These companies and
Individuals have provide invaluable
time,
supplies and
financial support to help make
the Enchanted Forest restoration possible. I will be updating this
list as additional sponsors come forward with their support.
I would love to add you to
this list of exceptional people. Please let me know how you can
help.
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The
Harrison Family: Linda Harrison Gardner and her family,
Howard Harrison III (Bud) and his wife Cathy and their family.
Barbara Veltre and her family. Matthew Veltre and Nicole and Steve
Stickley. Their father and grandfather created and owned the
Enchanted Forest. They grew up AT the Enchanted Forest.
Kevin Allen
of Kimco Realty Corporation:
He arranged the donation of the Enchanted Forest artifacts.
Individuals,
businesses & organizations who helped to move and restore the
Enchanted Forest items that are at Clark’s Elioak Farm.
Hampton Hotels:
Primary funding sponsor. Hampton Hotels,
through its Save-A-Landmark program has provide the funding to move
the Old Woman’s Shoe to the farm and restore and preserve it. They
are also the primary sponsor for the restoration and preservation of
the Crooked House and the Crooked Man. In addition to significant
financial support, Hampton Hotels also provided over forty
volunteers to do the sanding, painting and landscaping necessary to
restore the Lil’ Red School House, the Crooked House, the
Gingerbread Men, the Sombrero, and a Candy Cane. The volunteers also
gave the Pumpkin Coach a facelift.
Marty
Levine, Ex-Cel Tree Experts: Marty and his crew, Mike
Cotter, Fred Miller and Joseph Macie, moved the Sombrero, Jack’s
Giant and the Beanstalk and the Lil’ Red School House on June 4,
2005. Their generosity, talents and skill are incredible. Thank you
so much to Marty for being so generous and donating his time and
efforts. And their assistance continues … Mike Cotter put the
Crooked House and the Easter Bunny’s House in place at the farm, no
easy task!! And when we ask, they will be back to plant the
Beanstalk and put the Sombrero in place. And there’s always Willie
the Whale …
Len
Busso, Cross Country Builders and neighbor: Primarily
responsible for transporting many of the items to the farm
including Mother Goose, the Black Duck, the White Gosling, the Giant
Flowers, the Mushrooms, the Lollipops, the Teapot and Teacups, the
Birthday Cake and Cinderella’s Mice. He knows how heavy every one of
these items is—and they are very heavy!!
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage: Major funding
sponsor. Made the restoration and preservation of “the Lil’ Red
School House” possible.s
Howard
Bank: Major funding sponsor. Made the restoration and
preservation of “The Easter Bunny’s House” possible.
Benjamin Moore & Co.: All the paint. Arranged for us by Bob
Scheye and Andy Clark from Clark’s Ace Hardware.
Clark’s Ace Hardware also donated painting supplies to us.
Debbie
Burchardt of the Burchardt Team, Realtors™: Debbie and her
team got the entire process started by restoring Cinderella’s
Pumpkin Coach last summer. Without her, none of the rest of our
efforts would have gotten off the ground. She has worked with a
committee that has spearheaded all the efforts to date to move,
restore and preserve the Enchanted Forest items in addition to being
hands-on fiberglassing and painting, gathering supplies and
soliciting donations for our efforts.
Monica
McNew-MetzgerBruce Barrett: Artists who have
volunteered and teamed up to do most of the detail work seen on the
restored figures at the farm: beaks, feathers, eyes, faces and
lollipop swirls. Both continue to do restoration work. Monica
painted the stones from the wall around Cinderella’s Castle and
restored the Birthday Cake. Monica also serves on the committee
organizing the whole effort. Bruce created the air
brush pictures and the papier mache replica pieces in the store and
single-handedly restored the Beanstalk and the Giant. A giant of a
job!
Nan
Sherman: Maintains “WebsitesAmerica.com” an Enchanted Forest
informational website. She provided the vintage postcards, book &
brochure we replicated for sale in the store. She keeps the media
and volunteers updated on our progress and works with the committee
that has organized this whole effort. Dave Tawney for
chauffeuring Nan to all of our meetings and helping to repair
Cinderella’s Pumpkin Coach and reattach the leaves to Jack’s
Beanstalk.
