Peery
- Joel Perelmuth
- Steven & Nancy Petchon
- Julie A. Powers
- William & Marianne Prendergast
- Ripken Professional Baseball LLC
- Charles Rockefeller
- Alan & Linda Rogers Fund*
- H Rubenstein Family Charitable Foundation
- Jason & Jessica Schneider
- Jerome L. Schulman and Joan L. Rehm
- K.L. Sheeline
- Janet Silvey
- General & Mrs. Lawrence A. Skantze, USAF (Ret.)
- Roger Swain
- TC Group
- Devin Trousdale
- Ryan Vaart
- David Wasserman & Carolyn Ballan Wasserman
- David & Tanya Wilkins
- Windmill Building Corporation
- Kimberley and Donald Wood
- Ron G. Wyatt
Up to $500
- Scott Abell
- Steven C. Adler
- James Agresti
- David Albin
- Gibson & Dorothy Van Alstyne
- American Legion Auxiliary - Chinese Memorial Post 1291
- American Legion Auxiliary - Department of New York
- American Legion Auxiliary - Massachusetts
- American Legion Auxiliary No. 139
- American Legion Auxiliary Unit 180*
- American Legion Auxiliary Unit 592*
- American Legion Auxiliary Unit 1976
- American Legion Post #564 Auxiliary
- Joseph E. Zaloga, Post No. 1520, American Legion Auxiliary
- Jane Amesse
- Peter Anderson
- Sandy Anderson
- DeAnna Andrade
- George Antochy
- Linda Appelbaum
- John V. Arroyo
- Dawn Ashburn
- Janice Austin
- John P. & Stacey L. Backiel
- Robert Bahl
- Joe Baldridge
- Roderick Balram
- Charles Vaughn Baltic III & Ivana Zok Baltic
- Maryam Baradari
- Elizabeth A. Barden
- John P. Barker
- Craig R. Barrett & Barbara McConnell Barrett
- Thomas R., Patricia A. Barry & family
- Carol Bartosch
- Deborah Bateman
- Richard & Rose Bates
- Janice Bay
- Michael Bechtel
- Cecil & Deborah Beeson
- Nicole R. Miller and David M. Bender
- Katya Bennett
- Patricia Bennett
- Paul Benvie
- Jeff Bertheola
- Denise Berty
- John Maguire & Judith Anne Biggar-Maguire
- Nancy Bishop
- Shawn Bleakley
- Ruth Bloom
- Ronald D. Corwin and Beth Blumenthal
- Charles & Mary Bochanis
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Jeanne M. Borruso
- Linda Bourret
- Barbara Bowen
- Elise Worman and John F. Bowers
- Kathleen Bowles
- Richard Bowles
- Irving Boyce
- Geraldine M. Boyle
- Leslie A. and Robert J. Brazier
- Deborah A. and William R, Brengle
- Daniel Breth
- Peter Briar
- Jerry Briggs
- K Kids of Brighton Park School
- Elaine Brinda
- Brendan Brown
- Jan Brown
- Harry E. & Diane C. Brown
- Richard Brumley
- Annemarie Tenten-Brunhart
- Jennifer H. Brunner
- Chester Budd
- Lawrence K. Burgoyne
- Eleanor Burke
- John Burke
- Burleson High School Key Club
- Tara J. Burnett
- James & Nancy Busse
- Kirk Busse
- Andrew Callan
- Pamela Callan
- Richard Campbell
- Sean Carney
- Mark Carter
- Dianne Z. Mogilevsky Carty
- James Carroll
- Central Connecticut Region Antique Automoble Club
- Curtis Chaffin
- James B. Chaplin
- Christine B. and Jack S. Chase
- David & Jodi Chen
- Ronald Chen
- Albert & Anna May Chipman
- Bill Chipman
- Leah C. Clark
- Karen A. Clausen
- Gregory, Ursula, & Eric Clay
- Linda Clemmens
- Jean-Yves Clerc
- Phyllis Clymer
- Vicki L. Coates
- Marilyn B. Cochran
- Suzanne and Richard Cohen
- Gordon Conkli
- Roger Conlin
- Richard Conlon
- Henry Connelly
- JP Cormack
- Michael Corrigan
- Charles Couric
- Elaine B. Cowles
- Jerome V. Criste
- CRT Capital Group, LLC
- Stan Crock
- Crown Relocations
- Jane L. Crowner
- David N. Crump, Jr.
