Downtown Indianapolis clock needs help
An Indianapolis landmark—the clock on the former L.S. Ayers department store—is out of order, and Indiana Landmarks is in a race to raise the money to save it.
The organization wants to raise $20,000 by November 7, of which $10,000 will repair the clock, and the rest will start a fund to maintain it. The date was chosen to give experts time to finish repairs before the night before Thanksgiving. On that day, according to tradition, a bronze cherub is put on the clock. The tradition dates back to 1947.
Indiana Landmarks, a nonprofit organization headed by a volunteer board that helps save historic sites, became aware of the clock's problems when residents came to see them to ask what could be done to fix it. Tina Connor, the executive vice president of the organization, said it was ‘kind of embarrassing’ that such a prominent landmark was defective. Interested parties can make donations through a website or by mail, and are encouraged to do so.
The clock is 80 years old, and mounted at such a height (29 feet above ground level) that people might now realize how big it is. In actuality, it weighs 10,000lb and is eight feet tall, making it large enough for someone to stand inside it.
Organizations like these can benefit by working with a direct mail printing company to create letters and reply envelopes for financial campaigns.
The organization wants to raise $20,000 by November 7, of which $10,000 will repair the clock, and the rest will start a fund to maintain it. The date was chosen to give experts time to finish repairs before the night before Thanksgiving. On that day, according to tradition, a bronze cherub is put on the clock. The tradition dates back to 1947.
Indiana Landmarks, a nonprofit organization headed by a volunteer board that helps save historic sites, became aware of the clock's problems when residents came to see them to ask what could be done to fix it. Tina Connor, the executive vice president of the organization, said it was ‘kind of embarrassing’ that such a prominent landmark was defective. Interested parties can make donations through a website or by mail, and are encouraged to do so.
The clock is 80 years old, and mounted at such a height (29 feet above ground level) that people might now realize how big it is. In actuality, it weighs 10,000lb and is eight feet tall, making it large enough for someone to stand inside it.
Organizations like these can benefit by working with a direct mail printing company to create letters and reply envelopes for financial campaigns.