“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Faith built Whispering Winds. When our camp was just was a patch of land and a dream, our beginnings and growth came from gifts of labor, supplies, money and prayer. Guided by the Holy Spirit, these early Trailblazers set into motion a decades-long effort that built a profound ministry alive today at Whispering Winds.
Among the many ways and gifts our trailblazers have given:
- Work parties for building and infrastructure – design and engineering, clearing shrub, planting, building roads, digging wells, construction, electrical
- Donations of supplies – lumber and other material, sod, furniture, curtains, temporary buildings, kitchen appliances
- Donations of funds for building construction and infrastructure, property mortgage, staffing, maintenance, fundraising events, programs, scholarships
- Volunteering for the Women’s Auxiliary, Board of Directors, fundraising, fund management, litigation, marketing and communications, camps and retreats
Founders
Don & Mo Kojis
Anne & Jerry Tisi
Trailblazers
| Jim & Barbara Adamo | Sister Caroline Bachmann | Margie Bialk | John & Enzanetta Bibbo | |||||||||||||||
| Bob & Barbara Bixel | Herbert & Silvia Black | Harold & Marion Broding | Doug & Bill Broding | |||||||||||||||
| Mike & Kathy Brown | Rich Cabanilla | Fr. Mark Campbell | Terry & Barbara Caster | |||||||||||||||
| Bob & Marie Cizek | John & Judy Comito | Don & Shirley Costantino | Steve & Linda Crabtree | |||||||||||||||
| Dennis Dahm | Brian & Tara Denny | Terry Donovan | Patricia Eagan | |||||||||||||||
| George & Dorothy Fetter | Marvin Finch | Forest Home | Msgr. Fox | |||||||||||||||
| Tod Ghio | Anthony Ghio | Craig Ghio | Rick Ghio | |||||||||||||||
| Frank & Bernice Graciano | Mike & Lois Gubitosi | Helfers Electric | Marion & Gene Huffman | |||||||||||||||
| Roy & Claire Hughes | Dotti & Roger Hulburt | John & Birdie Juanico | Hank & Pat Kankowski | |||||||||||||||
| Barbara & Len Kube | Sister Carmel Lohan | Brigit Luciani | Doug & Betsy Manchester | |||||||||||||||
| Sister Mary Martial | Bernice & Frank Mascari | Phil & Beverly Mascari | John & Randi McDonnell | |||||||||||||||
| George & Jane Meulmester | Msgr. Peter Mimnaugh | Kenny Mushet | Louis & Mary Jane Nigro | |||||||||||||||
| Clem & Marge O’Neill | Connie & John Osborne | Dave Pinciotti | Rick & Pat Rauber | |||||||||||||||
| Rudy & Marilyn Regalado | Allan & Maureen Sipe | Fr. Mike Smith | Val & Steve Spooner | |||||||||||||||
| Maurile & Cary Tremblay | Sam & Marilyn Trozzo | Jimmy & Chris Villalobos | Adel Weber | |||||||||||||||
| Glenn & Susann Wilhite | Fred Williams | Adeline Williams | Joe & Betty Wood | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Wood | John & Cathy Sperrazzo | Keith Wilhite | WW Women’s Auxiliary | |||||||||||||||
| Knights of Columbus | WW Board of Directors | San Diego Cursillo Movement | Mike & Olga Miller | |||||||||||||||
| Charles LiMandri |
Thank you to this ad hoc committee for their efforts to memorialize these trailblazers to preserve the precious history of Whispering Winds. If we accidentally left you off the list above, please let us know. We want to hear your story!
| Kathleen O’Neill Brunner | Marie Cizek | Anne Tisi Denbow | Lois Gubitosi | |||||||||||||||
| Roy Hughes | Don & Mo Kojis | Bernice & Frank Mascari | Dan O’Neill | |||||||||||||||
| Pat Rauber |