- Marc Cunha
- James Cunningham
- Charles P. Curtis
- Meg Cuthbertson (honor of Meg Giordano)
- Lauren D'Alessio
- Robert & Arlene Dahlgren
- Raphael & Carla Danziger
- Wayne Darling
- Davis Friends & Family
- Harry Day
- Karen Dennis
- Nancy A. and John H. Deonarine
- Joseph & Laurie Desiato
- Kimberly J. and Glenn R. DeTample
- Mary Di Crescenzo
- Allyson Dickstein
- John & Lynn Dillon*
- Michele A. Dinneen
- Diane Djordjevic
- April Dodge
- Diana K. Dokken
- William F. & Melinda B. Donovan
- Door Countee Wood Craft
- Mitchell Drake
- Daniel Dressel
- Susan V. R. and William J. Drummy*
- The Dubose Family Foundation
- Patricia and Rolf Duerr
- Diane M. and Richard F. Dufner
- Nancy Durie
- Kathleen Dusse
- Nancy H. Dutton
- Ruth F. Duvall**
- Ann L. Dyer
- The Dyson-Kissner-Moran Corporation
- Michael and Jane Edelman
- Deborah Edlund
- Susan Egan
- Sarah Eichler*
- Mary Beth Emmons
- Jay Epstien
- Phoebe Eskenazi
- Tucker Eskew
- Gershon & Barbara Ettinger
- Thomas A. Falin, Jr.
- Gena Feldman
- Gary & Janna Ferguson
- Larry Ferguson
- Erick Fern
- Linda Ficco
- Craig Fields
- Eddy J. Fikse
- Tushar Finavia
- Nathan Finney
- Dawn Fishburn
- Kellie Fishpaw
- Nancy Fitzgerald
- Rachel Fleishman
- Ernie Flotto
- Scott D. Fobare
- Raquel Forsythe
- Dr. Edward Fotsch
- Brian Frazier
- Brian Freed*
- Mark S. Freels
- Robert Freeman
- Gloria and Stanley B. Frieze
- Susan and Joseph L. Frisolone
- Linda Fritze
- Fund Raising Strategies, Inc.
- Marilyn and Serge G. Gabriel
- Linda Gage
- Thomas P. & Betty Lou Garrigan
- Craig Garrison
- Krista-Marie A. Geisler
- Robert & Suzanne Geller
- Sherri Gesin
- Richard Gibney
- Jon Gibbs
- Mary S. and John R. Gibson
- Lynn T. Gilley*
- Jennifer Gilliam
- Douglas Ginsburg
- Timothy Gipson
- Gary and Amanda Glenn
- Abraham & Natalie Goetz
- Martin & Cristi Goldberg
- Marguerite Goldman
- Haskell M. Goodman
- Sherri Goodman
- Elizabeth A. Gorny
- Noah & Carol Gotbaum
- Kenneth Gottman
- Diane M. Graf
- Michael Graham
- Frank & Marian Grasinger
- Carol Gray
- Deborah Gray
- Steve Green
- Michael Greene
- Brent Willmott and Troy A. Greenstreet
- Thomas Greiner
- Teresa A. and Bernard Greisman
- Mary Groth (Memory of Leone Groth)
- Bernadette J. and W. K. Grove, Jr.
- Alan Guenther
- Elaine Gunter*
- Gurnee School District 56
- Stanley & Cynthia Gutkowski
- Gordon Guy
- Annelise Hafer
- Andrew Haltzel
- Dr. Michael Haltzel*
- Sybille Hamilton
- William Hanrahan
- Gregory Harden
- Lisa Hardin
- Mark & Marlane Harrington
- Rhonda Harrison
- Leslie Hayashi
- Leslie F. Hayes
- Stephanie K. Heller
- Evelyn Hemberger
- Tom & Dorlee Henderson
- Randall Hendricks
- Kathleen and Wayne Hepburn
- Anthony Herman
- Lisa Hethcock
- Highlands Elementary School
- Thomas & Ka Hirsch
- John & Gail Hiser
- Andrew V. Hojnacki
- A. Bart Holaday*
- Gary Holcomb
- Karen Holderman
- Paul & Elaine Holley
- Richard & Evangeline Hopkins
- Michael J. Horn*
- Michael Horowitz
- Kelly Horten
- Tania Hosmer
- Ed Howard
- David & Margaret-Mary Howell
- James & Elizabeth Howell
- Michael Hudak
- Mary Lynn and Jeffery S. Huett
- Elizabeth and Robert Huffman
- Kathryn and Russell Hundemer
- Sally and Mark Hunner
- Tom & Susan Hunt
- Don and Claudia Hurley*
- William Hutner
- Sally and Garry Illig
- Thomas & Tracy Iseler
- Carolyn Hyland Ismart*
- Crystal Ivey
- JFC Market Management, Inc.
