proud Accomplishments:

2020

• Total number of volunteer hours documented August 2018 through September 2020: 1,650 hours​

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• Major Milestone - reached $147,500+ in raised monies and donations - 98% of the goal! October
• $10,000 donation from Freemasons of Charter Oak Lodge #58, Effingham, NH, October
• Aluminum Can Fundraising Drive April 15th through August 15th has raised $485.  1,940 pounds of aluminum cans have been recycled, saving the environment and reducing Town waste management costs.  August
• Effingham Preservation Society Online Bake Sale Auction raised $720+.  July
• Article: Historic Meeting Place Once Masonic Boarding School, published by Masonic Services Association, Maryland, July
• Submitted 2020 LCHIP grant application requesting a grant match of $165,000 towards the $330,000 Phase 1 Project.  June
• NH GIVES June 9th-10th 24-hour online fundraising; $3,862 in donations to Effingham Preservation Society on behalf of the Historic Town Hall-Library Project, June
• Memorial Day Weekend Plant Sale at Effingham Preservation Society - exceeded $1,000 goal! $2,318 donated to the Historic Town Hall-Library Project, May
• 8 pair of (missing/bad shape) historic reproduction window shutters ordered from the (ca 1851) Beech River Mill, Center Ossipee, NH, May 
• Submitted Intent-to-Apply to Land & Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP) for funding a $165,000 matching grant.  Response received - project is "eligible" to apply, April
• 8 large historic windows removed to the Jacobs Glass Inc. restoration workshop in Winslow, Maine, April
• Launch Aluminum Can Recycling Fundraiser collection program; 20,000+ cans (700+ lbs.) donated in three week's time, April
• Town of Effingham Town Meeting raised and appropriated a total of $9,500, March
• Applied for The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Grant for Historic Interiors Grant, March
• Applied for Johanna Favrot Fund for Historic Preservation Grant, March

2019

• Obtained 17 different written vendor proposals for repair, restoration & rehabilitation work during year.
• Created new Facebook page for The Historic Town Hall of Effingham NH, December
• Created new logo and business website with fundraising donate 'buttons', December
• Applied for Northeast Heritage Economic Program Grant, December
• Volunteer efforts demolished the 2.5 story unused chimney, November
• NH Preservation Alliance Board of Directors building tour, November
• Historic Town Hall building added to the Effingham Capital Improvements Plan, October
• Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, September
• Awarded $10,000 NH Conservation License Plate (Moose Plate) Grant, September
• Christopher P Williams Architects, PLLC, creates Historic Building Assessment with Preservation Guidelines Report, May
• Submitted Letter of Intent to the Brown Foundation, Inc., May
• ​Application to the National Register of Historic Places, April 
• Town of Effingham Town Meeting raised and appropriated $20,000, March

2018

• Awarded $4,500 NH Preservation Alliance matching grant, October
• Formation of Historic Town Hall-Library Project Team with Board of Selectmen support, August

2017

• WMUR News 9 - New Hampshire Chronicle - New England Masonic Charitable Institute

          with Fritz Wetherbee              

Fritz Wetherbee

2006

• Awarded $400 NH Preservation Alliance matching grant
• Created historic preservation building assessment report, March

2002

• Listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places, April 29th
• Awarded $150,000 LCHIP matching grant for building repair and restoration including the Masonic Temple

You can Help raise $150,000 by November

Your donation will help ensure this historic building is preserved and utilized by the community.  ​The funds raised this year will be used towards 2020 matching grant applications.  ​Please join our efforts today.  Small donations like $18.58 help!