Great Auditorium hurricane rear roof damage (other roof areas were damaged as well). Paul Goldfinger photo
In a card mailing from the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, a “campaign to restore the OG boardwalk, Great Auditorium roof and Thornley Chapel” is announced for “early in 2013.”
More information will be forthcoming, but the announcement is directed to “all friends of Ocean Grove.”
Of special significance is the clarification regarding earmarks. The card said, “Your gift to the campaign can be specifically designated to, and solely used for, any one of the three projects.” The project is described as a “major effort,” and the theme is that “together we can succeed.”
This announcement does not actually call for “capital gifts” at this time. It is basically a “heads up.”
If you have any questions, contact Karen Adams at 732 775 0035, ext. 114. —-Paul Goldfinger
I will say we sit here commenting and complaining about the possibility of getting our boardwalk replaced by the federal government, perhaps we should take an example from Mr. Stokes and his actions when he built the Auditorium. A large fundraising campaign built this town once, there is no reason why we can’t do this again