Donations Needed for Ashfield Community Hall

Ashfield Community Hall, Inc.
521 Main Street, P.O. Box 316
Ashfield, Massachusetts 01330

February 2010

Greetings from the Ashfield Community Hall Board of Directors:

We have been able to do some fabulous improvements at the Community Hall due to the generous support of some members of our community. We are hooked up to the town sewer system; we have had wonderful concerts, singing workshops, several conferences, and yoga, stretch and dance classes. The Boy Scouts and the Lion’s Club meet here. Out-of-town crafters and artisans used our space at Fall Festival, thus increasing the number who could attend. We are continuing the long tradition of providing a wonderful community space. From the time of its construction in 1830, people in Buckland and Ashfield have used, maintained, and valued our hall, first as a church, then as the Ashfield Grange Hall and now as a place for community gatherings of all sorts.

Volunteers began restoring the kitchen in the spring of 2009. We removed the stoves, sinks, and other equipment so we could repair and paint the ceiling and walls and replace the floor. Our goal is to finish the restoration this year so that we will have a Board of Health certified kitchen available for hall users and others who need such a facility.

Another goal for this year is to obtain special outer windows to protect and preserve our very old and beautiful, fragile ones. This will improve our energy efficiency and enable increased year-round activities in the building.

We are currently seeking donations to help bring these goals to reality and again are reaching out to the community for support.

We sincerely appreciate the generous donations we have received in the past and hope that you will give what you can to help us continue to move forward.

We thank you for your support.

The Board of Directors:
Ricki Carroll
Nina Coler
Douglas Cranson, President
Lester Garvin
Thomas Miner, Vice President
Joanne Ostrowski, Secretary & Treasurer
Barbara Zalenski