Category: Fundraiser

The Friends of Tomahawk Park sign, newly installed.
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Mission Accomplished!

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

Last week, Rob Waldner (Rose City Memorials Ltd.) spent an afternoon working on the Friends of Tomahawk Park brick mosaic. He added 16 inscriptions!! The CMMM is very grateful to the individuals and families who participated in the fundraiser this year and – not to forget – the hundreds who have supported this project since 2012. Our sincere appreciation to all.

Here are a few photos of Rob working on site:

prep for added inscriptions
Beginning the set up for the work on 16 bricks. Pictured: the glue pot, 3 cut stencils with lettering painted for visibility, and marking tools.
set up continues with masking of surrounding bricks
Two areas of bricks to be blasted with masking of surrounding bricks in progress. Note that once the stencil is glued in place, the cut letters are pulled out for sandblasting.
unloading sand pot from truck
Rob bringing out the portable sand pot. The generator will remain in the truck.
Rob in protective equipment sand blasting bricks
Rob in protective equipment sand blasting.
highlighting the bricks after blasting
After the lettering is sandblasted, it’s highlighted. Then, the rubber and masking are removed.

For those who had bricks inscribed this year, expect to receive a photo of your brick(s) in the mail next week. Your charitable donation receipts will be mailed in the new year. Thank you!

~ Debbie M.

The Friends of Tomahawk Park sign, newly installed.
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Last Call for Bricks This Year

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

DEADLINE TO RESERVE YOUR 2023 BRICK IS FRIDAY, SEPT. 22, 2023
EMAIL CMMMCUTKNIFE@GMAIL.COM

To make arrangements for bricks to be inscribed this year, we need to contact Rose City Memorials in advance, so they can schedule the onsite work. The work needs to be done before temperatures drop, or snow arrives.

Four – five more reserved bricks are needed. Individuals will be contacted this weekend if inscriptions are to go ahead this fall. Inscription and payment info will be required within days of notification.

Reservations will carry over to next year, if insufficient numbers are reached by Friday.

Click here for more about the Friends of Tomahawk Park Brick Fundraiser.

~ Debbie M.

Tomahawk Park bricks
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Tomahawk Park Bricks 2023

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

6 RESERVATIONS | 6 MORE NEEDED

The cost to purchase a 1 – 2 line inscription on a Tomahawk Park brick is $100, with a portion of that going towards the cost of inscribing the brick on site by Rose City Memorials. To maximize the donation portion of the purchase, we wait until we have at least 12 bricks reserved. Currently, 6 bricks are waiting for the next round of inscriptions, which will hopefully be this year before the first snowfall.

Once we have 12 bricks on the list, the museum will contact individuals for payment, and for the text of their inscriptions.

Inscriptions: Each brick holds 2 lines of text. Character count per line is 17.
Payment: Must be received before the bricks are sand blasted. Cash, cheque, or e-transfer accepted.

To purchase an inscription, please email cmmmcutknife@gmail.com to be added to this year’s list. The purchaser will receive a tax donation receipt for $50. (For more about the Brick Fundraiser, click here and scroll through previous posts.)

Tomahawk Park bricks 2023

~ Debbie M.

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Coffee at the Museum 2023

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2023
Running Wednesdays from 2-4pm

WHEN: Wednesdays from 2 – 4pm
WHERE: In the Living / Dining Rooms of the Duvall House at the Clayton McLain Memorial Museum
COST: By donation

duvall house
Duvall House

A donation of any amount is greatly appreciated. It all adds up and supports initiatives at the Museum. So, stop by for a coffee; bring a friend, and enjoy the old time ambiance of an years gone by.

~ Debbie M.

Fundraiser, Museum

Update: New Friends

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

Rob Waldner (Rose City Memorials) timed it perfectly. On the last fine day of October, just before the temperatures dropped, Rob set up his equipment in Tomahawk Park. He brought the compressor, the portable sand pot, his protective gear, and the rubber stencils with the names of the Museum’s newest Friends. 11 of the bricks in the granite mosaic were inscribed this year. Of course, the bricks and just about everything else in Saskatchewan, are totally covered with snow right now, but Rob did take photos of the work done that day.

Happily, we had much more interest than anticipated, and a list has already been started for next year! For more information about the CMMM’s Friends of Tomahawk Park fundraising initiative, please click here.

dubrule
James Dubrule, John Dubrule
lemery, white
David & Evelyn Lemery, Patricia Anne Lemery White
telford, rowat
In Memory Verna Telford, Ray & Audrey Rowat
fedler
Easton Fedler, Jennie Fedler
Lorraine Bertrand Gallivan
luyben, switzer
Ian Switzer, Lee Luyben-Switzer, Bernie Luyben, Helen Luyben

~ Debbie M.