Project to Support Town's Library
Following the success of A Day in the Life of Tunbridge photo project in 2007, a similar effort is planned for neighboring Strafford in July 2008. Photographers will spend July 5 — the town's annual Fourth of July celebration — documenting the town's people, places and events as a fund-raiser for the Morrill Memorial & Harris Library.
Professional and amateur photographers are being asked to volunteer their time for the day. Those involved in the Tunbridge project have expressed interest in participating again, but organizers would like to see newcomers as well.
On Memorial Day 2007, 18 photographers spent the day in Tunbridge as part of a fund-raiser for the church steeple restoration project. Memorial Day is full of community activity, captured by the photographers. Over $2,000 was raised in a silent auction and sales of a DVD slide show of the work. Equally beneficial was the amount of community pride the project generated.
In Strafford, the town's annual celebration is as busy. A parade, children's activities on the green, a road race between the villages, the fire department's chicken barbeque, talent show, auction and softball game are all planned. Photographers will also be looking for daily activity in town as well.
Library trustee Martin Frank will be raising funds to pay for the printing and framing of the photographs that are in a silent auction in the fall. A DVD slide show will also be sold.
— Geoff Hansen