History of Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park
On May 13, 2011, the California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) announced its plans to close 70 state parks — including Palomar Mountain State Park — by June 31, 2012, due to insufficient funding.
To combat the closure of Palomar, a small group of citizens calling itself Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park (FPMSP) banded together in late 2011 and approached the department with a simple offer: If the department would be willing to keep Palomar open, the group would raise the money to cover the gap between park revenue and expenses. But to prove it had the wherewithal to make good on its offer, Friends of Palomar had to come up with funding while the contract with DPR was being worked out. An appeal went out to the public, and donations and pledges of support came poured in to cover well over the first year. The agreement was finally signed on May 24, 2012, and Palomar now remains open with full staff and services.
To combat the closure of Palomar, a small group of citizens calling itself Friends of Palomar Mountain State Park (FPMSP) banded together in late 2011 and approached the department with a simple offer: If the department would be willing to keep Palomar open, the group would raise the money to cover the gap between park revenue and expenses. But to prove it had the wherewithal to make good on its offer, Friends of Palomar had to come up with funding while the contract with DPR was being worked out. An appeal went out to the public, and donations and pledges of support came poured in to cover well over the first year. The agreement was finally signed on May 24, 2012, and Palomar now remains open with full staff and services.
We are pleased to honor the first wave of donors and pledgers with the designation of Charter Supporters. In the face of uncertainty — not knowing if we would even reach a final agreement with Sacramento — they had the
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Alissa Aldous - San Diego, CA
Allen Allison - Encinitas, CA Mona Anderson - Lakeside, CA Patty Andrews - Ramona, CA Eileen Apfel - Solana Beach, CA Marc Arndt - San Diego, CA Debbie Attwood - San Diego, CA Maria Auffenberg - San Diego, CA Zarin Azar - Valley Center, CA Ginger Bahardar - Bonsall, CA Anandamayi Baker - Palomar Mountain, CA Naomi Baker - Encinitas, CA Karalee and Lafe Ball - Temecula, CA Rick and Elisabeth Barclay - Temecula, CA Barbara Barnes - La Mesa, CA Doug Lande and Kathy Bates-Lande - Palomar Mountain, CA Pat Baumgartner - San Diego, CA Thomas E. Bayer - Oceanside, CA Alice Benson - El Cajon, CA Heather Bentley - San Diego, CA Madonna Bentz - San Diego, CA Joe and Ronda Bingham - Carlsbad, CA Robert Bixler - San Diego, CA John and Rhonda Black - Palomar Mountain, CA Ellie and Vern Bonner - Carlsbad, CA John Bruce - Oceanside, CA John Bruhn - San Diego, CA John Burd - San Diego, CA Ian Burgess - Carlsbad, CA Laurilyn Burson - Escondido, CA Katherine Burt - Palomar Mountain, CA Cameron Yuri Button - Lakewood, WA Sandi Cain - Laguna Beach, CA Dennis and Jody Carey-Wood - San Diego, CA Patti and Brian Carlos - Del Mar, CA Samia Carrillo - Escondido, CA Winfield Carson - Poway, CA Scott Chalmers - La Jolla, CA Jill Childers - San Diego, CA Mary Christian - Oceanside, CA Kelly Clifton & Scott Turner - San Marcos, CA Lisa Climenson - Lemon Grove, CA Carla Cocco - Poway, CA William Conn - Valley Center, CA Amy and Ken Conner - Fallbrook, CA Nathan Copeland - San Siego, CA Alan Creutz - Rancho Santa Fe, CA Lynne Currier - Poway, CA Sharon Dall - Borrego Springs, CA Rebecca Decker - La Crescenta, CA Michelle DePriest - Escondido, CA David Doane - Carlsbad, CA Sandi and Barry Doebler - Escondido, CA Manuel and Mary Doria - Escondido, CA Jennifer Doucet - Alpine, CA Greg Doud - Poway, CA Jim Dunbar - Corona, CA Ron and Cheri Dunn - Waipahu, HI Phil Dwyer - San Diego, CA Eric Edwards - Encinitas, CA Brian Eller - Temecula, CA Rob Elliot - Selkirk, Scotland Sue Elliot - Selkirk, Scotland Ed and Rhonda Epstein - San Diego, CA George Evangelou - San Diego, CA Vanessa and Michael Sidley Evans - San Diego, CA Bill Evans & Patricia Fitzsimmons - La Mesa, CA Thomas and Teri Evons - San Diego, CA Tom Fortney - Palomar Mountain, CA Karen Fraser - Encinitas, CA Drew Freides - Pacific Palisades, CA Mark and Joanne Frisbie - Temecula, CA Katherine Fromm - Ames, IA Margaret Fuentes - Escondido, CA Karen Fujikawa - Fair Oaks, CA Saturnino Garcia - San Diego, CA Ivan Gargurevich - Wildomar, CA Janet M. Gastil - La Mesa, CA Michael Gilligan - San Diego, CA Jan Glenn - Chula Vista, CA Scott Glenn - La Jolla, CA Nicholas Goudoras - Temecula, CA Bruce Graves - Palomar Mountain, CA Orin and Liora Green - La Jolla, CA |
Robin Greene - Yuma, AZ
Rebecca Gullans - San Diego, CA Lilith Marie Haas - Bellflower, CA Charity and Alan Hagen - Wildomar, CA Joyce Halliburton - Vista, CA Sasha Hartman - Apple Valley, CA Paul Haskins - Carlsbad, CA Emily Hass - Escondido, CA Beverly Hatch - Bonsall, CA Donna Hatch - Irvine, CA Barbara Hauser - Rancho Santa Fe, CA Otis P. and Linda P. Heald - Fallbrook, CA Richard Heald - Fallbrook, CA R. D. Heath - Vista, CA Carolyn Heffner - Palomar Mountain, CA Dave and Michele Hernandez - Jamul, CA Mary Hicklin - San Diego, CA Bob Hillestad - Pauma Valley, CA Laurie Hinzman - San Diego, CA John Hon - Pauma Valley, CA Keith Humphrey - Murrieta, CA Roger Hyde - Chula Vista, CA Michele Jachimiak - La Mesa, CA Ute Jamrozy - Solana Beach, CA Betty Ann and David E. Johnson - Coronado, CA Joyce R. Johnson - San Diego, CA Rosemary and Walt Johnston - San Diego, CA Peggy Jones - Vista, CA Shirley Jones - Descanso, CA Steve and Gail Jones III - Fallbrook, CA Jason Justeson - La Mesa, CA Marty Kansriddle - Laguna Beach, CA Josh Kaskin - Escondido, CA Wayne Kastner - Costa Mesa, CA Jasmin Kaye - San Diego, CA Chuck Kimball - Julian, CA Susie and Walt Kirkwood - Descanso , CA Scott and Marian Kissinger - Valley Center, CA Lona Kottel - Pine Valley, CA Sarah Kranz - Spring Valley, CA Carolyn Kurtz - Valley Center, CA Mike LaPlant - San Clemente, CA Jennifer LaVine - Valley Center, CA Theresia Law - Jamul, CA Carolyn and Richard Leach - La Mesa, CA Tom Leech - San Diego, CA Bill and Suzann Leininger - Escondido, CA Brad Lessard - Valley Center, CA Chris Lettang - San Diego, CA Curtis Ling - Carlsbad, CA Paula Litchfield - Lakeside, CA Wendy Loeffler - La Mesa, CA Paul Lonac and Peggy Keigher - San Diego, CA Lorie Long - San Diego, CA Steve Lopardo - Fallbrook, CA Laura Lorentzen - Carlsbad, CA Richard Luben - Riverside, CA Matthew M Lux - San Diego, CA Larry Mahr - El Cajon, CA Linda Manson - San Diego, CA John and Melinda Marcelletti - San Diego, CA Teresa Martin - Oceanside, CA Nedra Martinez - San Diego, CA Georg Matt - San Diego, CA Nancy Matthews, DVM - Valley Center, CA Emily Mayer - Murietta, CA