Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who has supported our mission!

Amazement Square gratefully acknowledges all of the individuals, corporations, and foundations that have supported the Museum’s mission to motivate children and adults of all backgrounds and abilities toward greater creativity and understanding of themselves and the world through hands-on learning. This list represents supporters from January 2022 – December 2022.

Corporate Partnerships

Corporate Partnership provides an opportunity for businesses to give back to the community in which their employees live and work while receiving a marketing package and benefits for the company and employees.

Corporate Patron

BWX Technologies, Inc.
Foster Fuels
Innovative Wireless Technologies, Inc
Lynchburg Ready Mix Concrete Co., Inc.

Amazing Corporate Sponsor

Berglund Oak Ridge Toyota
Framatome Inc.

Programs and events sponsors

Bank of the James Campbell Insurance Craft Collision Centers Flippin, Bruce & Porter Inc. Forest Dental Center John Stewart Walker, Inc. Kyanite Mining Corporation Pettyjohn, Wood, & White, Inc. Terry Volkswagen and Subaru Watts Petroleum Corporation

PRograms donor

Old Dominion Furniture C. Peery & Woolwine Family Dentistry Robert W. Baird & Co. Westminster Caterbury

Lynchbug Annual Society

Thank you to the following individuals for their generous support of our annual fund in 2022.

+ $30,000+

Frances Giles

+ $15,000 - $29,999

Drs. Teresa and Robert Brennan
Jennifer and Watt Foster
Becky and Bobby O'Brian
Dr. Charles and Mary Jane Pryor
Kay and Kent Van Allen
Dr. Diane and William Walker

+ $5,000 - $7,499

Tom Capps and Galeynn Mihelc
Faye Ferguson
Janie and Tom Hall
Michael and Elizabeth Harrington
Patricia Merryman
Dr. Mort Sajadian
Marc Schewel
Martha and Paul Seufer

+ $2,500 - $4,999

Anne and Garth Ainslie
Ryan and Hylan Hubbard
Todd and Crystal Irby
Bill Litchford
Susan and Tom Pettyjohn
Amanda and Dr. Ian Smithson
Emily and Lynch Vranian

+ $1,000 - $2,499

Sharon and Sandy Ainslie
Carter and Richard Bendall
Laurie and David Black
Todd and Jann Brown
Stuart and Mary Brust
Andrew and Laura Beth Davidson
Mary Byrd and Paul Denham
E. Vail Dixon
Kasey and James Forehand
Dr. Rachel and Ryan Gagen
Beth and Tim Groover
Betty and William Harris
Robyn and Robert Hiller
Megan and Dr. Matthew Huffman
Kelly and Martin Knight
Carissa Kregenow
Jim and Beverly McCloskey
Meghan and Dr. Gene Moss
Ellen and Tom Nygaard
Sue Ott Rowlands
Kimberly Powell
Alexis Richards
Jeffrey and Karan Rowan
David and Anne Royer
Eric and Linda Sorenson
Tony and Kellee Terry
Stephen and Kim Tibbs
Dr. Jennifer Tinoosh
Jacoben Tone and Elisa Calso Tone
Cornelia Vranian
Jessica and Drake Watts
Anne and Bunny Wood

+ $500 - $999

Dianne and Jeff Baker
Catherine Baston
George and Betsy Beam
Sallie Blosser
Louise and Malcolm Campbell
Jill and Dr. John Fees
Patty and Cholly Fox
Judy and Dr. David Frantz
Holly and David Frazier
Bill and Aileen Hull
Catherine and Mike Madden
John McKinnon
Daniel F. Savage
Michael Shadler
John H. Sorrells
Heather and George Zippel

+ $250 - $499

Jessica and Brian Butala
Melanie and Lynch Christian
Ellen and John Edmunds
Ann and Rodger Fauber
Linda and John Grubba
Tifanie and Rob Hoffman
Sandy and Skipper Holt
Scott Hosier
Lisa and Mark Kratz
Lea and Andrew Larsen
Sam and Chuckie Laverty
Farah and Dudley Marks
Shirley Matthews
Thelma and James Mundy
Janna Oakfellow-Pushee
Amy and Erik Panzer
Elaine and Dr. Corey Passman
Becky and R. Gregory Porter
Dana and Dr. James Redmond
Dawn and Hossein Rezai
Theresa and Robert Scheppegrell
Patricia and Matthew Schewel
Jennifer and Shepherd Sittason
Kathleen and Dave Terrell
Betsy and Richard Worthington
Melissa and Mark Zadell

+ $100 - $249

Courtney and Mason Bates
Kurt Behrens
Anna and Patrick Bolling
R.E. Burnette
Karen Campbell
Mokshit Chawla
Lucy and Robert Cook
Karen and Drake Covey
Nicolle and David Cundiff
Gena and Bill Davidson
Rosemary and George Dawson
Margaret Dillard
Linda and JT Dinkle
Brenda and Robert Elliot
Catherine and Dave Ferguson
Rebecca S. Frye
Caroline and Caleb Fuller
Jodi and Dr. Michael Gillete
Emily and Brett Goodyear
Ann and John Hall
Chelsea and Tyler Harrison
Kevin Hooper
Cinda and George Hurt
Rita and William King
Marlene Krisko
Tina and James Kughn
Michelle and James Lee
Rebecca and Nate Mahanes
Norman Moon
Dorothy and Richard Niles
Dr. Traci Ogbu
Doris and James Peery
Nagesh Prabhu
Carole Royer
Cathy and Matthew Sackett
Brenda and Joseph Sanzone
Kerry and Joseph Silva
Laura and Thomas Stevens
Art Sunn
Giles Sydnor
Jessica and Jason Tanner
Brynn and Walid Thabet
Sally Van Allen
Jessica and Peter Ward
Randall and John Watts
Wollner and T.A. Watts
Laura Webb
Patricia and Christopher Webb
Jane and Kenneth White
Jennifer Wills
Marty and Dr. James Wright

