In the fall of 1999, The Word Works launched a fundraising campaign to support the commissioning of Karren Alenier's opera Gertrude Stein Invents A Jump Early On. The first fundraising letters were sent to individuals known to the poet and the organization. That effort continues in support of follow on productions. Individual who would like to support this ground-breaking project can send his or her tax-deductible check to:

The Word Works Stein Fund
P.O. Box 42164, Washington, DC 20015

Word Works tax ID number is 52-1042022. Ask us how to contribute to The Word Works through your annual United Way and CFC campaigns. The process is easy and just involves supplying United Way and CFC with our tax ID number and address.

Word Works continues the campaign to raise funds for the opera. If you have any contacts that Word Works could pursue, please contact us at: editor@wordworksdc.com.

The Word Works enthusiastically thanks the following named and unnamed individuals who have contributed to the commissioning of Gertrude Stein Invents A Jump Early On.

List of Contributors

Gold Circle
Silver Circle

 

Jim Rich
Hilary Tham
Sheri Mason
Anonymous-3
Robert Sargent
Anonymous-4
Anonymous-5

 

 

Paul Grayson
Patti Absher/Paul Baker
Myra Shapiro
Anonymous-2
James C. Hopkins
Miles David Moore

Bronze Circle
Friends

 

Mel Belin
Susan Absher
Daniel Meijer
Mary Swope
Alice Tarnowski
Ruth Moon Kempher
Jim Derstine
Anonymous-1
Paris Pacchione
Victoria Porter
Hans R. Gallas
Caroline Marshall
Jean Bower
Ann Knox
Marilyn Weitzner
Paula Gaerlan
Anonymous-4
Nancy Allinson
Mary Ellen Condon
J.D. Smith
David Schneider
Michael Winings
Elizabeth Follin-Jones
E. Ethelbert Miller
Perry Epes
Dona Davis
Nathalie Anderson
Myong-Hee Kim
Nancy Allison Ryan

 

 

 

Grace Cavalieri
Ann L. McLaughlin
Mary Quattlebaum
Shirley Cochrane
Nancy Allinson
Dean Blehert
Nancy Hirschhorn
Dwaine Rieves
Patricia Gray
Renee Ashley
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Jean Nordhaus
Jay Rogoff
Maxine Combs
Richard White
Cynthia Bezz
Howard Gofreed
Hiram Larew
Anne Woodworth
Fred Marchant
Jacklyn Potter
Lyvia Vivelo
Harvey P. Wiley
Maria Terrone
Rick Vitullo
Serena Fox
Doris Brody
Bernadette Geyer
E. E. B. Wollaston
Alice Popkin
Carol Gallant
Nancy Braymer
Ann Rayburn
Jonathan Vaile
Gene & Hedy Colombini
Judith McCombs & Ernest Benjamin
Cicely Angleton
Mariquita Mullan
Clarinda Harriss
Deborah Papier
Mike Shaffer
Kate Perry

 

 

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