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Delaware River and Bay Light House Foundation
http://www.delawarebaylights.org/drblhf_radiothon_2005sept12.htm
Lewes, DE – Lighthouse Foundation Wins With First-Ever Radio Fund raiser; But Says Insurance Will be a Continuing Issue Insuring a lighthouse, it turns out, is not as easy as insuring your car, or even your own house, no matter how palatial the house. http://www.delawarebaylights.org/drblhf_radiothon_2005sept12.htm
Walt Palmer, a Lewes businessman and former member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation, came up with a ground-breaking plan. Conduct a local radio telethon for the lighthouses. Everyone knows about telethons to raise money for Public Radio, for muscular dystrophy and for other diseases. But for lighthouses? It hadn’t been done. Now it has been done, and it was a huge success.
“I had high expectations for this fundraising project, but the results were better than I thought possible,” said Red Moulinier, Foundation treasurer. The telethon swelled the treasury by more than $12,000. “I was thrilled,” Moulinier added; “it’s given the Foundation some breathing room.”
Photo by Judith Roales Jody Hudson (left) and Dan Gaffney auction off an Abraxas limited edition print of Harbor of Refuge Light to the highest contributor during a morning segment of the WGMD radio telethon. The print brought a $500 donation.
Signed, numbered prints of works of local artist Abraxas were especially hot items. A dozen of the Abraxas prints were donated by the artist’s father Jody Hudson, an area real estate developer.
Hudson spent most of the day in the WGMD studio describing the prints over the air while newscaster Mari Lou (doesn’t use a last name) posted photos to the WGMD website.
Photo Courtesy Judith Roales DRBLHF Board Member Judith Roales answers listeners’ questions about the Foundation’s preservation work and the need for financial support. Please enjoy the pictures below from a trip I took, out to the two light houses...
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