DONATIONS By Terry L. Davis, Editor


Brooms Up renews sponsorship with USCA B


rooms Up Curling Supplies, a family-owned Connecticut-based curling supplier, will continue its partnership with USA Curling through 2019.


As a sponsor and the preferred curling equipment supplier of USA Curl-


ing, Brooms Up is supporting the national organization with a mixture of cash, advertising support, and value-in-kind. In turn, USA Curling will provide Brooms Up with a wealth of promotional benefits ranging from logo placement on Team USA uniforms, event signage and presence, to website and social media mentions. Brooms Up Curling Supplies is owned and operated by Gary and Megan


Suslavich of Woodbury, Conn. “We are pleased to extend and expand our relationship with Brooms


Up Curling Supplies for many more years,” said Rick Patzke, USA Curling CEO. “Te first years of this partnership have helped each of our organiza-


A big thank you to our donors


round of applause and thanks to the following generous individuals and organizations that donated to help grow the sport of curling during the 2015-16 fiscal year. We greatly ap- preciate your support! Adams, Patty & Tom via Fidelity Charitable


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Adams, Tomas American Savings Bank Anderson, A.M Annis, Jeff Arason, Shelley Arndt, James Arsenault, Paul AtomAmpd, LLC Bakk, Michael Banka, Lee Barber, Janice Batson, Jerry Beamish-Mader, Ursula Benton, John Berbich, Edward Berg, Ryan Bernauer, Jack for Bernauer Family Charitable Trust


Bessey, Catherine Bialek, Peter


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SA Curling would like to express a big


Big George Ventures Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable


Black, Bruce Black, Kirk Boland, Robert Boyd Gaming Corporation Boyd, Marie Brakebush Brothers Inc. Brandenburg, Blaire Brown, Kenneth Brownrigg, Bill Burt, Jeff Butt, John Cameron, Douglas Cammarano, Joe Carle, Andy Caswill, Pamela Caswill, Robvert Chandler, Robert P. Chapdelaine, Ron Charlotte Curling Association


Christiana, Gari Clancy, Ann Marie Clark, Brady Clark, Cristin Clark, Moira Cleeve, Carol Clifford Brown, Janet Colgan, Katherine Conley, Chad Cretin, Lianne


Culbertson, Matthew Cullers, Michael A. Curl Mesabi Dasti, Lindsay Davidson, Bill Davidson, Brian Davis, Kirk Davis, Ryan Defer, David Delauder, Dave Derksen, Nicholas J. Dessert Family Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable


Diamond, Catherine Dropkin, Shelley Drummie, Ann Duckart, Kerry Dudley, John Duke, John Eason, Cheryl Eddy, Merlin Eng, Tom Engle, Joshua Ewoniak, Linda Falsetti, Elizabeth Farey, Alan Farthing, Joan Fee, Gerald Flannery, Cait Flannery, Joe Freeman, William G. Fry, James Fujinami, John


Funk, Timothy Gamboa, Matt George E. & Kathleen E. Austin Foundation


Gibbs, Dale C. Gibson, Stanley Gittis, Kelley Gonda, Valerie Goodland, Geoffrey Grabke, Lois Grandberg, D-K Gray, Lori Gregory, Michael Grier, Ronald Grzadzieleski, Tomas Haesler, John R. Hannon, Jeff Hannon, Karl Hardie, Marg Hartman, Mark Haslam, Jennifer Hayes, Carole Hearty, Christopher Hearty, Kathleen Hearty, Lauren Heather Curling Club Hegler, Paul Hemesath, Eric Hemminger, Karyn Henry, David Hess, Carole Hessoun, Chad Hill, Bruce


Hipke, Robert Hipp, Joanne Hoffman, Tammy Holland, Geoffrey Holmes, Garry Huebner, Victor Hutchinson, Jamie Ingersoll, Joel Ingwalson,Gail Jacobson, Anthony Johansson, Nils Johnson, Jason Johnson, Judith Johnson, Ralph Jordan, Scott Julliard, Denise Julliard, Randy Kast, Steve Kelly, Jack Kelly, Timothy Kennedy, Melody D. King, Fran King, Judy Knott, Jeffrey Kobbert, Ernest Koch, Jeff Kosmin, Mindy S. Kranz, Dave Kunkel, Brenda LaFrance, Sharon Lambert, John Lange, Ryan Legacie, Jan


tions grow individually as well as together. Forging a longer-term arrange- ment makes perfect sense as we both seek to continue to nurture and sup- port the ongoing development of the sport throughout the United States.” Brooms Up has been the preferred curling equipment supplier of USA


Curling since the 2010-11 season. “As I travel across the country with our Brooms Up rolling store, I am always amazed by the many quiet aspects of curling,” Gary Suslavich said. “Te 12-year-old who is thrilled to have made the team skipped by an 80-year-old. One family with four generations play- ing together at a bonspiel. And, seeing time and again how lifelong friend- ships are made simply because of people’s passion toward the game.” You can learn more about Brooms Up at www.BroomsUp.com. “We are


excited to be invited to extend our relationship with USA Curling as their preferred equipment supplier, as it creates many more opportunities to demonstrate our commitment to helping grow this unique and wonderful sport throughout America and beyond,” Megan Suslavich said. Q


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