President's Message
Dear Members and Friends,
On this beautiful summer’s day, I think back to our wonderful BHHS May 22, 2016 program, a Victorian White Party and Maypole Dances by the West Buxton All That Dance Studio Competitive Dance Team. I am reminded once again of how very fortunate we are to have sponsored such an inspiring experience. The dancers, all dressed in white with their colorful individual floral crown wreaths, were breathtaking. Their youth, beauty and energy as they danced were a true joy to behold. Filming of the event will be available soon on SRCTV’s VIMEO. Many, many thanks to Darcey Leavitt and her young dancers AND to Carla Turner for opening her historic Kate Douglas Wiggin Quillcote lawn to the over 150 people who turned out for this event! Kudos to Barry Plummer and Brent Hill who constructed and installed the Maypole and to the other BHHS Board members and friends who assisted in other ways! Many people commented on the uniqueness of the event and hoped that we would offer it again! We’ll see…..In the meantime, we held a follow up program on June 21: Kate Douglas Wiggin: From Celebrity to Obscurity by Nancy Ponzetti of Hollis. It was a wonderful way to learn more about an important figure in our community.
On this beautiful summer’s day, I think back to our wonderful BHHS May 22, 2016 program, a Victorian White Party and Maypole Dances by the West Buxton All That Dance Studio Competitive Dance Team. I am reminded once again of how very fortunate we are to have sponsored such an inspiring experience. The dancers, all dressed in white with their colorful individual floral crown wreaths, were breathtaking. Their youth, beauty and energy as they danced were a true joy to behold. Filming of the event will be available soon on SRCTV’s VIMEO. Many, many thanks to Darcey Leavitt and her young dancers AND to Carla Turner for opening her historic Kate Douglas Wiggin Quillcote lawn to the over 150 people who turned out for this event! Kudos to Barry Plummer and Brent Hill who constructed and installed the Maypole and to the other BHHS Board members and friends who assisted in other ways! Many people commented on the uniqueness of the event and hoped that we would offer it again! We’ll see…..In the meantime, we held a follow up program on June 21: Kate Douglas Wiggin: From Celebrity to Obscurity by Nancy Ponzetti of Hollis. It was a wonderful way to learn more about an important figure in our community.
On another note, as you know, we have been steadfastly working to rehabilitate our new headquarters building and have made a great deal of progress. At this point, we want to address the water seepage issue in the basement, not only so that we can expand into that area, but also, and probably most important, to ensure that our collection will be preserved into the future.
We wish to express our deep gratitude to Narragansett Number One Foundation for their past generous
support in procuring your new history center; they have made it possible for us to have a new boiler and water heater. We are now pursuing other resources to ensure that this dream to enlarge our space and secure the preservation of our growing collection comes to fruition. In that vein, we will certainly continue to search for other grants that may be available for capital projects. We must begin to consider a capital fundraiser in order to achieve this goal. We hope that you will join us in this effort.
Wolf Pack #14, a great group of 8 year olds (and their parents), visited us in early May to earn a badge on the subject “What has changed in Buxton?”. At first, I began to think of how to narrow the subject down for a two hour program and then realized that the answer could be expressedin one easy word...EVERYTHING”... (with examples of course!) HA! Quite the revelation for us all!
We wish to express our deep gratitude to Narragansett Number One Foundation for their past generous
support in procuring your new history center; they have made it possible for us to have a new boiler and water heater. We are now pursuing other resources to ensure that this dream to enlarge our space and secure the preservation of our growing collection comes to fruition. In that vein, we will certainly continue to search for other grants that may be available for capital projects. We must begin to consider a capital fundraiser in order to achieve this goal. We hope that you will join us in this effort.
Wolf Pack #14, a great group of 8 year olds (and their parents), visited us in early May to earn a badge on the subject “What has changed in Buxton?”. At first, I began to think of how to narrow the subject down for a two hour program and then realized that the answer could be expressedin one easy word...EVERYTHING”... (with examples of course!) HA! Quite the revelation for us all!
Work is continuing on to complete All Roads Lead to Bar Mills, our first major exhibit in our new space. Moving large items to the second floor recently proved easier than expected with good volunteer participation! Thanks, gang!
Recently, Daniel Smith, the Eagle Scout candidate who organized the prep and painting of one of our upstairs rooms AND the replacement of decking for our handicap ramp as his Eagle Scout project, received his badge at a special Eagle Scout Ceremony, along with accolades for his achievements during his scouting career. We would like to add our congratulations, as we recognized, and thanked Dan for his work here at BHHS! We wish him great success at UNH as he begins his college experience in the fall!
Come on in to see us when you can!
Recently, Daniel Smith, the Eagle Scout candidate who organized the prep and painting of one of our upstairs rooms AND the replacement of decking for our handicap ramp as his Eagle Scout project, received his badge at a special Eagle Scout Ceremony, along with accolades for his achievements during his scouting career. We would like to add our congratulations, as we recognized, and thanked Dan for his work here at BHHS! We wish him great success at UNH as he begins his college experience in the fall!
Come on in to see us when you can!
Best Wishes for a great summer!
Jan Hill, President
Jan Hill, President