To The Editor:
The winter of 2009/2010 will last in our memories for a long time. With due respect to the serious intrusions into the lives of so many South Jersey residents, I find it important to draw attention to two of the winter weather’s victims of circumstance.
The Dennisville Historic Home Owners Association sponsors the Historic Dennisville Christmas House Tour each year with no advance ticket sales. The Dec. 19, 2009 snow event prompted us to cancel our house tour since we draw visitors from across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
Homeowners’ preparations and tour costs paid in advance all became unimportant versus the need to cancel for safety’s sake. We applaud Cape Bank Charitable Foundation, Cape May Seashore Lines, D&S Tree Service, Ocean View Resort, Seashore Asphalt Corp., Signworks, Sturdy Bank, 1st Bank of Sea Isle City, Agate Construction Co., DGL Consulting, and Drain Doctor of South Jersey for standing by us in support of our only annual fundraiser.
An early 2010 letter to the Herald Newspaper lamented the untimely cancellation of another regional Christmas house tour. Though the writer felt deserving of a refund for a service not rendered, the non-profit sponsoring the tour still needed to pay the bills. As the sources of funding for many non-profits continue to shrink, I’d encourage folks to consider their advance purchase with a non-profit as a contribution to the good work of that organization and take the tax deduction. It is unfortunate that the refund policy was unclear.
Despite Mother Nature, the DHHOA is right on target for its 2010 house tour, which is scheduled for Dec. 18.
JACK CONNOLLY
Dennisville
(ED.NOTE: The writer is President and CEO of Dennisville Historic Home Owners Association.)
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