To the Editor:
The Quakers at Mattapoisett Friends Meeting thank the Community Preservation Committee and May 11 Town Meeting attendees for the $80,000 grant to help rehabilitate their 1827 Meeting House on Route 6.
With $90,000 already raised by Friends, it still leaves the meeting with the daunting task of coming up with an additional $75,000 to reach the estimated total project cost of $245,000.
The CP grant is designed to cover Phase 1 costs and the sum now raised by the meeting is expected to cover all of Phase 2 and a part of Phase 3. The Friends intend to raise in coming months enough to cover the rest of Phase 3 and most, if not all, of Phase 4.
As the meeting primarily serves residents and summer people from Fairhaven to Wareham and north to Middleboro, those living in this area can provide additional help by attending as many of the future fundraising activities as possible, by donating items for the next yard sale, or by contributing a tax deductible check, cash or appreciated stock to: Mattapoisett Friends Meeting, P.O. Box 795, Mattapoisett, MA 02739.
Have questions? Call 508-758-3579. And thank you all once again.
Mattapoisett Friends
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