- JP Morgan Chase Foundation
- Ellen Jackson
- Joy A. Jacobson
- Loretta Jacobson
- David and Mary Jaffe*
- Jennie Jernigan
- Claire and Robert Jenkins
- Janice Jensen
- Carina Johnson
- Cynthia Johnson
- Lisa Johnson
- Michelle Johnson
- Robert Johnson
- Stanley Johnson
- Tanya Johnson
- Karen M. Johnston
- Denise and Douglas Jones
- Paulette B. Joyce*
- Kathleen Kading
- Avrum J.Kaish
- John Kalauritinos
- Patricia Kalbac
- Kristen Kasunic
- Patricia Keefe
- Kevin T. & Kristy A. Kelly
- Robert W. Kenneally II & Dori D. Kenneally
- Ramon Kendall
- Gerald Kerr
- Terrence Killeen
- Richard Kilton
- King Kilts
- Wendy Kinard
- Shelly King
- Demosthenes and Angela Kolaras*
- Kristina Kolerich
- Andries Korporaal
- James Kwon
- LGS (Vienna, VA employees)
- Don and Sue Lair*
- Bill Lampiris
- Thomas Landauer
- Frank Langan
- Christina and Robert Langdon
- Deborah A. Larson
- Senator and Mrs. Patrick J. Leahy
- Melanie LeBusque
- Mark Lehmann
- Guy Leonard
- Kevin Leonard
- Patricia Leschke
- Roberta and Glenn Letham
- Tina Leung
- Susan Levey
- Mary Leyendecker
- Nancy Lieber
- The Lilli Foundation
- Dennis Limmex
- Stephen Lloyd-Davies*
- Jennifer Lodde
- Daniel T. London
- Vicki and Herbert London
- Annette Long
- Dennis & Pamela Lucey
- Joseph Machado*
- Mary Mackenzie
- Gail Mackin
- Jodi Macklin
- Mary J. and Gregory L. Magnuson
- Ester and Harold Maltz
- Stracie P. Maniatis
- Kathie Mapes
- Deanna Marsh
- Grant Marsh
- Breck Marshall
- Elizabeth J. Mason
- John & Jeanette Mason
- William Masters
- Stanley & Judy Mate
- Noah P. & Pamela A. Matson
- Linda Gibson Matthews
- Ella McCann
- Lorrie Ann McCloskey
- Douglas McEwen
- Leslie McKinley
- Elizabeth McLaughlin
- Thomas & Lauren McLeod
- Linda McNair
- Robert P. McNamara
- Lynne E. McNown
- Robert Mello
- Dr. Francisco Espinoza Memorial
- Bruce & Debra Mendelsohn
- Jane Mendelsohn
- Margaret Metz
- Eric & Sara Meyers
- Jane and Stanley Meyerson
- Ashley Miller
- Miriam Miller
- Susan D. and J. Gregory Milmoe
- Karen Mina-Diaz
- Katherine Minerath
- Harold Modkron
- Akram Mohssiu*
- Robert Molan
- Melissa Moloney
- Scott & Susan Moon
- Stephen Mooney
- Teresa B. and Glenn H. Moore
- Joseph Morales
- James & Rita-Amy Morris
- Catherine M. Morrow
- Mulberry American Legion Auxiliary
- Paul Mueller
- William J.. Mundt
- Gerald R. Murphy
- John & Julie Musil
- Kim Nabulsi
- Ronald Nail
- National Military Family Association/Arthur & Monique Rizer
- General Richard Neal
- Eileen Nelson
- Wayne & Martha Nelson
- Sheila P. and Mark A. Nesse
- Daniel Neubauer
- John Nichols
- Carla and James T. Nilson
- North Adams Methodist Church Youth Group
- Joe Nusbaum
- Joseph S. Nye & Mary Harding Nye
- Erin O'Donnell
- Lynley ODonnell
- Michael E. O'Hanlon*
- Betty Okenfuss
- Jack E. Oram
- David Orenstein
- Ronald Orr
- Veronica Ortiz
- Donald Otey
- Sam Ozeck
- PJM Interconnection
- Aidan & Evan Pak
- Gloria R. and Philip M. Palmer II
- Carin Parella
- Michael Parks
- Parkside School (4th Grade Class), Wautoma, WI
- Greg Parston
- Geri Pell
- Richard Peoples
- PEPSICO Foundation
- Joshua Petty
- Michael Pfannenstiel*
- Stephen Pietchel
- Cara Pilgrim
- Kathie Platt
- Larry Poe
- Janet K. and Raymond H. Poet
- Mary C. Poole
- Edward Poore
- Warren Poray
- Portland Maine Career Center
- Madelon and Barry Portugal
- Irene M. Powell
- Preceptor Omicron Soronity
- Prudential Insurance Company of America
- Jeff Pugh
- Catherine H. and Tony Puma
- Melissa Raack
- Richard Randall*
- William Randall*
- Ronald & Jacqueline Reckseit*
- Edwin Rector
- Lisa A. and Michael J Reilly
- Brad Reinboldt
- Reserve Officers Association - Ladies Club of North Carolina
- Reserve Officers Association - Mesa, Arizona
- Reserve Officers Association League*
- Reserve Officers Association League - Florida Chapter
- Reserve Officers Association League - Northwest Florida"
- Reserve Officers Association League - Warner Robins
- Nancy Ressler
- James M. Rhodes
- Donald Ribar
- Sara Robey
- David Robinson
- Thomas Rochelle
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- Deborah Roelandts
- Denise Rogers*
- Mark Rogers
- Mark & Mary Ann Ronald
- Morton Ross*
- Cynthia R. and David M. Rothbard
- Gary Rothbart
- Dominique Rouvet
- Robert & Leah Rubenstein
- Linda Kaye Rudd
- Mark Ruhlmann
- Carolyn C. Ryburn
- St. John's the Evangelist School
- Mary Ellen and John A. Sanderson, Jr.