Betty
Evans, Signarama: Serves on the committee organizing our
efforts to preserve and restore the Enchanted Forest items. Worked
with us to plan and organize our major event weekends. Designed and
donated banners, the map of the farm and other signs seen around the
farm.
Maija
Kropp, S & K Roofing, Siding and Windows: Donated the
materials and labor to replace the roof of The Crooked House. The
job they did is absolutely beautiful! They also very generously
underwrote the cost of putting in a concrete pad for the Lil’ Red
School House.
Expert
House Movers: They provided expertise along with price
quotes for moving the Enchanted Forest structures. This information
will help us in our fund raising effort. They have also moved the
Easter Bunny’s House, the Crooked House and the Old Woman’s Shoe to
date.
Pete
Mangione, Turf Valley Resort: Has provided us with a backhoe
and operator to dig around the buildings at the Enchanted Forest so
that we could move them.
Tom
Meadows: Has replaced the seats for the Mice Picnic Tables
and Pumpkin Coach.
Mary
Catherine Cochran and Preservation Howard County: This
organization has identified the Enchanted Forest as an important
County landmark and has supported our efforts to save, restore, and
make the figures and buildings from the Enchanted Forest available
at our farm for future generations. They are the umbrella
organization which is handling our tax deductible donations.
Donations:
Marsha
Harding, Thunder Grafix: Donated her time and talents to
produce the map of the farm and the “Clark’s Elioak Farm Remembers
The Enchanted Forest” brochure.
Michael Walczak and the Howard County Historical Society: For
lending us the incredible display of pictures from the early days of
the Enchanted Forest. We understand Linda Harrison Gardner was
responsible for making that display possible.s
Norman
Cavey, former Enchanted Forest employee: Has created a DVD
called “A Visit to the Enchanted Forest” and it’s available at
Clark’s Elioak Farm for sale.
Laura
Renee Davis: Donated her extraordinary talents to design a
shirt to commemorate the 50th Birthday Celebration of the Enchanted
Forest. She also is donating her exceptional talent as a facepainter
to raise funds to support our efforts to move and restore more
Enchanted Forest items.
Will
Rich, the Forest Diner: Donated the Black and White Poster
that’s for sale in the store.
Glen
Mullinix: Saved the Crooked Man and Humpty Dumpty from
destruction and donated both to Clark’s Elioak Farm to become part
of our display.
Mark
Cline: Owner of Enchanted Castle Studios, Mark restored the
Crooked Man, in addition to giving us advice and guidance whenever
we called him with fiberglassing questions. We look forward to
working with Mark to restore and replace other Enchanted Forest
characters.
Louise’s Bakery: Donated 3 beautiful and delicious cakes for
our April 9-10, 2005 opening weekend. Donated beautiful and
delicious cakes for our August 13-14, 2005 weekend also.
Sarah
and Desmond’s: Donated fantastic cake for our weekend event.
River
Hill Garden Center:
Assisted with our landscaping needs for
the Crooked House, the Lil’ Red School House and the Easter Bunny’s
House.
Iron
Bridge Wine Company: Supplied refreshments for our August 50th
Birthday Celebration.
Lindsay Goucher: She wrote an article for the NAHS March
2005 newsletter about the restoration. This is being submitted for
re-print at the national level.
Norman
Schultz, Auctioneer:
Acted as our auctioneer at the April
9-10, 2005 opening weekend.
Giant
Food in Chatham Mall: Donated gingerbread men cookies for
the April 9-10, 2005 opening weekend.
Kevin
Brown, Brown and Associates, Inc: Helped us by printing the
“Clark’s Elioak Farm Remember The Enchanted Forest” brochure and the
Enchanted Forest Story Book.
Students from Glenelg County School: Dressed as fairy tale
characters and providing story times throughout the opening weekend.
Catonsville High School’s NAHS: Donated their artistic
skills by facepainting at the opening weekend.
Ellen
Baniszewski: Entertained as her costumed character, MOOsie
the MOOsical Cow!
The
Harrison Family: Linda Harrison Gardner and her family,
Howard Harrison III (Bud) and his wife Cathy and their family.
Barbara Veltre and her family. Matthew Veltre and Nicole and Steve
Stickley. Their father and grandfather created and owned the
Enchanted Forest. They grew up AT the Enchanted Forest.