ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This event is being presented through a collaboration between three San Francisco Bay Area
German-American non-profit organizations:

The Deutscher Musikverein of San Francisco

The Excelsior German Center

and the United German-American Societies of San Francisco

The event is free to the public due to generous financial donations from the Excelsior German Center of Oakland and the United-German American Societies of San Francisco.

Planning Committee Members

Fanny Jasper – President, German American School Association of Northern California (GASANC)
Franciska Obermeyer – Deputy Consul General, Consulate General of Germany, San Francisco
Heike Feltes – Bay Area Kinderstube, Am. Assoc. of Teachers of German, North CA Chapter
Imogen Kakuschky – Press and Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Germany, San Francisco

Jeannette-Susann Kiessling – German American Business Association (GABA)
Karl Pfeiffer – Treasurer, Excelsior German Center at the Altenheim in Oakland (EGC)
Petra Kubler – EGC Board Member
Petra Specht – Excelsior German Center President and German Day Co-organizer
Sam Hedrick – German Day 2026 Marketer
Thomas Kronemeyer – EGC Board Member
Walt Keller – Deutscher Musikverein President and German Day Co-organizer

SUPPORTERS

Special thanks to Standard Deviant Brewery

for their generous sponsorship of the Biergarten

and

Thomas Kronemeyer for our layout designs

Walt Keller for creating and managing the website

Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir for their performances

the Golden Gate Park Band for their performances

and to the

Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany

for sponsoring the performance of the DDC Breakdancers.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Special thanks to Standard Deviant Brewery

for their generous sponsorship and donation of beer for the Beer Garden

Thanks to the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany

for sponsoring the DDC Breakdancers

Thanks to "die Klinikcläune aus Kiel" (Medical Clowns)

for travelling all the way from Kiel Germany to entertain our children

Special thanks also to all of the volunteer planning committee members and to the over 100 community volunteers, without whom this event could not have taken place.

FOOD VENDORS

Beer Garden Pretzels (from Pure Grain Bakery)

Black Forest Kitchen (Döner Kebabs)

Frau Ludwigs Biergarten (authentic Bavarian sausages)

German American Business Association Coffee and Pastry Stand (pastry from Hahdough Bakery)