Last night's concert attracted an almost full house at the church and provided a spectacular evening of music for the 80 or so attendees. Michael Munro (on piano) and Liam Hockley (on clarinet) nearly wore out their instruments respectively, giving us all they had, it seemed. I don't know that I'd ever heard Berg played before, but I've certainly heard Brahms, and never like this. A truly impressive experience.
In addition, their performances drew a wonderful donation response from the audience: $2,500 which will be matched by a matching grant for a $5,000 evening. We are so grateful to these young musicians for their generosity toward our community, and to all those who generously donated last night.
And special thanks to Margot Griffiths, who was the overall organizer of the event, and to Lucy Williams who contributed especially to the early planning but was always there for us when we needed advice. And to the Church which provided the venue. I bet the service this morning was infused by the spirit of last night's splendid music.
Rendition of new library
The New Point Roberts Library Out of the Old Julius Firehall
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
The Great Community Indoor Yard and Baked Goods Sale last Saturday was a great success all round. The New Library Fund had several tables worth of life's objects and we were joined by others with their own goods. The attendance was terrific. My estimate would be somewhere between 200 and 300 people came by (but I have no experience in crowd estimating). It was pretty steady throughout the six hours and people seemed to be having a good time. The baked goods and the produce pretty much all went away, and the object goods were also more gone than not by 4 pm, it seemed to me.
By the last bell, the New Library Fund had gained over $1,500 (overall total is now $264,000). We have several additional items that are out on trial so that number might increase by some. And we are looking to sell some of the larger objects we still have on P-I or on Craig's List in Vancouver.
We owe thanks to a lot of people who made this day happen:
--Judith Wolfman, who did the overall organizing for the event, ably aided by her crew including Peter Leritt, Don Falk, Margot Griffiths, and Ed Park.
--Kandy Harper, who rounded up the bakers and then managed their excellent baked goods.
--Phyllis Van Sandt, Ron Swalling, and Armene Belless, who worked tirelessly throughout the day, making sure that traffic moved reliably and that goods did too, and that we left the place the way we found it.
--Carol Clark and Carol Fowler, who managed their own tables and then generously gave all their proceeds to the Library Fund.
--Naomi, Andrew and Acadia of the Point Roberts Coop; Heidi Baxter, of Lily the Llama's Garden; and Rhiannon Allen/Arthur Reber who raided their own garden to bring us all beautiful summer produce even though it is clearly fall. The beet greens were a particularly wondrous treat for the fall!
--Mark Robbins, who managed the arrangements for using the Community Center
--The other Vendors who joined us, including Barb Remple, Janet Wheeler, Theresa O'Neill, Louise Cassidy, and Nicky Hockley. It was a pleasure to work with them.
--And, finally, everyone who attended. It was a lot of fun and we received more than one request to do it again soon. Probably not very soon because we are going into the winter months now. But it surely merits being done again. It was a real community event!
Judy Ross, for The Friends of the Point Roberts Library
By the last bell, the New Library Fund had gained over $1,500 (overall total is now $264,000). We have several additional items that are out on trial so that number might increase by some. And we are looking to sell some of the larger objects we still have on P-I or on Craig's List in Vancouver.
We owe thanks to a lot of people who made this day happen:
--Judith Wolfman, who did the overall organizing for the event, ably aided by her crew including Peter Leritt, Don Falk, Margot Griffiths, and Ed Park.
--Kandy Harper, who rounded up the bakers and then managed their excellent baked goods.
--Phyllis Van Sandt, Ron Swalling, and Armene Belless, who worked tirelessly throughout the day, making sure that traffic moved reliably and that goods did too, and that we left the place the way we found it.
--Carol Clark and Carol Fowler, who managed their own tables and then generously gave all their proceeds to the Library Fund.
--Naomi, Andrew and Acadia of the Point Roberts Coop; Heidi Baxter, of Lily the Llama's Garden; and Rhiannon Allen/Arthur Reber who raided their own garden to bring us all beautiful summer produce even though it is clearly fall. The beet greens were a particularly wondrous treat for the fall!
--Mark Robbins, who managed the arrangements for using the Community Center
--The other Vendors who joined us, including Barb Remple, Janet Wheeler, Theresa O'Neill, Louise Cassidy, and Nicky Hockley. It was a pleasure to work with them.
--And, finally, everyone who attended. It was a lot of fun and we received more than one request to do it again soon. Probably not very soon because we are going into the winter months now. But it surely merits being done again. It was a real community event!
