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Boa Supporters

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Government Support

County of Monroe
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LitNYS

Foundation Support

Amazon Literary Partnership Poetry Fund and the Academy of American Poets
Nonprofit Support Group-Nonprofit Support Group-WNY
Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Arts & Culture Initiative

Orpheus Society

The Orpheus Society is made up of loyal supporters who have pledged planned gifts to Boa. Founding members pledged their support in the first year of the Orpheus Society’s inception.

Founding Members
Anonymous
Angela Bonazinga & Catherine Lewis
Kathleen Holcombe
William Waddell & Linda Rubel

2025 Annual Campaign Supporters

Optima Society
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John Allendorf & BK Fischer
Angela Bonazinga & Catherine Lewis
Janice N. Harrington and Robert Parker
Nora A. Jones
William Waddell & Linda Rubel
Ralph Black and Susan Murphy
Bonnie Garner
Albert Goldfarth
Peg Heminway
Kathleen C. Holcombe
Joe McElveney
Boo Poulin (In memory of A. Poulin, Jr.)
Deborah Ronnen
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Grant Holcomb
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Consortium Book Sales & Distribution handles all trade and event orders of Boa titles to bookstores and institutions. Orders can be placed via its sales line: IPS Customer Service: 800-937-8200 press #3 (phones answered 11am-3pm ET) email: ips@ingramcontent.com. Consortium has been representing numerous independent publishers for more than 30 years, and is owned by Ingram Content Group.

The Consortium sales and marketing team is based in Minneapolis, MN. Frontlist catalogs are issued twice per year.

Ingram Content Group handles the warehousing in Jackson, TN, and ships titles from its distribution facilities in Chambersburg, PA; Jackson, TN; La Vergne, TN; Fort Wayne, IN; and Roseburg, OR.

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