We are in the business of realizing dreams, and helping others achieve theirs.

Our sponsors share the vision that we can apply our resources to make this world a better place to live. They also believe that we can impact the future generations in how far they will reach through education, introducing them to possibilities. With the help of our sponsors, we will deliver on our promises quicker, and for that we are grateful!

If you would like to be part of this exciting endeavor as a corporate sponsor, and would like to collaborate with us in your marketing efforts, as a future corporate sponsor, you can contact us for our sponsorship opportunities.

Also listed below are the donations that we received in the chronological order from individual donors - their donations mean that they share our dream and that we are on the right track. They validated our dream, and for that we are thankful. Future individual contributors can review their options here.

Title Sponsor Summit Sponsors Boat Sponsor

Last team to use our boat has named her "Calderdale." We are offering the naming rights to this boat to a Boat Sponsor. This name may be a corporate brand or a message which supports our mission such as "Smoke Free" reinforcing the no emissions nature of the human powered journey, and conveying a no smoking message to the youth.

Blade Sponsor

This category is open to sponsors which desire to display their corporate branding on our oar blades. The blades of the spare oars on either side of the boat and of the active oars in motion are readily visible in pictures and in videos, and provide a promotional opportunity.

Category Sponsors

Different categories to promote corporate branding will be available. This creative approach will allow us to tailor the needs of our sponsors for the most benefit from the human powered journey and the associated educational effort. "Official Education Sponsor" is one category that we would especially like to explore.

Gold Sponsors

MKG Partners Adalar Rowing Club, İstanbul World Clinic Türk Tanıtma Fonu

Silver Sponsors

Levent Selamoğlu Al Menzl Peter & Joan Ackroyd Matthew & Katje Kear Karen Lamelle ENKA Spor, Eğitim ve Sosyal Yardım Vakfı Mountain House Metin Egeli, Damla Industrial Products İsmail Karahan, İNTRA Consulting

