The Friends sincerely thank our Sponsors, Supporters and Best Friends whose generous donations and cheerful participation have helped to offset our expenses for our fundraising events and activities throughout the years and who have made direct donations to help with the costs of the Gloria Danforth Memorial Building.

2013 Sponsors and Supporters

Plant Sale
Garden Arbor Raffle Prize thanks to Albert Litchfield of Litchfield Woodworks, West Townshend Vermont and Alan Bills of Bills Lumber, Wardsboro, Vermont. Thanks to the following for plant donations: Newfane Greenhouse, Walker Farm and Kindle Farm. Once again, many residents dug plants from their own gardens and donated them for us to sell - we appreciate their contributions, too.

Best Raffle Ever!
Thanks to Norse House in Bondville, Vermont for helping with the Old Town KAYAK raffle prize.


PRIOR YEARS --

2011 Grants

Vermont Arts Council  Funds allocated for Phase 2 of the Barn Renovation Project.
The art gallery system at the Wardsboro Public Library is funded, in part, by the Stratton Foundation McCarty Grant  - www.strattonfoundation.org.

New Grants

Ashgate Grant   New outdoor bulletin board with doors
Turrell Foundation Grant    New bookcases

2012 Sponsors and Supporters for Friends Events and Fundraising

Gilfeather Turnip Festival, October 2012

THANKS TO Mr. Willem Lange for being our 2012 Gilfeather Turnip Contest Judge!

THANKS TO OUR EXCELLENT LOCAL SPONSORS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS EVENT  - Walmart Hinsdale, NH, Shaw's Supermarket Manchester and Shaw's Supermarket Wilmington, Price Chopper Supermarket, Green Mountain Coffee, Westminster Crackers, Green Mountain Orchards

THANKS TO OUR GILFEATHER TURNIP GARDENERS WHO DONATE THEIR TURNIPS TO THE FRIENDS AND COMMERCIAL GROWERS WHO SELL US TURNIPS AT A GREAT DISCOUNT --

Ken Hoffman, Townshend

Paul Rush, Wardsboro

Elaine, Gilman, West Wardsboro

Sally Wadsworth, Stratton

Sheri Moran, Wardsboro

Sheryl Fletcher, WestministerWest

Helen Eddy, West Wardsboro

 

COMMERCIAL GROWERS

Dutton Farm Stane, Newfane

High Meadows Farm, Putney
Irwin & Gloria Melanal, Bernardston, MA

Special Thanks to Jimmy Knapp - musician and composer of the official Gilfeather Turnip Song 

 

 

Best Raffle Ever, Summer, 2012 

Thanks to Equipe Sports, Rawsonville, VT

Plant Sale, May, 2012 - Raffle prize thanks to Ken Hoffman, Townshend, VT
And, many thanks to Kindle Farm Nursery, Walker Farm and Lois Bousquet for their donations to the Plant Sale. So many residents dug plants from their own gardens and donated them for us to sell as well - we appreciate their contributions, too.

July 4^th Friends Street Fair Booth – Thanks to all our prize donors - Mountain Styles Salon, Messenger Valley Pharmacy, Priscill’s Hair Design, Hairaphanalia Salon, Riverbend Farm Market, Dot’s Restaurant, W & W Building Supply in Newfane, The Stuffed Bun Eatery, Newfane Café and Creamery, Sticky Fingers Bakery, Lawrence’s Smoke Shop, and The West River Vet Clinic

The Red Barn Affair, August, 2012 - Thanks to all our donors, cash sponsors and in-kind donors - Henry Branford, Darlene Rutnik, John Hagearty, Nancy Ferrucci, Young Eng, Marjorie Massey, Christine Hudson, Karen Davis, Jan Barnes, Margaret Marple, Carol Steiner, Cherie Moran, Lee Miller, Linda Gifkins, Alan Bills, Jerry Hescock, Marge Aube, Cris Tarnay, Vermont Skateboards, Litchfield Woodworks, and The Newfane Country Store

Andromeda Garden Designs, J. K. Adams, Brattleboro Country Club, Bromley Mountain Resort, Mount Snow Resort, Stratton Mountain Resort, First Trax Sports Shop, Veronique's Ski Shop, Great Outdoors Ski Shop, Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce, Architect's Inn B & B in Newport, People's United Bank, Christine Jenks Hairstyling, Marionat Jewelry, Thorne Brook Designs, Renaissance Fine Jewelry and Gallery, Shine Hill Designs, Chandler Four Corners, Newell Hill Antiques, and Basketville

Weston Playhouse, Dorset Playhouse, Wardsboro Public Library, Timber Creek Sugarhouse Health Club, Manchester Footwear, Vermont Geeks, Bennington Pottery, Bennington Furniture, Two Tannery Road Restaurant, Asta's Swiss Restaurant,  Peter Haven's Restaurant, Chopin Restaurant at the Matterhorn Inn, Windham Hill Inn Restaurant, 1846 Tavern and Restaurant at the West Dover Inn, The Last Chair Restaurant, The Hunt Club Restaurant at The Four  Seasons Inn, and The Deerhill Inn Restaurant

The Saloon Restaurant, Dam Diner, First Wok Chinese Restaurant, The Marina Restaurant, Dover Forge Restaurant, Pizzeria La Toscanella, West Dover Joe's, Side Hill Farms, Grafton Village Cheese, Green Mountain Coffee, Vermont Country Store, Honora Winery, Wardsboro Country Store, and West Wardsboro Store.
 
 

Direct support from the following sponsors enabled us to offset the expenses of the Red Barn Affair -  Thanks to Brattleboro Subaru, Pepsi Cola Bottling Company, The Richards Agency, Sotheby's Vermont Country Properties, Palmiter Realty Group, Kearley Fuel Service and the Roadhouse Restaurant.

Barn Renovation Project - many local contractors have worked on this project and on the Gloria Danforth Memorial Builsing, offering the Friends a generous discount on their services.

Many thanks to -
Plimpton Excavating, Fitzpatrick Excavating, Paul Dlubac & Sons, Jancewicz and Son Roofing,
LTD Maintenance-Lorenzo Diconnik, Triple Trucking Glen Sherman and Sons, Structiral Energy Conservation-Jared Moats, Jeramiah Parker, Bills Lumber, Sparky Electric, WW Building and Supply, Builders Installed Products - Kevin DeGrenier. DS Construction - David Sklar, John Guminak Design Services,Classic Cut Painting - Adam Matyax, Larry Landman Sheetrock Contracting.

For donating their labor for the Red Barn Rehab -  thanks to - Wardsboro residents: Ken Davis (crew chief), Lucas Bates, Roger Riley, Garrison Holden, Dick Fay, Charlie Densmore,  John Gifkins, and Larry Landman  -- Jamaica resident, Bob Fanciulli  -- Stratton resident, George Rigoulot

 
Thanks to the Wadsworth Company & Vermont Barns - for donating all the material and labor for pine flooring and window trim - Rob Wadsworth – owner and the crew: Mark Hunter, Chris Mann, Earl Rafus,  Taylor Buchalter, and Steve Anderson