WILTON – Western Maine Play Museum board of directors is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Skowhegan Savings Bank Foundation. With this donation, the museum is now only about $44,000 away from their $500,000 building renovation goal. Thank you, Skowhegan Savings Bank!
In other museum news, the stately granite steps that were formerly at the front entrance of the museum are being offered for sale. Unfortunately, the granite isn’t precise enough to meet ADA/commercial building requirements so the museum is offering them up to the highest bidder. There are four steps–each is 7 feet and 1 inch long, depth of 12 inches, and height is about 7 inches. There are also two other support pieces of granite that the steps sit on. The buyer would have to move these items without the museum’s assistance and they are heavy. They can be seen outside the museum anytime from now until when they are sold. Bids will be accepted until Nov. 15, and the granite needs to be moved by Dec. 1. The current bid is $625. If you are interested, please contact Lori Lewis: lorilewis@myfairpoint.net. We would prefer to sell all of them together.
Are you looking for some great holiday gifts at very reasonable prices? Do you like the idea of supporting Western Maine Play Museum? You can do both by shopping at the WMPM booth at many area craft fairs in the upcoming weeks.
WMPM will offer many different gift items for your friends and family members: new LL Bean jackets and baseball caps with the museum logo, WMPM Tshirts for both adults and kids, handpainted glassware, Celtic harp CDs featuring Academy Hill School children, mugs, totes, and more, all at reduced craft fair prices. All proceeds go directly to the museum.
Come check out museum items for sale at the following area craft fairs:
October 29 – VFW in Jay
November 5 – Spruce Mountain High School and also UMF craft fair
November 19 – Mt. Blue High School
Western Maine Community Action is sponsoring a Polar Bear Plunge “Freezin for a Reason” on Oct. 22 at noon, at the boat launch on Wilson Lake in Wilton, as part of Wilton’s Scarecrow Festival. Western Maine Play Museum will receive 50-70 percent of the funds that their volunteers raise, and the team raising the most funds gets to keep 100 percent of what they raised. Come and support Western Maine Play Museum board members Jenny Baker, Marylena Chaisson and Lori Lewis who will take the plunge for WMPM. You can sponsor any of them, or all of them, by connecting to any of the following links and donating online:
www.razoo.com/us/story/Jennifer-Baker-Western-Maine-Play-Museum
www.razoo.com/us/story/Marylena-Chaisson-Western-Maine-Play-Museum
www.razoo.com/us/story/Lori-Lewis-Western-Maine-Play-Museum
You can also donate with a check made out to Western Maine Community Action (with “Freezin for a Reason” in the memo line) 20 Church St, East Wilton, ME 04234. Please indicate that you are supporting Western Maine Play Museum.
Western Maine Play Museum is a registered non-profit that incorporated in November of 2013 and is led by a 13-member board of directors. Community members interested in supporting this project should see the museum’s website for donation options or email them at: westernmaineplay@gmail.com. Project updates can be found at: www.facebook.com/WesternMainePlayMuseum and on their website: www.westernmaineplay.org.
