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VOL. 68 NO. 39
SEPTEMBER 24 - 30, 2020
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We’re all in this together
By TIMOTHY DENTON tdenton@liherald.com
The coronavirus pandemic has hit most area businesses hard, but local, mostly small nonprofit organizations have suffered even more. Groups like the Seaford Historical Museum depend entirely on donations and their own occasional fundraisers. With businesses struggling, discretionary spending is at a premium and the possibility of holding fundraisers is slim. The museum, and other nonprofits, have had to
find creative ways to make ends meet. “We already knew in March that we’d probably have to cancel the Harvest Fair” held each September, Historical Society President Judy Bongiovi said. “That was our main fundraiser for the year. We depended on it for almost everything, and we don’t have any other events planned to take its place.” But, Bongiovi added grimly, “The bills still have to be paid. We hope we’ll be able to have the Harvest Fair next year, but we had to think of something in the
meantime.” The museum was finishing up a multi-year renovation when the pandemic began making headlines in February. The bell tower of the building — formerly Seaford’s third schoolhouse, built in 1893 — was nearing completion after more than three years of fundraising and rehabilitation. The front walkway was already finished when it was suggested that the prosaic red bricks presented just the kind of creative opportunity the museCONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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The Seaford Broncos football club, which resumed training its flag football teams two weeks ago, scrimmaged in Cedar Creek Park last Sunday.
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