Contributing Sponsors

Larbi Sabbari Hassani, Wali (mayor) of Doukkala-Abda Region and Governor of Safi in Morocco, is one of two members of the honor committee of the nonprofit "Les Amis de Thor Heyerdahl" which has the goal of perpetuating the ideas of Thor Heyerdahl, his humanist and universalist vision favoring a dialog between cultures and religions, and exchanges between civilizations. He kindly hosted our team during a visit to Safi by rowboat in November 2005.
Amatör Denizcilik Federasyonu BOB Trailers, Inc. OrtliebUSA Mountain Madness Associação Naval de Lisboa Middleton PTO Mülkiye Spor Kulübü	Vertical World Winslow Liferafts REI Pathfinder bike shop, Manhattan Clube Naval de Cascais İDADİK	Concept2 Oars Katadyn Fisheries Supply Club Nautique d'El Jadida Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaa AŞ Symbiosis Derneği	BÜMED Gig Harbor Boat Works Feathered Friends Real Club Náutico de     Gran Canaria ClifBar
2003 Individual Contributions
Doug Hilderbrand Al Rosner Joe "Doc" Knight Al Menzl Sally Lipscomb John Danilson	Crystal McEuen Peg Watkinson & Bobbie Chuck (Gotta Wanna     Expeditions) Scully Ron & Sheryl Lockert	John & Karen Neff Russ Harrington Carol Kahn Gideon Sasson Erik Zytowski & Val Stouffer Bill Napier	Mike Swayne Melissa A. Ginochio Levent Selamoğlu Karen Lamelle Jim Beall Jeff Leikhus
2004 Individual Contributions
Bruce Frank Cameron Mallory Cory Groom Jeremy Cranford Susan Alford Kenneth H. Olsen Richard E. Brower Angela Goldmann Doug Hilderbrand Al Menzl Melissa A. Ginochio Joe "Doc" Knight Heidi Kear	Mike Swayne Susan Alford William Talbott Anthony Borgese Peter Ackroyd & Joan Alworth Kris M. Parfitt Ellen & David Hecht Hottle & Associates Scott Cullen-Benson Beryl Fernandes Steven Scott Adams City Climbing Eagles	Seattle FOH Office Mesut Gündüç Judith Mickenberg Myra Horiuchi Beylan Brown William Petersen Alp Önalan Michelle Corsi Robley Corsi Dustin Welch Emily Mabus & Dean Frasier Ken Berry & Naoko Oguchi	John Sohl John & Cricket Braun Quentin Dexter Murat Ülman Bryan & Alisa Fairchild Cle Elum/Roslyn Class of 2008 Erdinç Gökalp Dawn Thomas Margie Koehler Sonya Keller İsa Güven Gerald Bell
2005 Individual Contributions
Bridgid Myers Alp Aracı Berrin Görgüç Birgül Egeli Cem Şenakaylı Dilek & Aydın Erdoğan Fatih Karadağ Fuat Aslan Hakan Abacı Mehmet Şen Carlos Ribeiro Ferreira	Metin Egeli Menekse Nakkaşoğlu Mustafa Naymanlar Oğuz Caymaz Seyfi Ersoy Ünal Zenginobuz Lincoln Chan Ina & Joe Inaya Madison Sebrine Dyhre Hansen Ana M Berrios Flores Pedro Coimbra	Bill Leyrer Mugs Boardman Mark Smith Casey Jones Ana M Berrios Flores Lisa Fernow Donna Rigas Heather Boetto Wilson Binger Bengi Özkaplan Mohamed Hamama	Josh Kaplan Lindsey Saunders Peter Ackroyd Selçuk Yavuz Pedro Pedrosa Joaquim Ribeiro Erin Crouch Jorge Luis Carballo Matthew Kear Coşkun Ünal
2006 Individual Contributions
Karen Lamelle Levent Selamoğlu Thuy Senser Biray Yersu FTAA members	Sencer Kutluğ Mesut Göksu Richard Wood Andrea Rose Maestro Pepe	Zeynep Hancı Bilge Akdora Mugs Boardman Carol & Jerry Kahn Claire Byrne	Matthew Kear Joe "Doc" Knight Sam Newman İrfan Topsakal Jorge Luis Carballo
2007 Individual Contributions
