On May 13, 2006 the MSSM Friendship Scholarship Foundation, celebrated with friends, family, and the University of California, Merced in the dedication of the McFadden-Willis Reading Room.

This room is a contemplative reading room one story higher than the rest of the library, with windows that spill light out over the campus and valley at night.  It bears a portrait of the four children whose lives inspired the Friendship Scholarships, and a gorgeous carved crystal plaque honoring all donors to the Foundation.  Dedicated in memory of Melanie, Stanley, Stuart, and Michelle, this room will help our community remember the gifts that these children were to those around them.

The McFadden-Willis Reading Room would not have been possible without the generous support of our donors. Our sincere appreciation goes out to:

Christine B McFadden	Elizabeth Boonstra McFadden
Kurt & Catherine McFadden Huffmaster Family	UC Davis Veterinary Class of 1982
Paul Umeda	Robert & Janet Sondag Bradford
Lexie Endo Ng & Janelle, Cayla & Dina Kityama	Jaime Bond
Jon & Brenda Wolfson	Gaye Naiditch
Mike Hayes	Jeff, Karen, Emily & Nathan Baladad
James, Sabra, Samantha, Sabrina, Lexi & Tori Abbate	R Bruce Miller
Jim & Marcie Correa	Dalvir & Kamaljit Chahal
Vernon & Camille Haraburda Williams	Adam & Mary Sacchetti
Linda Tatum & Robert Davis	Steven, Beverly & Mark Rowan
Nicholas Velasquez	Gerry & Doris Peterson Family
Matt Makinson	Krishna, Suma, Vikas & Ramesh Thondapu
Glenn & Virginia Walters	The Student Body Council of Our Lady of Mercy School
Curt & Ruth Peterson	Gerald W Corman
Cathy Westlund	Christine, James, Nancy, Judd, Yvette & Jason Bittis
Assemblywoman Barbara Matthews	Beaver Creek Farm & Rodney Dill
Hanimireddy & Vijaya Lakireddy	Kaitlin Kanabay
Nancy Evans	Nicole Seneca
Jenny Imberi	Caslin Distributing
In Loving Memory of Jeanette Corman	Mike & Sue Rager
Bettylou George and Family	Lidia C Sanseau
Reba White	Gus & Teresa Scoto
Dario & Jo Giampaoli	David Lesher
The Zajac Family	Janet Ayers
Robert & LaDeane Parker	Jim & Patty Willis Gabel
Don & Sharon Dooley	Bobby & Tina Olivarez Nelson
Bobby M Hoang	Valley Animal Hospital
Robert & Linda Olzack	Drew Gleason
I Believe In YOU!	Thanh Thi Nhu Tran
Coby Ann La Mattina	Creed, Ellen & Spencer Rowan
Christian Madayag	Juan Valdez, Jr
Elmo M Giampaoli	In Loving Memory of Susie Rossi
Mike & Patty Keennon	Rick, Becky & Alex DeBusk
Senator Jeff Denham & family	In Loving Memory of Ramesh Garisa
Kathleen M Crookham	Vikram Lakireddy
Sid Lakireddy	MaryEllen Easby
Don & Joan Brammer	Gary Rieke
In Loving Memory of Mary Lohman	Stillbow Ranch Duck Club
Takeshi & Takako Endo	Doris & Lou Gonella
Tom & Sherry Hawker	Me n Ed’s Pizza
Clifford & Alice Spendlove	Richard W Allinson
Fred & Peggie Reeves	Robert & Kim Rogina
Damon Goldstein	Rick & Tami Davidson
Merced Downtown Rotary	Derrick Olzack
Sharon Lohman	Daniel M Franey
Sherrie Spendlove Gallo	Dan Morrow
Joseph Raggio	David & Holly Zacharias
Matt & Erin Willis	Gabel Johnson
Lori Rossi	Sophie Kanabay
Siana Velasquez	Isabella Knittel
Paul & Heidi Raggio Family	Santa Fe Pet Hospital
WalMart Merced 2039	Hari Singh
Jerald & Elizabeth Young	EJ Almo & Madeleine Lorenzi
Wendy Fister & Katelyn Tassey	Skip & Michelle George
Darren & Nick Pouncey	Katy Proietti

I am the dust in the sunlight, I am the ball of the sun,
To the dust I say: Remain. And to the sun: Roll on.

I am the mist of morning, I am the breath of evening.
I am the rustling of the grove, the surging wave of the sea.

I am the mast, the rudder, the steersman and the ship.
I am the coral reef on which it founders.

I am the tree of life and the parrot in its branches,
Silence, thought, tongue and voice.

I am the breath of the flute, the spirit of man,
I am the spark in the stone, the gleam of gold in the metal,

The candle and the moth fluttering round it,
The rose and the nightingale drunk with its fragrance.

I am the chain of being, the circle of the spheres,
The scale of creation, the rise and the fall.

I am what is and is not. I am - O Thou who knowest,
Jelaleddin, oh, say it - I am the soul in all.