FOM Members Contribute $18,426 to the Peace Corps Park

by 

Paul Murphy (Malaysia 35, Johor Bahru 1971-73), FoM Treasurer: Email: pmurphy_856@msn.com

Friends of Malaysia (FoM) has been collecting donations for the planned Peace Corps Park in DC near Capitol Hill. The Park will honor the service of all those who have served in the Peace Corps and remind the public that the Peace Corps still exists and is looking to future generations for volunteers to serve humanity around the globe.

 As of July 8, 2025, $18,426 has been donated by 41 FoM members (multiple contributions are noted by an asterisk below). You are so generous! The Peace Corps Foundation (also known as the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation) states that $6.1 million of the needed $12 million goal has been raised from 1,564 donors. (www.peacecorpscommemorative.org).

For those who have not yet gotten around to donating or would like to make an additional donation, there is still time. No donation is too small. Participation is so important to show the interest of the RPCV community and hopefully some very wealthy donors will help us get to our goal. The easiest way to donate is to use the Peace Corps Foundation-Friends of Malaysia online button with your credit card. Or alternatively, you can write a check and mail it the Peace Corps Foundation (details here); be sure to write "Credit to Friends of Malaysia" on the memo line. All donations will be recognized on the FoM Digital Wall of Honor (see below) and also on the Peace Corps Park website.

The FoM Digital Wall of Honor

(June 20, 2025)

$5,000 to $9,999      $1,000 to $4,999

Donald Lovett Patricia Matisz Smith Charles & Jo Knight Hirschman Elizabeth Kok 

Ed Demerly & Martha Christensen

  Thaine & Geraldine Hahn Allison

   Mark Edleson

   Bruce Moen

Up to $999

Anne & Michael Bruinooge             Carol & James Warren       

David Motoki        Donella Novak*                       

Thomas & Lisa Kajer Paul Murphy*

Dona Boyce-Manoukian John Dixon   

Anne Arnold Dachs Robert & Barbara Lester    

Thomas & Mary Klein Joan & Frank Swetz

Frances Smithwaite Jack McCord                 

Kirk Cunningham*       James DeHarpporte

William Chiles & Rita Hurley-Chiles       Bill Britt       

James & Moke Chee Wolter       Dan Peed            

Frank & Jee Catania       Frances Li

Lynn Juhl & Rosalie Smith       Miriam Mosley

Rodman and Ruth Zwirner       Ken Millett  

Paul Thompson     Steve Kottmeier

Ralph & Gail Lueck   John and Dori Wozniak*

Richard & Sheri Ann Drobnick   Ted Pack

Thomas "Taj" Ainlay   Ryan Gladysiewicz 

   Nancy Gallant   Mark Francis

David Ingram   Brian McBride

*(multiple contributions)