THANK YOU TO ALL 2018 DONORS The Lawn Institute sincerely thanks ALL members that have donated to The Foundation


in 2018. In recognition of the Forever Green, Gold Benefactor, Green Partner and 500 Club members, the lists below recognize those who have donated as of 11/30/18.


FOREVER GREEN/LEGACY GIVING


Hank & Mary Kerfoot (Modern Turf) For more information go to:


www.TheLawnInstitute.org/page/forevergreen/ GOLD BENEFACTOR/over $5,000


Bethel Farms—Will Nugent Brouwer Kesmac—Eric Brouwer Coombs Sod Farms, LLC—John Coombs Eagle Lake Professional Landscape Supply—Eric Heuver FireFly Automatix, Inc.—Steve Aposhian Go Turf—Anthony Heilig NG Turf—Aaron McWhorter Texas Sod Leasing—Chance Stone Trebro Manufacturing Inc.—Gregg Tvetene Tri-Turf Sod Farms, Inc.—Jason Pooler Wisconsin Sod Producers Association (WSPA)


GREEN PARTNER/$1,000–$4,999


Bucyrus Equipment Co., Inc.—Steven Dover Buena Vista Turf Farm—Mike Selman Carolina Turfgrass Sales & Landscape Supply—William Hiers DeBuck's Sod Farms of NY—Greg DeBuck Emerald View Turf Farm—Eddie Keeven Fairgreen Sod Farms, Ltd.—John Fairty Huggett Sod Farm, Inc.—Daniel Huggett Hydrostraw LLC—Summit Seed—Ed Lee Jasperson Sod Farm—Randy Jasperson JB Instant Lawn, Inc.—Mark Tribbett Modern Turf—Hank Kerfoot North Carolina Sod Producers Association RTF Turf Producers—Jenny Carritt Sales Midwest—Tim Wollesen Saratoga Sod Farm, Inc.—Steve Griffen SelecTurf Inc.—Jim Keeven Sod Solutions—Tobey Wagner Turf Merchants, Inc. (TMI)—Nancy Aerni Turf Mountain Sod, Inc.—Fred Pittillo Turf Mountain Sod, Inc.—Linda Bradley Waltz Green Acres Sod Farm, Inc.—Steve Chont Winstead Turf Farms, Inc.—Bobby Winstead


500 CLUB/$500—$999


Bentley Turf Farms—Dennis Brigham Beverley Turf Farms—Peter McCuaig Blue Ribbon Turf Farms—Raedene Messenger Blue Valley Sod, Inc.—Bob Weerts Bos Sod Farms—Peter Bos Brillion Farm Equipment—Mike Irish Cameron Financial—Darryl Yochem Campey Imants—Julia Campey Central Sod Farms of Maryland, Inc.—Thomas Warpinski Coosa Valley Turf Farms—Thomas Wolf Crossroads Sod Farm—Brad Jean First Products, Inc.—Carey Parrish Gramas Xavier—Agnaldo Xavier Green Acres Turf Farm—Gary Youmans Harmony Outdoor Brands—Mike Pope Henderson Turf Farm, Inc.—Todd Henderson Hol-Mac—Brian Ely JMC Landscape Company—Leo Shelton Jonathan Green & Sons, Inc.—Barry Green Landmark Turf & Native Seed—Larry Humphreys Laytonsville Landscaping, Inc.—Doug Lechlider McCall Sod Farm, Inc.—James Maulden McPheeters Turf, Inc.—William McPheeters Medina Sod Farms, Inc.—Scott Gregoire Michigan Sod Growers Association Mountain View Seeds—Troy Kuenzi Northern Hills Sod Farm LLC—Roch Bestgen Oakwood Sod Farm, Inc.—Gary Wilber Oregon Turf & Tree Farms—Tom DeArmond Patten Seed Co./Super Sod—Ben Copeland, Sr. Personal Donation— Keaton Vandemark Progressive Turf Equipment, Inc.—Luke Janmaat R. B. Farms LLC—Robbie Brady Reid Sod Farm—Randall Reid Royal Sod Farm LLC—Brian Shufelt SiteOne Landscape Supply, LLC—Michelle Williams Sky-High Quality Turf—Chris Coulter Somerset Seed & Sod, Inc.—Andy Hutchison Sporting Valley Turf Farm—Matt Wiemer Sumter Sod—Chip Block The Turfgrass Group—Bill Carraway Thomas Turfgrass—Emory Thomas Todd Valley Farms, Inc.—Wayne Thorson Trimax Mowing Systems—Ray LeProu Tuckahoe Turf Farms—James Betts West Coast Turf—John Foster Zander Sod Farm—Claus Zander


For more information on how to support TLI in 2019 go to: www.The LawnInstitute.org/ and click SUPPORT TLI.


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