Peter Ackroyd & Joan Alworth Metin Egeli Al Rosner Ali & Yasemin San Mary Orvis Kenneth Silsbee William & Ada Wallace Prasoon Khanal Harry Jackson Brian Hoots Polli Hamlin Eric Christianson Fred Oberdorfer Tom Lynch Susan Alford Norman Watts Andy Skelton DeeAnn Perler Dave Schieble Metin Egeli Gideon Sasson	Sıtkı Timuçin Simon Lowings Barış Akkırış Thuy Senser John Fluno Louise Flanagan Deniz Kaman Frank Robertson Nurdan Mete Al Menzl Nuri Dağdeviren Cafer Levent Karataş Lawrence Lobb Hande Oktemus Dean Eilertson Ender Karaca Andrea Rose Nan Knitter-Jack Michael Swayne Tracy Bell T Kennison	Ümit Gökçe Michelle Kline Kenneth Olsen Cynthia Ferguson Brad Vickers Esra Bayoğlu Flener Wayne Wallace Fatih Muslu Hasan Ateş Erim Avni Serdar Şentürk Erkan Özdemir Ümit Cafer Özakın Turan Savaş Kavuncu Ahmet Alper Parker Hüseyin Nacak Günseli Kartay Gökhan Uzun Norman Watts Cenk Uysal Erhan Bilgen Doug Hilderbrand	Northwest Explorers Hüseyin Akcan Bülent Turan Lebibe Sedef Turan Bülent Turan Şenay Türker Linda Sarıgöl Erdem Nuri Yılmaz SYKT Ruth Newman Melissa Ginocchio Arthur Badger Eric L. Johnson Donald Manghelli Ali Tuncer Willie Weir Susan Alworth Joan Alworth Matthew Kear Levent Selamoğlu Hakan Avdan
2008 Individual Contributions
Süleyman Soysal Mehmet Uğur Koçarslan Abdulkadir Genç Ger Ailesi:     Felin, Kurt, Figen ve Gürkan Ayşe Ayşen Erdi Serhat Balkan Sıtkı Timuçin Murat Sökmen Bekir Aslaner Oğuzhan Yılmaz Onur Güden Nuri Dağdeviren İzmir Koleji & BAL Mehmet Uğur Koçarslan Hasan Tahsin Gürtay Mehmet Oğuz Divilioğlu Atila Koç Ramazan Cem Gürdeniz Ahu Narin Salih Reşitoğlu Hüseyin Tanrıverdi Melih Berk Ali İhsan Gören     PROMET Steel Ltd, UK Mustafa Cumhur Ahmet Şükrü Köse Haldun Ulusoy Stacey Hoopes Cinni, Elaine, Lisa & Nan Barbara Stewart Miguel Gomez Jeremy Cranford Ferit Toska	Joan Benner Ellen & David Hecht Al Rosner Işın Kurtuluş Yılmaz Jeremy Cranford Ahmet Şükrü Köse Efdal Kürşat Sezer Biray Yersu İrem Demirci Peter Unlesich Hasan Tahsin Gürtay Kathryn Schauer Alp Önalan Şükrü Murat Cebeci Mehmet Emin Gönal B. Nagode Ayhan Olgun Donald Mangelli Ahmet İhsan Telli Levent Selamoğlu İlknur Ersun Alpaslan Tansuğ Kutlu Torunlar Hüseyin Nacak Ahmet Nazım Davran Işıl Öz Mehmet Adil Gül Mustafa Demirci Gani Müjde Cenk Uysal Cafer Levent Karataş Lin Shih Matthew Kear	Bora Bilgin Ufuk Güven Mesut Çetin Kerim Yılmaz Sertan Girgin Dilek Özkan Dayı Ömür Akgün Sıtkı Karadenizli Güden Ailesi:     Onur, Nihat, Bora, Maya Ali Gündüz Lyndon Redick Melih Berk Teoman Önol Nazlı Yılmaz Serap Işıklar Tolga Genç Müge Yirmibeşoğlu Michael Naujocks Ekin Özel Ali Akyol Nejat Anbarcı Ronnie Henderson Taner Alev Cenk Levent Demiröz Sunay Selçuk Anıl Çivi Ayla Müstecaplıoğlu Burak Döneray Ahmet Bahadır Giray Doug & Gail Hilderbrand Özgür Yazlalı Jan Hyorsthoej	James Rudy Altay Noyan Uras İsmail Tüfekçi Al Menzl Dave & Peggy Dunner 1954 Devresi Dayanışma Gurubu     - İstanbul 1954 Devresi Dayanışma Gurubu     - İzmir Altan Lök Niall McCann Daniel Mazur Metin Savaş Cemal Eruç Aliye Tetik Galip Baysan Brian P. Hanson Omar from Algeria Heath Foxlee İrfan Ovacık Michael Swayne Mollie Alworth Elaine Johnson Peter Ackroyd & Joan Alworth Şekure Arslanoğlu Arkadaş Özakın Kurt Bittner Thomas Hornbein Dennis Hahn Derek Elliott Gary Yngve Tolga Tekin Mustafa Ergen
2009 Individual Contributions
Öztürk Günce Ian Taukuro Soner Terek	Steve Reynolds Nan Knitter-Jack Groom Wilkes & Wright LLP	Rosie Kear Umit Gokce	Adam McBride Osman Ertugay