Marianne McDonald - Los Angeles, CA Barbara McLaughlin - Vista, CA Marilee McLean - Solana Beach, CA Dana McPherson - San Diego, CA Rick and Beth Mercurio - Valley Center, CA Alan Miller - Bonsall, CA Marissa Moritz - Whittier, CA Cathy Mullins - Laguna Beach, CA John Musselman - Escondido, CA Una Nelson-White - San Diego, CA Dale and Marion New - Fallbrook, CA Tiffanie L. Norris - Santee, CA Daniel O'Connell - Oceanside, CA Robert and Elizabeth O'Neill - San Diego, CA Joyce and Roger Paarman - Escondido, CA Bonnie Packert - Escondido, CA Edward Padinske - Valley Center, CA Palomar Audubon Society - Escondido, CA |
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Palomar Mountain, CA Tom and Tracy Pastore - La Jolla , CA Charles Patton - Los Angeles, CA Mary Ann Payton - Poway, CA Elizabeth Pearson - Vista , CA Marsha Penner - San Diego, CA Emily Perkins - San Diego, CA Reeve and Georgia Peterson - San Diego, CA Don and Bonnie Phelps - Palomar Mountain, CA Don Piller - Escondido, CA Howard and Kathy Pippen - Oceanside, CA Tonia Pizer - San Diego, CA Ken Post - Newport Coast, CA Miriam Raftery - La Mesa, CA James and Elizabeth Ramirez - Temecula, CA Eugene Rathswohl - Coronado, CA Heather Reed - Descanso, CA Michael Rhodes - San Diego, CA Janet Ristow - Westminter, CA Donald Risty - San Diego, CA Keith Robertson - Valley Center, CA John Rodenrys - La Jolla, CA Chuck Ross - San Diego, CA Vince Ross - Fallbrook, CA Sally and John Sanderson - Escondido, CA Veronica Sanford - Cincinnati, OH Anne Schafer - San Diego, CA Anette Schneemann - San Diego, CA Jim and Lee Schwarz - Valley Center , CA Nadine Scott - Oceanside, CA Michael Seifert - San Diego, CA Dave and Karen Sharpe - San Diego, CA Dennis L. Shepard - Escondido, CA Michael Shields - Encinitas, CA Jesse Shrieve - San Francisco, CA Bob and Arlene Shuster - Escondido, CA Philip Simon - San Diego, CA Bob and Julie Simonson - Vista, CA John Smiley - Bishop, CA Emily Sommer - San Diego, CA Bud Sonka - San Diego, CA Jerald and Nancy Spratley - Jamul, CA Susan Springstead - San Diego, CA Delene St. Clair - Valley Center, CA Mike Stevens - Palomar Mountain, CA Pamela Stevens - San Diego, CA Reinhold Stickel - Wildomar, CA Steve and Marcia Stults - Carlsbad, CA Eugene Sukhorukov - San Siego, CA Shannon Svensen - Chula Vista, CA Florence Williams and Eduardo Raul Talamantes - La Jolla, CA Coco Tanner Smith - Encinitas, CA Dayna and Paul Temby - San Diego, CA Shane and Katherine Templeton - Reno, NV Tonette Templeton - Borrego Springs, CA Jill Thomas - Encinitas, CA Robert Tomich - San Diego, CA Edward Trudersheim III - San Diego, CA Mary and Bruce Uber - Valley Center, CA Mary Van Essen - Oceanside, CA Julie Vazquez-Souza - San Diego, CA Robert Verfurth - San Diego, CA Evelyn and Maniel Vineberg - San Diego, CA Kerry Vineberg - San Francisco, CA Diane Voit - San Diego, CA James Wahlroos - Chula Vista, CA Curt and Barbara Waite - Vista, CA Patty Waite - Vista, CA Earl Walls - Palomar Mountain, CA Michael and Christie Walsh - San Diego, CA John, Heidi, and Lilia Welsh - Encinitas, CA Ken and Carmen Wesson - Fallbrook, CA Joseph and Clementine Whelan - Spring Valley, CA Stephen Williams - San Diego, CA Bob and Marion Wilson - Los Angeles, CA Russ Wilson - Encinitas, CA Howard and Michelle Wisnia - San Diego, CA Douglas Woodworth - San Diego, CA Cathy Woolley - Ramona, CA Gary Yoches - Costa Mesa, CA Sandy Zelasko - Valley Center, CA Jennifer Zumpone - Escondido, CA |