- Oscar Savaryn*
- Jesse Schiltz
- Kenneth & Claranne Schirle
- John Schmidt
- Courtney K. and Timothy W. Scholl
- Lois Schreiber
- Kevin Schuetz
- Bridget Scott
- Teresa Seggerman
- Sandra K. Selders
- Maria Serra
- Jeremy R. Serwer
- Madeleine Sharp
- Michael & Lana Sharr
- Susan Shepard
- Kenneth Silbert
- Michael Silverman
- Linda Siple
- Vickie M. and Fred L. Sixta
- Robert Skea
- Steve Skinner
- Christopher Slager
- Mary Slaney
- Gary Smith
- Kathey M. and Anthony L. Smith
- Laura Smith
- David Smith
- Frederick C. Smith
- Deborah Snyder
- Rebekah Snyder
- Aaron Sojourner
- Stan Soloway
- Elaine M. and William J. Souza
- Scott & Christine Sovereign
- Dorothy Spaulding
- Kenneth Spencer
- Laura Staker
- Carol Stamas*
- Marc Stanley
- Jay Statz
- Paul A. Stein
- Jeff Steinberg
- Anthony Stencel
- Deidre Stipanov
- Justin Sterkel
- Robbin and Steven Streeter
- Silvija Strikis
- Susan E. and Christopher B. Strunk
- Kerry G. Stubbs
- Alan R. Sultan
- Employees of Summers & Zim's, Inc.
- Mark & Stephanie Tamul*
- Irv Tannenbaum
- John & Julie Tarascio
- Theresa Tau
- Geoffrey Taylor
- David Teal
- William & Amy Tener
- David & Debra Tenzer
- Tenzing Consulting, LLC
- Ken & Anne Tidwell*
- Jean Tirri
- Robert Trencheny
- Bernie Trent
- M & G Tsoukleris
- Alvin & Jacqueline Tucker
- George Turchioe
- Barbara Turner
- Joan M. and Robert M. Twiss
- Joseph & Veronica Valadez
- Gibson & Dorothy Van Alstyne
- Craig & Alice Van Ess
- Greg Van Pelt
- Peter Vander Veld
- Juan Domenech Vicens
- Huan Vu
- Jean T. Walker
- Marcus Walker
- Judith R. and Robert M. Walters
- Kevin T. Wand
- Eric Wanosky
- Wantagh Middle School French Club
- Thomas Jon Ward
- Charles Warden
- Larry Wardzala
- Washington Redskins Yards for Youth
- George & Renate Wasserman
- Fran Watson
- Susan Watson
- Susan Webb*
- Renita K. and John C. F. Weber
- Howard Weitzner
- West Group Properties LLC
- The Westport Company, Inc.
- Brenda M. and Maurice J. Whalen
- Robert Whelan
- Christopher Whitcomb
- Jon & Therese White
- John P. White
- Shawn White
- K. Allen Whiteacre
- Sandra Whiteley
- Kent Whitney
- Mary Wick
- Seymour H. Wilensky
- Jeff Wilford
- Gina Gaurisas-Wilson and Richard D. Wilson
- June A. and Earle C. Williams*
- Mr. & Mrs. Ashley Wills
- Linda Wilson
- Sean Wiswesser
- Jim Woodworth
- Donna Wojcik
- Robert & Carolyn Wolfe
- Samuel & Lee Wood*
- Woodys Lawncare
- John Woodward
- R. James & Suzanne Woolsey
- Mary Wozniak
- Mimi Yeh
- Winston Yonan
- Matthew Zale
- Jean Zettler
"It was a special day for us when your grant award and patch arrived. You should have seen the expression on our faces when we saw your big envelopes. Your gifts put a smile on our faces and your wishes put a smile in our hearts. Your grant was exactly what we wanted! Thank you to all for being such special friends."
"I think your program is wonderful and gives our kids the chance to explore and find new avenues to express themselves in sports and the arts, without having to worry about paying for it all on our own."