+ Up to $99

Miranda and Kent Almond
Michael Anckner
Erin Ashwell
Sterling Bahr
Kate Banfield
Sky and David Barney
Stacey Basten
Erin and David Bendahan
Debra S. Blake
Johnny Bloom
Megan and Chris Boswell
Veronica Bratton
June and Frank Britt
Barton Brown
Jessica and Lucas Brown
Susan and Douglas Brown
Daryl Burgess
Melissa Burks
Bethany and Charley Butcher
Nancy and Fred Cale
Courtney Camden
Michelle Cannon
Christropher Celtruda
Nidhi and Mokshit Chawla
Mary Glenn and Charles Cobb
Jennifer and Nash Cole
Kristin and Matt Coleman
Cosette Conaway
James Cox
Nicole Cuillo
Debra Cummings
Megan and Seth Cunningham
Patsy Cunningham
Constance W. Dahlberg
Laura and Andrew Davidson
Terri Dillon
Ona Dowdy
Molly Dunnington
Brenda DuVall
Donald Edge
Kelly Ewart
April and Brandon Farmer
Tim Ferguson
Titi Ferraro
Jennifer Fields
Sean Flanagan
Deirdra Flavin
C. Marco Floyd
William Forbes
Stewart Ford
Mary Fortner
Mary Grey Foster
Rebecca and Nicholas Frye
Cheryl and Don Fuss
Anne Gearan
Carolyn George
Jasmine Goggins
Jose Goncalves
Kate Goodman
Christin Gregores
Barry Griffith
Mary Guthrie
Melissa and Jason Hale
James Harrison
Bryan Hartley
Sara Hawker
Susan Hodge
Debi and Ed Hopkins
Katie Hubbard
Teresa Hudson
Nina Huffman
Karla Hughes
Kristina Jennings
Lise Johannesen
Kimberly and Brian Johnson
Jordan Johnson
Seth Jones
Elizabeth Keeler
Michelle Kimmell
George Koch
Tina Koenig
Michael Kral
Adellheid Kutscher
Sarah and Charles Laverty
Donna Layne
Jennifer Ledford
Dong Li
Matthew Lloyd
Michael Lockman
Diane Ludwig and Jeff Baker
Kara MacGregor
Lori Maner
Monica and Melvin Martin
Raven Mayberry
Jennifer Mccarthy
Roger McCauley
Laura and Brent McCraw
Melodie McLellan
Sherrie and Patrick McNamara
Megan Meadows
Denise and Gary Mignogna
Jacqueline Miller
Mercedes Morris
Donald Morrison
Lori Naccarato
Royal Nobleman
Kristen and Michael O'Neill
Joseph Orchowski
Libi Orman
Gina Ortegon
Tom Otis
Brooke and Aaron Patterson
Sharon Patton
Angela and Nicholas Pavlovic
Kappa Peddy
Sarah Peirce
Amanda Phillips
Annette Powell
Kimberly Powell
Carolyn Prince
Jessica and Chris Riddick
Mary Rifino
Diane Riley
Jennifer and Jason Ring
Katherine Rolfe
Nicole and Mark Root
Julie and Brian Schietinger
Sharon Schmidt
Heather and Jason Schonfelder
John F. Screen
Danielle Sechrest
Kris and Fred Shabestar
Laura Shell
Sherri Singleton
Eddie Skeens
James Smith
Bettie Smith
Andrew Sokolski Amanda and Tim Spicer
Darrell St John
Leslie Stachowicz
Erin Stelling
Connie Stone
Lindsay and Brad Streeper
Lynn Stringer
Kellee and Tony Terry
Laura Beth Terry
Kyna Thomas
Stacey Tuggle
Debra Turner
Lydia and Brennan Turnier
Lee Van de Water
Melanie and Kevin Van Wynsberg
Hans von Briesen
Scott von Fischer
Martha and Kenneth Wade
Mary Wallman
Leah and Scott Wiebe
Wendy and Brian Wilkerson
Marcy Williams
Charles Wilson
Alyssa and Patrick Wolfgang
Brittany Worsham
Lucas Zehner
Sanda Zuker and Michael Penn

Gifts IN Honor OF

Terry Brennan

Hank Hubbard

Lucy Pieper and JT Krisko

Antoinette and Dr. James Piggott

Mort Sajadian

Kent Van Allen

Lynch Vranian

Misty and Billy Walker

Anne and Bunny Wood

The Beam Grandchildren

Gifts IN memory OF

Jiggy Holt

2022 Foundations, Granting Agencies, and Other Organizations

Thank you to the following organizations and foundations for their most generous support of the museum's myriad programs and initiatives in 2022.

+ $100,000 - $600,000

Institute of Museum and Library Servies
Small Business Administration - Shuttered Venue Operating Grant

+ $60,000 - $99,999

Liberty University

+ $20,000 - $59,999

Mustaches 4 Kids
Puzzled Foundation
The Al Stroobants Foundation

+ $10,000 + $19,999

The Clorox Company
Watt Foster Family Foundation

+ $5,000 - $9,999

Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation

+ $1,000 - $4,999

Captrust Community Fondation
Carter Craft Foundation
Hylan and Christine Hubbard Family Fund
NISE Sustainability Fellowship
Pacific Life Foundation
Target Circle