| A message from our Honorary Campaign Co-Chairs |
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| Ocean National Bank Leads off Giving for 2007 |
Ocean National Bank market managers Maureen
Raynes (left) and Sandra Bisson presented the
museum's executive director Tracy Baetz with a $1000
check for the Capital Campaign in early January.
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We're excited to offer you this update on the
Connecting Generations Capital Campaign. At
the end of last October, we crested the halfway
mark toward our goal. It was a happy milestone
indeed, but we all know that raising the second half
will be a challenge, and so we are tackling it with
renewed enthusiasm. Here's to 2007 and
continued support for your Museum at the heart
of the Kennebunks!
Sincerely,
The Brick Store Museum
Campaign Closes in on $900,000
With the receipt of several 2006 year-end
contributions, we're pleased to announce that the
Connecting Generations Capital Campaign is
rapidly closing in on $900,000, or 60% of our $1.5
million goal.
Our fundraising pyramid below shows how the
donations "stack up":
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Paving the Way for History
Make a name for yourself! What better way to create
a lasting impression and help the Capital Campaign
than with your very own personalized, engraved
brick?
These handsome, wire-cut red clay bricks
make great gifts and are a wonderful way to
commemorate special occasions, pay a tribute, or
honor loved ones.
Custom bricks ordered
before Labor Day 2007 will be installed this autumn
on pathways throughout the Museum’s
courtyard, a vibrant gathering place and
the site of many events and educational programs.
Carry on a tradition. Leave your legacy in brick today!
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| COMMEMORATIVE BRICKS |
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Only $100 apiece |
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Complimentary to campaign donors at the Benefactor level ($1000) and above |
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Proceeds benefit the Capital Campaign
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Order Now |
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Restoration Begins!
The scaffolding and tenting are up, and the first
phase of our restoration has begun.
 After 181 years, our brick building is getting a
facelift. But this isn't a run-of-the-mill brick job. Like
many 19th-century bricks, ours are extremely "soft."
They were made sometime around 1825 at
Wonderbrook--a kiln right here in Kennebunk.
Because they're more porous than today's bricks, we
have to be extra careful.
The U.S.
Department of the Interior's Office of Historic
Preservation has standards for preserving brickwork.
For example, we can't use modern, hard cement
mortar, because it's ill-suited to our type of brick.
Applying it over our old lime mortar would cause
further damage to our building and just wouldn't last.
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Deteriorated mortar has compromised the exterior, allowing water to run into the underlying structure and interior walls. |
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| WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? |
- Removing the mortar that's bad
- Replacing bricks that have cracked or "spalled"
with antique bricks
- Repointing the bricks with a historic-preservation
sensitive mortar mixture of lime, sand and a small
amount of Portland cement
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