Judy Ross, for The Friends of the Point Roberts Library
Friday, October 11, 2013
Yard and Bake Sale (and Produce, too) Saturday
Just a quick reminder that the Community Indoor Yard and Bake Sale at the Community Center startstomorrow/Saturday at 10 am. And the doors close at 4 pm. We set up this afternoon and there's a ton of stuff, any one piece of which might be just what you are looking for: 2 kids' bikes, bench saw, mitre saw, microwave oven, unusual glassware and dishes, hummingbird feeders, 2 baby rockers, CD's, a tent, a set of golfclubs/bag/cart, clothing, a christmas tree and a christmas wreath, hardware and tools (and tool box), an inversion table, a table fountain with polished rocks and an entire table devoted to red things, and another table devoted to free things. All those things...and more.
Also a table crowded with the baked goods from Point Roberts' best bakers: sweet and savory breads, cookies, brownies, cakes. And tomorrow, the produce people will be getting their contributions in: fall produce from the Coop and from Lilly the Llama's garden.
Please come by, if only for a look, a hello, and a cup of tea!
Saturday, October 5, 2013
What October Brings
We've scheduled two events for October to get us through the beginning of the rain and the grey and the wet.
--October 12, 10-4 pm, Community Center. We're sponsoring an Indoor Yard and Bake Sale at the Community Center. The Friends will have a few tables with Yard Sale Goods that we acquired from various places over the summer (you need a bench saw or a chop saw, e.g., or a new set of golf clubs with case and cart), and with a few more tables with lots of baked goods that may come be the star of your Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner on that weekend. Or, if you're not celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving (and why aren't you? Be Thankful for Canada, too), you may need treats for your own weekend dinner celebrations. And other people will have tables of stuff, too.
The point of this event is to allow us to extend the good feelings of the Saturday Markets for yet another time before the winter comes upon us all and sends us to our houses or to warmer climates. Tables are available to anyone who wants to sell stuff ($5/table fee). But you have to reserve a table ahead of time so we know we have enough space available. Call me/Judy at -3180, or email me at judywross at gmail.com. We'll make some money for the new library in the process, but other folks will have their own projects to make money for, and that's good too. Be a seller or be a buyer, but join us, please.
--October 19, 7 pm, Trinity Lutheran Church. Classical Concert: Professional musicians Michael Munro (piano) and Liam Hockley (clarinet) will be performing Brahms and Berg, in a concert to benefit the new library fund. Admission by donation (all donations will be doubled by a special matching fund). For information, contact Margot Griffiths, -2970.
And you were wondering about our current donation totals? They are $258,000. We need another $42,000 before the end of the year, so if you haven't made this year's donation to the new library fund, it would be a very good time to do so. Make your check out to the Whatcom County Library Foundation, write 'P.R. library fund' on the memo line, and leave it at the Library in the donation jar. As far as I know, no one ever felt bad about making a donation to a library, and most everyone feels good, when that library comes into existence, knowing that they had a part in bringing it to life. If you can do so over the next two months, please help this library come into life!
--Judy Ross, for the Fundraising Committee
--October 12, 10-4 pm, Community Center. We're sponsoring an Indoor Yard and Bake Sale at the Community Center. The Friends will have a few tables with Yard Sale Goods that we acquired from various places over the summer (you need a bench saw or a chop saw, e.g., or a new set of golf clubs with case and cart), and with a few more tables with lots of baked goods that may come be the star of your Canadian Thanksgiving Dinner on that weekend. Or, if you're not celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving (and why aren't you? Be Thankful for Canada, too), you may need treats for your own weekend dinner celebrations. And other people will have tables of stuff, too.
The point of this event is to allow us to extend the good feelings of the Saturday Markets for yet another time before the winter comes upon us all and sends us to our houses or to warmer climates. Tables are available to anyone who wants to sell stuff ($5/table fee). But you have to reserve a table ahead of time so we know we have enough space available. Call me/Judy at -3180, or email me at judywross at gmail.com. We'll make some money for the new library in the process, but other folks will have their own projects to make money for, and that's good too. Be a seller or be a buyer, but join us, please.
--October 19, 7 pm, Trinity Lutheran Church. Classical Concert: Professional musicians Michael Munro (piano) and Liam Hockley (clarinet) will be performing Brahms and Berg, in a concert to benefit the new library fund. Admission by donation (all donations will be doubled by a special matching fund). For information, contact Margot Griffiths, -2970.
