Capital Improvement Update

Thank You to those who have contributed or those who have pledged contributions for 2015 and 2016 to the Capital Improvement Campaign.  As of November 24, 2014, we had deposited $58,474.88 for improvements and $4820.00 for bricks.  Capital Improvement contributions have been in amounts of $100 to $15,000.  Thank you to the following:  Lloyd & Ruth Baumgartner, Donald Berg, Harrell & Carol Davis, Frances Gehm, Evelyn Haas, Vonda & Gwynn Hagen (for part of the Fireside Room), Dean & Carol Hilst, Earl & Frances Kittredge, Gene Klatte & Mary Lou Pancy, Max Littlejohn, Beth Mabee, Darrell & Norma Mack, Wanda Morrill, Zane & Martha Porter, Donna Roth, George & Joyce Saltsman, Fred & Doris Stainbrook, Jane Whaley, and Harry & Nancy Wilson.

Bricks have been ordered by:  Hazel Bacon, Nita Cinquina, Cheryl Davis, Harrell & Carol Davis, Sharon Gearhart, Frances Gehm, Ham & Bunny Geisbert, Judy Goss, Evelyn Haas, Vonda Hagen, Dean & Carol Hilst, Jane Hundley, Earl & Fran Kittredge, Max Littlejohn, Jim & Janet MacDonald, Craig & Mary Lou McCoy, Pat & Rosie Mills, Marilyn Olney, Wayne & Claribel Parker, Charlotte Pooley, Donna Roth, Charles Sedgwick, Chesley Sikkema, Fred & Doris Stainbrook, David & Shirley Walker, Bill Wentling, Jane Whaley, and Dick & Karen Zabriskie.

Improvements made to date are: 

• Iron fence (in front of office to Annex 2),
• Landscaping
• Security system
• Six new toilets
• Nine occupancy sensors (restrooms)
• Exterior painting
• Steel security gates/fence behind Swain Hall
• Celtic cross in courtyard repaved
• Tuff shed for property/maintenance equipment
• Thermostat and a/c updates
• Cracked window in Narthex replaced

Total costs have been covered for these items.

Still to come:

• New upholstery for the chairs in the Fireside Room
• Interior paint for the Sanctuary and adjoining areas
• Additional landscaping and irrigation
• Permanent repairs to the ceiling of Swain Hall

Wish list - these are “nice to have” items that won’t be done unless donors specifically adopt them:

• New upholstery for the chairs in the south entry to the Sanctuary
• Outdoor shade structure/umbrellas for the courtyard
• New gutters around the office/annex

Want to be added to the list of donors?  It’s not too late.  No contribution is too small; every dollar helps.  Thank you for showing your love for God’s house in this very visible way!