In kind gear and service providers

WorldClinic is a unique medical practice dedicated to providing first class medical and telemedical care to an exclusive group of corporate executives, individuals, families, and residences that require an immediately available physician, at any time, wherever they are. Dr. Daniel Carlin M.D. established WorldClinic in 1998, drawing on years of experience as a medical officer in the US Navy and later as an expatriate volunteer. WorldClinic meets the needs of people whose work and lifestyle frequently took them out of contact with modern medical care. Erden has a medical duffle on his boat provided by WorldClinic and will have access to medical advice from the sea by satellite phone should that ever be necessary.
ClifBar started on a bike ride. When their founder Gary took a bite of another energy bar and thought to himself: "I can make a better bar than this!" Since then ClifBar has expanded their product selection to include protein bars, energy and fluid replacement drinks. ClifBar provided energy and protein bars for use during the row across the Pacific Ocean. "ClifBar for life!" is our slogan as well!
Vertical World climbing gym in Seattle is the training home of Erden during the rainy days of the Pacific Northwest. Vertical World gyms are the premier locations in Seattle, Redmond and Kitsap for rock climbing instruction and training. Vertical World is involved with the younger climbers and we share the common goal that, in contributing to the education of the youth through a physical activity, we open the door for them to dream, and enable them to reach for higher goals.
Mountain House is the #1 brand of backpacking foods which has been the choice of outdoor enthusiasts for over 30 years. Winner of the Gold Taste Award for the last 3 years, offering convenience, long-term storage and the best tasting freeze dried meals, Mountain House was the obvious choice for our ocean crossings.
Winslow Liferaft Company builds the world's best marine and aviation life rafts. WINSLOW Marine and Aviation Super-Light™ and Ultra-Light™life rafts have been rated #1 in every independent life raft evaluation in which they have been included. On the oceans, Erden will rely on a Winslow Standard Offshore Liferaft to save his life in an emergency.
BOB Trailers, Inc. (BOB stands for Beast of Burden) makes quality single track trailers for long distance touring bicyclists. They are also known for their quality strollers. BOB provided Erden with the reliable IBEX trailer with suspension to carry his climbing gear to the mountains on the land phases of the human powered journey, the Six Summits Project.
OrtliebUSA is the provider for Erden's waterproof panniers, handlebar bags, and the associated mounting racks, all designed for touring bicyclists that are always in need of durable gear. They say that Ortlieb material is bulletproof, but fortunately Erden did not have to test that claim literally...
Gig Harbor Boat Works helped us retrofit the ocean rowing boat Calderdale with a state of the art "Ocean Glide" sliding seat. This rowing system uses premolded fiberglass tracks and inline skate wheels for a quiet and effortless stroke.
Concept2 is a company committed to the sport of rowing and rowers everywhere — on and off the water. Concept2 has been manufacturing the best oars in the world for 25 years, helping rowers achieve maximum speed and success. Erden regularly trains on the Concept2 Indoor Rower when not on the water. Concept2 provided us two pairs of ocean rowing oars.
Katadyn of Switzerland has been producing high quality portable water systems since 1928 and is the most complete supplier of outdoor water systems. Their history has been one of innovation and durability. Katadyn products are used by militaries, health organisations and outdoor adventurers worldwide. Erden is using a Katadyn Power Survivor-40E watermaker on his boat, and has included a manual Katadyn Survivor-06 in his emergency grab bag.
Fisheries Supply in Seattle was where Erden shopped exclusively for parts and supplies. Fisheries Supply Company was founded in Seattle, WA in March of 1928 by veterans of the fishing industry. Today with its 50,000-plus SKU inventory Fisheries Supply provides a convenient one stop shop for those planning to venture out to open seas like Erden.
Full Speed Ahead is the manufacturer of high quality bicycle parts made of cutting edge materials. FSA provided Erden with a new front bicycle wheel to upgrade his bicycle to disc brakes.
Feathered Friends, the maker of best down parkas and climbing gear, provided Around-n-Over with a down jacket as a grand prize for our fundraising raffle.
Recreational Equipment, Inc. provided the Novara Safari touring bicycle that Erden used on the roundtrip journey from Seattle to Denali in Stage 1. This bicycle was twice overhauled by REI stores in Anchorage, and later in Boulder to keep it on the road.

Those who went out of their way

The list below is by no means a complete one. It reflects the in-kind contributions from many individuals who provided Erden with valuable advice, knowhow, a place to stay, a warm meal or a refreshing drink during his journeys, or went out of their way to help. They were the ones extending a hand in friendship which made the journey worthwhile, and the story a memorable one. We included most of them in our dispatches as the journey unfolded, honoring their contributions and making them part of the story.

