FINAL PHASE OF THE HISTORIC RESTORATION
Thanks to the expansive generosity of our donors (see below), we have surpassed $120,000 in restoration funding! We are still in need of that last amount of funding to cover the cost of the $200,00 historic restoration. It's never too late to give and become a history maker! See below.
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Photo above: May 6, 2021 marked our solid commitment to make this project happen with the official Cottage Restoration Groundbreaking Ceremony! MI Mayor Benson Wong, MI Councilmember Craig Reynolds, and contractor Gary Redman of Redman Construction threw out the first dirt while young riders, dancers and pre-schoolers looked on.
Lakeview Schoolhouse Teacher's Cottage built circa 1918. More recently used as a caretaker's cottage.
Enjoy our carousel of photos of life at the schoolhouse and barn!
Donation Levels and Benefits
Dancer: up to $90. Name recognition on our website.
Carrots for Cottage: $100 up. Take a half-hour barn tour and feed carrots to the horses (by appointment; masks required).
Schoolhouse: $500 up. Take a tour of the Lakeside Schoolhouse and the Saddle Club’s vintage barn (with carrots, of course!).
Stable Path: $1,000 up. You have two options. Place your name and a short phrase of your choice on 1) a MISC horse stall or 2) a small or medium ($2,000 and up) paver on the cottage path.
Caretaker: $5,000 up. Place your name and a phrase of your choice on a large paver at the top of the path to the cottage.
Lakeview Cottage: $15,000 up. Receive exclusive name recognition placed on the historic Lakeview Cottage interpretive sign visible to all visitors.
All donors —our History Makers – are acknowledged below.
Tap into your company's Matching Gift Program and double your donation!
If you wish to donate, please email cottage@misaddleclub.org
Help become part of this historic cottage's next chapter! We're bringing it back to life and preserving a vital piece of island history, more than a century old.
Organizations partnering to raise $200,000 for the cottage restoration:
Pioneer Park Youth Club (land trust)
Sunnybeam School (preschoolers)
Children's Dance Conservatory (ballet)
Mercer Island Saddle Club (one of only a few co-op barns in Washington State)
Mercer Island Pony Club (serving as the 501 (c) (3) charitable organization for tax-deductible donations.)
Saddle Club members make an appeal to you!
Questions? Please email cottage@misaddleclub.org
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR GENEROUS DONORS
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Sunnybeam School and The Children's Dance Conservatory at the historic Lakeview Schoolhouse and the Saddle Club and Pony Club at the barn.
Restoring the past continues important legacies. Our deepest thanks to:
Dancer Level
Carolyn Boatsman
Jennifer Brenes
Jan Brintnall
The Buchholz Family
Mike & Susan Cero
Jyotirmayc Chaudhuri
Barbara Crawford
Katherine Esser
Jenn Kann
Ivan Kerbell
Barrett Lavergne
Shannon Leversedge
Julio Libergott
Suzanne Love
David and Linda Mangone
Becky McAuley
Emily Menz
Rachael Oppenheimer
Katherine Palm
Quinn Pomering
Trish Ravits
Nina Sidneva
Bonnie Walton
Frank Yoshida
Carrots Level
Dale & Candace Bretschneider
Connie Clark-Redmond
Richard & Lynn Du Bey
Keri Ellison
Lauren Fishman
Megan Gandt-Guasing
Melissa Hart
Lisa Hjorten
David Hsiao
Miriam & Daniel Landis
Kristina Lanier
Deborah Larsen
Erica Lieppman
Arthur & Esther Ormsby
Jacqulyn Paneque
Cubba Reese
Craig & Jane Reynolds
Elizabeth & Stephen Rosenman
Laurie Snyder
Roxanne Springwater & Kevin Peck
Laura Sycamore
Barbara Wortley
Carol Teitz
Cathy Wales
Benson Wong & Terry Mark
Schoolhouse Level
Marjorie Bombar
Faith Kalucki
Annie & Brian Mann
Mercer Island Historical Society
Carla Richards
Jennifer, Richard and Emily Schwartz
Stable Path Level
Caroline Bombar-Kaplan
Nora Burdick
Children's Dance Conservatory of Mercer Island
Chris & Jennifer Brenes
The Esser-Perbix Family
Hsuan-Cheng Lai
Rosalie Frazier & Liz Leech
Amanda Focht
Jessica Friedman
The Hoss Family Trust
Jodi King
Jane Lanier
Andrea Lorig
Alyssa Rosenbloom & Shawn McDonald
Claire & Kate Oberto
Kathleen Politakis
Tae Rhee
Debbie Simpson
Bob Stoney & Anne Woodley
The Tiwari Family
Suzanne Zahr
Caretaker Level
The Beardsley Family Foundation
Christine Deputy & The Ott Family
Mercer Island Saddle Club
Pioneer Park Youth Club
The Storage Court of Mercer Island
Lakeview Cottage Level
The McAuley Family
The Niwa Family
Lisa & John Thompson
In-kind Donations
Suzanne Zahr Architect & Interior Design
The Children's Dance Conservatory of Mercer Island
Faith Kalucki, Jeff Evans & Teddy
And 2 Anonymous donors
BOY SCOUTS CAME TO THE RESCUE!
When there's digging to be done and young plants to plant, mulch and nurture...When there are pavers to be dusted off, squared up and cemented...There are two eager and fine teen Boy Scouts, Hudson Atrosh and Joshua Belden to the rescue! Josh has stepped up to pave the way with the placement of donor named pavers and to secure an honorary donor bench is secured in a particularly sweet spot. Hudson has been building muscle with yard clean up, digging garden beds, and planting native species to produce a natural eco-system that would have wowed the early 20th century teachers to see from their cottage kitchen window!
Providing youth the opportunity to foster their growth and leadership skills is a core value of all of us in operation here.
Thank you for supporting our vision and the cottage restoration! And Go Boy Scouts (and the Girls, too!)