December 6, 2022
Dear Fellow Members,
All of us on the Board hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving and that you and your family will enjoy a beautiful holiday season ahead.
I hope to extend holiday greetings to many of you in person, at our 6th Annual Christmas Open House, this Saturday, December 10, beginning at 12 noon. Please scroll down for details.
Thanks and gratitude is an important theme in this newsletter, and on behalf of the board, I extend my sincerest thanks to all who have supported the Museum with its full slate of activities over the past year, through your priceless volunteer time and your generous financial gifts to the Annual Appeal, the Lecture Series, and other initiatives.
Please read on for a recap of the 2022 Annual Appeal, still underway. All who were members of record at the end of October received an update letter in the U.S. Mail with a listing of donor names up to that point. Since then, dozens of additional gifts have been received. Please scroll down for the latest update, including the total raised, a listing of donor names, and the many touching tributes that accompanied many of the gifts.
As you consider your year-end charitable giving, and if you have not yet had the opportunity, please consider a gift in any amount to the 2022 Annual Appeal. As you've read in our past communications, in the absence of our annual benefit gala, "Shamrocks & Seashells," which we've been unable to present since the pandemic, the Appeal has been essential in order to help defray the ongoing operating expenses of our Interpretive Center and to plan and fund enhancements (our "Refresh" project).
We are also pleased to share a recap of our Annual Lecture series, now in its 21st Season. Please scroll down for an overview of the first three talks in the series, links to information and recordings, and a tribute to the three generous lecture sponsors whose support made these presentations possible.
As we approach the close of 2022 and look with hope and confidence to the New Year, please reach out and share any ideas you may have to inform our plans for 2023 and beyond. With an ever-expanding membership and slate of initiatives, we remain eager to welcome additional volunteers to help in all aspects of our operations. If you have time and talent to share, I'd love to chat with you! As a membership-driven, volunteer-run organization, we look for ideas and inspiration from you, our members, now 900 strong.
Gratefully,
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