Our first fundraiser for the Ben Paley Scholarship was AWESOME! Thank you to everyone who supported the effort by purchasing our Limited Edition Golden Cover 2025 Calendar. With your help we are able to donate $8976 to the fund!
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Direct donations during the month of August added $1150 to that so in total, you guys help add $10,126 to Ben’s Scholarship fund. This is INCREDIBLE! We are so grateful and excited to build the fund.
Now, part of the fun in the FUNdraiser was the fact that each Limited Edition Golden Cover 2025 Calendar purchased put the purchaser’s name ‘in the hat’ to win additional calendars for gifting. Three customers where chosen randomly on Sunday September 1, 2024.
Our first place winner is Eileen Prime in Manville Rhode Island - she won three calendars - Go Eileen!
Second place winner is Lynne Herndon of Wilmington North Carolina who gets 2 additional 2025 Dolphin Studio Calendars for her winnings.
Third Place goes to John Squarok who divides his time between Fort Lauderdale Florida and Cape Cod Massachusetts. John won an additional 2025 calendar.
It turns out that Eileen and I (Crispina here) met at Maine Fiber College back in 2018. That serendipitous meeting led us to realize many commonalities and have kept us connected since.
Lynne was so excited to share that her good friend Peg participated in my Snow Farm Potholder Rug retreat during which our winners were selected.
John is a new Dolphin Studio customer. Welcome to The Dolphin Studio Calendar family - John. We hope you become one of our clan of long term Dolphin Studio Calendar peeps who are customers/ friends/supporters.
This whole endeavor was super fun for us. - Really meaningful to have your help building Ben’s legacy. You can read more about him in this recent blog post.
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Keep your eyes peeled for what promises to be an annual fundraiser to support the Ben Paley Scholarship coming in July 2025 ~ Together we can build the scholarship to pay full tuition for a music student in our region with exemplary skill and financial need - in perpetuity.
AND, as Ben would say, Treat yourself lovingly.