And you were wondering about our current donation totals? They are $258,000. We need another $42,000 before the end of the year, so if you haven't made this year's donation to the new library fund, it would be a very good time to do so. Make your check out to the Whatcom County Library Foundation, write 'P.R. library fund' on the memo line, and leave it at the Library in the donation jar. As far as I know, no one ever felt bad about making a donation to a library, and most everyone feels good, when that library comes into existence, knowing that they had a part in bringing it to life. If you can do so over the next two months, please help this library come into life!
--Judy Ross, for the Fundraising Committee
Friday, September 13, 2013
Starting September and Then Some
I am in deep debt to this blog. Somehow, I let an entire month go by without getting anything posted. Partly that was because the summer was so frenetic, but it was not because we were without activities and news.
Such as:
1. We finished up 8 Community Market sessions, each one bigger than the one before, not only in terms of money raised but in terms of people involved. By the end, we not only had the "Stand and Be Counted" donation table, but also a Produce cart, a Baked Goods stand with fresh bread and home-made cookies, and a couple of tables with elegant cast-offs/recycles. Over the summer, this mix of goods produced several thousand dollars worth of donations.
2. We did three outdoor movies at Brewster's (and we thank Brewster's for making these movie nights possible) which produced about $2,000.
[update: + 2 days at the Arts and Music Festival, for another $900.]
3. We received donations from Snider and Lynn Vick of the Shell Station for $1,200; over $600 from Auntie Pam's store from her charity consignment clothes program; $3,000 from Nielson's Building Center, and $1,000 from the All Point Bulletin. In addition, we received donations of $1,000 from Trinity Lutheran Church, $500 from the Crystal Beach Homeowners Association, $500 from the Maple Beach Property Owners Association (and another $190 from various Maple Beach group activities), $190 from the Joke Contest, $260 from the Latin Jazz Concert (via the Church), $500 from last week's Silent Auction.
4. We have received numerous individual donations in response to the brochures sent out in July, including many in the hundreds and several in the thousands of dollars.
5. A hundred+ people signed "Piece of the Library" peace flags that now fly on the east side of the Julius Firehall. See who signed them and who made exquisite little drawings when you come by that parking lot.
6. Almost 400 people donated $20 each to the Stand and Be Counted Campaign. All those donations were matched, which produced almost $16,000 to our fundraising totals.
7. The Book Sculpture began to take shape. When done (and when we have gathered in all $500,000), there will be 15 books in that stack! Our thanks to Tor Baxter, Judson Meraw, Jack Lubzinski, and Bob Struthers for their continuing work on this special project. It measures our success!
8. Finally, we raffled two quilts over the past few months (a red one and a blue one) and raised about $1,700 on the pair.
(Quilt winners Sylvia and Ken Thomas (on the right) and family members Miles, Kayla, and Stella the dog.)
9. And that gets us to a September 13 total of $257,000. It's been a good summer for fundraising and we want to thank everyone involved: everyone who gave us produce and products to sell and who bought them, who attended events, who held us in their prayers and extended their good wishes to this wonderful community project, who made donations, who gave time and energy to get us to this point. Our most grateful thanks go out to the 600+ people who have made this all happen over the past 20 months. You are the ones who are making this new library happen!
I hope I have not omitted anyone/anything, but if so, I'll come back and edit if you let me know my omissions. And I'll be better at posting what's happening as the fall comes in, I promise.
Judy Ross, for the Friends of the Point Roberts Library
Such as:
1. We finished up 8 Community Market sessions, each one bigger than the one before, not only in terms of money raised but in terms of people involved. By the end, we not only had the "Stand and Be Counted" donation table, but also a Produce cart, a Baked Goods stand with fresh bread and home-made cookies, and a couple of tables with elegant cast-offs/recycles. Over the summer, this mix of goods produced several thousand dollars worth of donations.
2. We did three outdoor movies at Brewster's (and we thank Brewster's for making these movie nights possible) which produced about $2,000.
[update: + 2 days at the Arts and Music Festival, for another $900.]
3. We received donations from Snider and Lynn Vick of the Shell Station for $1,200; over $600 from Auntie Pam's store from her charity consignment clothes program; $3,000 from Nielson's Building Center, and $1,000 from the All Point Bulletin. In addition, we received donations of $1,000 from Trinity Lutheran Church, $500 from the Crystal Beach Homeowners Association, $500 from the Maple Beach Property Owners Association (and another $190 from various Maple Beach group activities), $190 from the Joke Contest, $260 from the Latin Jazz Concert (via the Church), $500 from last week's Silent Auction.
4. We have received numerous individual donations in response to the brochures sent out in July, including many in the hundreds and several in the thousands of dollars.