Zergün Korutürk was the Ambassador of the Turkish Republic to Portugal. Ambassador Korutürk has a long history of public service, and is married to Ambassador Selah Korutürk, representing the Turkish Republic in Tunisia. We were humbled by the kind assistance and the promotional effort offered by the Turkish Embassy during the days spent in Lisbon. We remain thankful. Madani Aït-Ouhani, the Moroccan representative and an active participant on RA II of Thor Heyerdahl in 1970, was responsible for researching pollution in world's oceans, contributing to a United Nations resolution to curb the same. Recipient of awards and international recognition, Mr. Madani continues to inspire the next generation of explorers and adventurers.
Brownie Schoene Wilma Comenat Steve Nagode Jon Turk Richard Bangs Erik Weihenmayer Peter Ackroyd Frank Olding Brett Wolfe Dave Engle Steve Reynolds Sharon Reynolds Mike from REI Jeroen & Bianca van Blois Windy Point Inn Dan Campos Darryl Branley Vince Prince John Sam Keith & Evelyn Larabie Karen Ingles Prophet River RV Camp Bill Cardinal Jamie Dingwell Richard Resener Karen Zaumseil Steamboat Mountain Lodge Loryne Andrews Tetsa River Guest Services Tom Hornbein Emil Kossev Doug Thibault Ed Lockington John Trout Constable Ray Warner Mark from Fairbanks Andrew Cutting Al Gallo Terry Smith Fatih Ertekin Mary Herrick Jan McGillivary Andre Bettencourt Fernando Figueiredo Mohamed Ramdani Enis Fer Yalçın Dülger Çetin Öztürk Levent Karataş Peter Hogg Ed Sobey	John Glidden Don Love Bill Nance McLaren River Lodge Nick Urban Wanda Jackel Roland Stuart Officer Mark Sylop Beda Tremp Dennis & Lana Bieber Dease River Crossing RV     & Campground Don Hutchinson Michael Hutchinson Michelle Jensen Diane Hirschberg Patrick Parenzin Mike McQuaid Jr. Iskut - Survivor Lodge Conrad & Gerda Feldmann Jeff Johnson Nelson Patry André Patry AP Ranch, BC Cascade Bicycle Club David Argento Karen Lynn Maher Rachel Ligtenberg Donald "Poxits" Marsden Alice Modig Russ Graham John & Raeann Shear Al at the Stewart/Hyder info     booth in Meziadin Junction Mushroom pickers at "The Zoo"     near Kitwanga Junction Elf & Betsie Lisa Fernow Keith & Kimi Nic Stover Kim Seewald Lynton Weib Luis Ahrens Teixeira Vasco Empis Dan Mercer Erol Türkmen Halil Hatipoğlu Aydın Akşamgüneşi Selim İsa Michael Moradzadeh John Cramer	John Sohl John Climaco Asım & Sherry Bolca Frank Schwarz Bryan Fairchild Joshua Jackson Rich Meyer Matthew Kear David Coleburn & Sandy Nelson Dennis & Brigitta Regelsperger Kirk Kuykendall Gib & Joan Regelsperger David Ainslie Tommy & Beth Koehler Gregory Byerline Turgut Güneysu Ergun Yurdadön Jeff Gross Glen Collins Sol & Gert Newman Lynne & Michael Stephenson Murat Kaan Güneri Asuman Bayrak Zekai Doğanay Paul Papenhause Christopher Driver Cemal Uzun Mehmet Uzun Özkan Alataş Cumhur Aydın Alp Aracı Cem Şenakaylı Hakan Evrensel Ümit Gürkan Bengi Özkaplan Berrin Görgüç Dilek Erdoğan Metin & Birgül Egeli Brian Stefanovic Tolga Bermek José García-Tuñón Meral Arasıl Ertuğrul Erşen İrfan Önel Selim Yalçın Melih Berk Hakan Çelikoğlu Kaan Altuğ David Johnson Tom & Sveta Lynch