Sistrum Circle
Sistrum is a membership-based choral organization that relies on a combination of membership pledges and music fees, grants, concert revenue, and fundraising efforts to meet our $64,000 annual budget. We provide scholarships for women who need them to cover their membership fees and other participation costs as well as grants for chorus members experiencing hardship during difficult times.
To support Sistrum’s mission to create music that inspires, empowers, and entertains, there are several options. You may make a donation now by:
1. Going online to DONATE at Network For Good
2. Texting the word “Give” to 517.296.6004; or,
3. Sending your check to
Sistrum, The Lansing Women’s Chorus,
Nancy Colflesh, Ph.D.,
5688 Bayonne Avenue
Haslett, MI 48840.
If you have already provided for Sistrum in your Will or a trust, have it on your “To Do” list, or would like information on how to do so, please contact ncolflesh@gmail.com.
The mission of Sistrum, Lansing Women’s Chorus, is creating music that inspires, empowers, and entertains. As a 501(c)(3) organization, all gifts made to Sistrum are deductible as charitable donations to the full extent allowed by law. Its EIN number is 38-2851629.
2020-2021 Sistrum Circle Donors
Dovey Johnson Roundtree
5+ Advocate for abolition, temperance, civil & women’s rights in the 19th century
Claudette & Bruce Andersen
Lynn Babcock
Kathleen Badgley
Nancy Benjamin
Andrea Bonfiglio
Diana Bush
Kelly Colflesh
Joan & Joe Daly
Bill Hart-Davidson
Chas Fuller
Jacqueline Fuller
Camille Gabris
Penny Gardner
Lauren Glass
Judy Golden
Suzy Grace
Melody Grieves
Michelle Gustafson
Forrest & Marilyn Hale
Amy Hodgson
Dori Hopkins
Jaimie Hutchison
Maria Jaszewski
Glenna Johnson
Alayne Kazin & Karen Grote
In honor of Claudia Davis
Veronica Kelly
Heather LaFave
Ann Lawrence
Geralyn Leannah
Suzanne Levy
Sara Lluberes
Sara McGirr
Lynn Meissen
Patricia Mort
Beth & Mark Principe
Brianna Roberts
Diane Roth
Mary Sabaj
Julia Shapiro
Carol Siemon
Susan & M. Lynn Spruill
Melissa Usiak
Rawley Van Fossen
Jamie Young
Melanie Zaremba
Amanda Duby-Zerka
Wilma Mankiller
$250+ First woman elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Scott Allen
Phil & Elaine Colflesh
Nancy Colflesh
CJ Kruska
Teresa Martin
Shanna Spickard
Kathy Taphouse
Beth Whaley
Patty Wieber
Sistrum Board of Directors
Women in the Arts Festival
Audre Lorde
$50+ American lesbian writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, & civil rights activist
Shina Alade
Bill & Cathy Amundsen
Anonymous
Burt Bargerstock
Tina Brenner
Marsha Chance
Heidi Clark
Frances Cook
Michael Dallaire
Jane Evans
Muriel Feigenbaum
Jean Folk
John Forslin
Barb & Jerry Fuller
Mandy Fuller
Penny Gardner
Melodee Graybill
Margaret Holtschlag
Kathy & David Hunt
Jaimie Hutchison
Carl & Anna Ill
Emily Jaszewski
Karen & Jerry Jennings
Hari Kern
Fred Kester
Sharon Ketchum
Stan & Karen Kogut
Syndee Malek
Madeline & Robert Mavrogordato
Martha Mertz
Rose & Mark Moroski
Melanie Morrison
Carmela Mulanix
Erin North
Marcia O’Brien
Susan Pierson
Bill & Gloria Purosky
Michele Booher Purosky
Alex Quinlan
Christine Rouleau
Cory Savino
Annette Skinner
Sue Stibitz
Debra Stuart
Patti Tavano
Kris & Barb Bohnstedt-Thirn
Jennifer Thrush
Linda Uhler
Kathleen Valentine
Shelly Van Huis
Elizabeth Wallace
Mary Wegenke
Mama Wilson
Dolores Huerta
$500+ Advocate for Hispanic civil rights, cofounder of the National Farm Workers’ Union, & founder of Agricultural Workers Association
Edyne & Allen Gordon Foundation
Mara McGill
David O’Dowd
Anonymous
Katie O’Sullivan-See
In honor of GLAMS: Greater Lansing Area Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense
Sistrum Development Team
Ann Zinser
Patsy Takemoto Mink
$100+ First woman of color elected to the US Congress and the first Asian-American congresswoman
Cindie Alwood
Rebecca Bahar-Cook
Stacy & Ben Bailey
Dawn Bentley
In honor of Nancy A. Colflesh, PhD
Miles Biel
Sherrie Boak
Reba Bossenbroek
Mary Boudreau
Misa Cady
Kristin Carpenter
Marla Mitchell-Cichon
Janice Combest
Linda Danders
Claudia Davis
Sharla Erne
Julia Freije
Patty & Tony Garcia
Amy Geishert
Laura Geist
Jamie Geist-Rosenthal
Don-Nee German
Carol Glass & Jeff Haley
Terry Grant
Peggy Graybill
Lisa Haston
Paula Hoelzer-Maddox
Shannon Huff
Jan Jewels
Stephen Keskes
Linda Kramer
Evan & Annette Lewis
In memory of Judy Bohms
Karen Manuel
Molly McBride
Sally McWhirter
Ronald & Barbara Meloche
Grace Menzel & JB McCombs
M. Kate Murphy
Joann Neuroth & Carolyn Lejuste
Phyllis Nix
Janet Osuch
Michelle & Matthew Rick
Katie See
Anne-Marie Sladewski
Trixie Long Smith
Richard Stauffer
Jean Stewart
Tess Tavormina
Anonymous
Laurie VanEgeren
Toni Young
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
$1,000+ US Supreme Court Justice & advocate for gender equality & women’s rights
Note: Several anonymous donations were given in honor of CJ Kruska, Amy Geishert & Melodee Graybill