5. A hundred+ people signed "Piece of the Library" peace flags that now fly on the east side of the Julius Firehall. See who signed them and who made exquisite little drawings when you come by that parking lot.
6. Almost 400 people donated $20 each to the Stand and Be Counted Campaign. All those donations were matched, which produced almost $16,000 to our fundraising totals.
7. The Book Sculpture began to take shape. When done (and when we have gathered in all $500,000), there will be 15 books in that stack! Our thanks to Tor Baxter, Judson Meraw, Jack Lubzinski, and Bob Struthers for their continuing work on this special project. It measures our success!
(Quilt winners Sylvia and Ken Thomas (on the right) and family members Miles, Kayla, and Stella the dog.)
9. And that gets us to a September 13 total of $257,000. It's been a good summer for fundraising and we want to thank everyone involved: everyone who gave us produce and products to sell and who bought them, who attended events, who held us in their prayers and extended their good wishes to this wonderful community project, who made donations, who gave time and energy to get us to this point. Our most grateful thanks go out to the 600+ people who have made this all happen over the past 20 months. You are the ones who are making this new library happen!
I hope I have not omitted anyone/anything, but if so, I'll come back and edit if you let me know my omissions. And I'll be better at posting what's happening as the fall comes in, I promise.
Judy Ross, for the Friends of the Point Roberts Library
Monday, August 5, 2013
Arts and Music Festival
Just a quick note to say that we had a terrific weekend between the Saturday night movie in Brewster's yard and the sale of quilted goods at the Arts and Music Festival: all proceeds for both went to the library. And then Auntie Pam came out with a second check from her consignment clothes for our cause and IGive sent a second check. All told, $600 from the movie, $900 from festival, $300 from Auntie Pam and $100 from IGive: $1900.
And add to that a very generous gift of $1,000 from Trinity Lutheran Church in its 100th Anniversary year, and another generous gift of $10,000 from Galen Wood, of Point Roberts (and the $10,000 is matched by our "Founders' Circle matching fund). What a community: support everywhere you look!
There will be another movie on the evening of August 17th ("Fields of Dreams") and a Latin jazz concert as well on August 18, both to benefit the Library. We are having some summer!
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Outdoor Movies Move Us
Last Saturday night's movie in Brewsters' back yard was a big success. Not just the movie, but the food, the games, the sociability of it all and, also important, we added just a short of $1,000 for the new library. What more could we ask for? We can certainly thank Judith Wolfman (who put the fine evening together with Joan Roberts' aid) and Judith's great crew: Louise and Darryl Cassidy, Maxine and Ron Clark, Liz Otwell and Stephen Falk, Margot Griffiths, Vyna Restell, Melissa Meyer, Don Falk, Peter Laritt, Sarah Wolfman, Aliya Virani, and Ania Tersakian. And the 100 or so folks who came and enjoyed and contributed in every way to the evening. And especially the many, many kids!
One of the features was having your picture taken with ET (thanks to the wonders of photoshopping), which was also, of course, the movie being shown. Here's one of those.
This week (Saturday, 3rd, 7:30 p.m.) you get another chance to join us for an evening of midsummer night's entertainment, including a photo op with Goldie Hawn, I imagine, as well as terrific food, more games, and a showing of "Overboard" with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. The last outdoor movie, Saturday, August 17th, will be "Field of Dreams," which surely is the appropriate symbol for our (or any) library fundraising project. Maybe we should have a photo of everyone saying to everyone else, "Good Job!" Bring a chair and a blanket; it gets cool after sundown.
"And how are we doing?" people often ask. The answer: the community that is raising/donating funds for this new library is doing well...$220,000. But we need another $80,000 by the end of the year. Please help if you can. It really will take all of us working together to build this new library.
One of the features was having your picture taken with ET (thanks to the wonders of photoshopping), which was also, of course, the movie being shown. Here's one of those.
This week (Saturday, 3rd, 7:30 p.m.) you get another chance to join us for an evening of midsummer night's entertainment, including a photo op with Goldie Hawn, I imagine, as well as terrific food, more games, and a showing of "Overboard" with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. The last outdoor movie, Saturday, August 17th, will be "Field of Dreams," which surely is the appropriate symbol for our (or any) library fundraising project. Maybe we should have a photo of everyone saying to everyone else, "Good Job!" Bring a chair and a blanket; it gets cool after sundown.
"And how are we doing?" people often ask. The answer: the community that is raising/donating funds for this new library is doing well...$220,000. But we need another $80,000 by the end of the year. Please help if you can. It really will take all of us working together to build this new library.
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