Tag: Fundraiser

ovenstown registration building 1971 canvas print
Museum

Moving Forward

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

NEW TECHNOLOGIES COMING THIS WAY

ovenstown registration building 1971 canvas print
Ovenstown Registration circa 1971, canvas print hanging in the Duvall House

Back in the day, people carried cash or wrote cheques for admission to the CMMM. Donations, again, either by cash or cheque, were delivered in person or via Canada Post. There are many individuals who still carry cash and write cheques, but there are many, many others who don’t, and the Museum sees the difference.

Museum Admission

Admission is by donation and includes a guided tour of the Heritage buildings. Tours ensure the safety of visitors and the preservation of artefacts. Comments in the Visitors’ Book often express delight and appreciation for the tour, and for the guide who provided answers and shared additional anecdotes.

Visitors who arrive without cash in their pocket are still offered a tour. Some will make a quick trip to a cash machine and return momentarily. Others will leave with regrets. Those without cash-on-hand also miss the opportunity to purchase one of the local histories or gift items on display in the Duvall House.

Donations

The CMMM continues to receive annual contributions by cheque from long-time donors. Cash donations also come in at the Duvall House during Coffee Afternoons or with an Admission. All of these are put to good use: some on building repairs, some on exhibit maintenance; some on supplies i.e. printer ink, paper, laminating plastic, and so much more.

Alternatives to Cash & Cheques

Auto-deposit: This past fall, around the time of the Brick Fundraiser, the Museum enabled auto-deposit. No more security questions / answers required. It’s a relief for everyone. Use cmmmcutknife@gmail.com. One long-time donor used it recently for an annual contribution!

Canada Helps: This is a charity set up to facilitate online giving. Board members who have used it in the past recommend it as very user-friendly. To donate once, or monthly, click on the blue/green DONATE button on the Museum website to take you to the form, or visit our Canada Helps page here. Payment options are credit card, PayPal, or Google Pay. Canada Helps provides the tax receipt.

P.O.S. System (i.e. tap): We’ve done our research for internet service to the Duvall House and are eagerly awaiting its installation (date to be determined). It will enable a point-of-sale system to be available to visitors for admissions and / or donations. We’ll be announcing it’s arrival. Stay tuned!

As always, we are grateful for monetary donations of any amount but the community’s support also means so much i.e. attendance at events, word-of-mouth support to neighbours and friends, purchase of gift-shop items, sharing our posts on social media, and volunteering your time and energies to help with projects. Thank you!

~ Debbie M.

Events

Update: CK Chase the Ace Winners

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

In late spring of 2021, the Clayton McLain Memorial Museum, the Cut Knife & District Recreation Board, and the Cut Knife Library joined together to bring the Chase the Ace lottery-style fundraiser to Cut Knife.

ROUND 4: TICKETS ON SALE NOV. 30. FIRST DRAW DEC. 7, 2023! CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE DETAILS.

Click here to follow Cut Knife Chase the Ace on Facebook.

ROUND 3: OCTOBER 2022 – JUNE 2023

Round 3 ended on June 15, 2023 when Yvonne Sawatzky took home a Jackpot of $17,768! (Photo not available.)

ROUND 2: OCTOBER 2021 – MAY 2022

Cheryl Rowswell won the Jackpot on May 26, 2022. Cheryl’s winnings included $838 on the Ticket Draw & the $21,054 Jackpot for a grand total of $21, 892!

Round 2 Jackpot Winner Cheryl Rowswell

ROUND 1: JUNE – AUGUST 2021

The Ace was drawn on August 5, 2021 only 9 weeks into play. Larry Thalheimer from Unity had the lucky ticket to win the Jackpot of $10,626!

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Round 1 Jackpot Winner Larry Thalheimer with Mayor Gwenn Kaye

Many thanks go out to all the Cut Knife Chase the Ace supporters. That includes all the volunteers involved with organizing the ticket sales and draws; the local businesses and services that facilitate in-person purchases; the community members who buy tickets, share Facebook and blog posts, and talk-up the event to their friends, and the Lucerne Hotel for providing the venue.

~ Debbie M.

loads of top soil on the former ovenstown site
Museum, Summer

Finishing Touches for 2023

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

UPDATE ON THE MUSUEM GROUNDS

The leaves in Tomahawk Park are falling fast and furious as we finish up this season’s To-Do List. We welcomed 300 visitors this year, about one third of whom, visited on Canada Day! In-between tours, cleaning the buildings, and the ongoing process of cataloguing artifacts, we completed a few new projects (photos below):

  • The original Ovenstown Gift Shop was hastily packed up and put away prior to the demolition of the building in 2020. This summer, we set up a mini-gift shop in the Duvall House with displays of local history books, crafts, and Tomahawk Park souvenirs.
  • The depression where the Ovenstown building had been located was filled with topsoil, harrowed, and grass seed was planted.
  • The Transportation Shed and the outdoor Machinery Display received new signage. The original artifact labels and descriptions had faded over time, and most had been lost to the weather.
  • Located on both sides of the Duvall House front steps, newly planted flower beds, with a small rock garden, welcome visitors.
  • The Elizabeth McLain Memorial Garden and the shrubbery bed at the beginning of the walking path each received a face lift with new mulch and a trim.
  • The Friends of Tomahawk Park brick fundraising project finally has its permanent sign. It’s been a long time coming, as the wood sign made in 2012, prior to the Town of Cut Knife Centennial, had been intended only as a temporary measure. For more info on how to purchase your brick in support of the CMMM, click here.

Our sincere thanks go out to Rose City Memorials for their donation of the granite plaque for the sign, and lettering it for us!

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Elizabeth McLain Memorial Garden, mulched and trimmed.
Fall colours along the walking path, newly mulched and trimmed.
Outdoor Machinery Display, showing off its new signage.
The Friends of Tomahawk Park sign, newly installed.

~ Debbie M.

Fundraiser, Museum

New Arrivals

Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

Sending out many thanks to Lorraine Martin, author of Notes and Clippings – It All Started in Saskatchewan. Twelve copies of her book have just arrived in the mail, and will soon be for sale at the Museum.

ABOUT THE BOOK

My story starts with my early life in the Gallivan/Cut Knife area in the early 1940 and 1950’s. It continues through my training as a Psychiatric Nurse at the North Battleford Provincial Hospital then after graduation my working years in England and Switzerland followed by travelling throughout Europe. Returning to Canada I worked in Nova Scotia and Regina where I married and became a volunteer.

Lorraine Martin
“Notes and Clippings” arrive in the mail

~ Debbie M.