Centre Gives

     CentreGIVES for 2025 

We don't have a list of donors from the Centre Foundation yet, but 43 of you raised $5,100, a new record, for the Lemont Village Association - THANK YOU VERY MUCH!  We'll list the names here as soon as we receive them, and also we'll know soon how much our actual effort has raised with the addition of the "stretch fund."  Our next project will be the renovation of the Dinky Shed, the small building on our property that was built in the 1800's to house the equipment use to repair the railroad tracks and trains that came to Lemont.

Re-Cap:  Centre Gives for 2024

Dear Jeff Bower, Jan & Scott Kretchmar, Eileen Christman, Susan Hochreiter, Lauren Steinberg, Jonathan McVerry & Emily Reddy, Pauline Fogelsanger, Kathryn Morrow, Jim Eisenstein, Steve & Jennifer Van Hook, Lois Wolf, Paige & Mary Andrew, Ron & Sue Smith, Andrew & Liam Richards, Neal Hemmelstein, Cathy Cohan, Ed Balzar, & Margaret Stewart, Katie O'Toole & Gary Gray, Maurie Kelly, Art Curtze, Jen Rygel, Linda Ranaudo, Bob & Ginny Kline, Christine Bishop, Annonymous, Philip & Leanne Mohr, Karen Hack, Alissa Yamasaki, Etta Habegger & Charlotte Eubanks, Scott & Carla Stilson, Roger & Donna Fetter, Penny Eifrig, and Kathleen Ammon & Levi Bloom:

     Thank you all for a wonderful response to our CentreGIVES appeal - we used only two emails, with nothing spent on postcards or advertising, but you ALL came through with such generosity.   It was very gratifying to me that there were so many new givers, so we know our message of creating community and saving our history in Lemont is really working.

     Our total so far is $4,865, including the "stretch" fund and other additions. Some of the money is from the Diane Moore Fund and is designated for the Pollinator Garden, as arranged by Jeff Bower.  The rest will go into the railroad building restoration with last year's CentreGIVES funds. The last to finish is the decking for the bridge at the end of the railroad building.  Again, our heartfelt thanks.  You should receive your tax statement via email from Centre GIVES.

Sue Smith for the Board and Granary Committee