Read All About the 6th Annual Hannah House Auction Gala!

Saturday, May 22nd

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AUCTION HONOR ROLL

It takes a tremendous amount of planning and sheer persistence to pull off an event as successful as this one - starting with someone with the vision to conceive of such an event and the will to see it through. That credit goes jointly to Judith Esmay, President of the Board, and Jean Brandt, the event's coordinator and a member of the Board of Directors. Jean was ably assisted by other members of the Board as well as by Randy Walker, Executive Director of Hannah House and the artist who produced "Vermont Views," one of the best-selling chairs of the evening. Here, then, with deepest appreciation, are the lists of persons, organizations, and businesses without whom this auction event would not have been possible.


THE ARTISTS

  • Bonnie Bell ("In the Garden")
  • Belinda Clarke, Gretchen Gray-Buchanan. Tom McNeill, Kathy Roy, Mike Schick, Sue Schlabach, and Susan Wheeler from Wild Apple Graphics ("Summer Daze")
  • Barbara Bellows, Althea Goundry, Alan Jesseman, Nancy Maynard, and Robin Weisberger ("Creature Comforts I" & "Creature Comforts II")
  • Carol Bigley ("Striped du Jour")
  • Donna Butler ("Preening Peacocks")
  • Skip Cady ("Gypsy Caravan")
  • Cathy Cone ("Circles")
  • Carol Egbert ("Summer's End")
  • Kit Farnsworth ("July")
  • Jay and Patrisha Fitzgerald ("Treasure")
  • Susan Harlow and Marilyn Milham ("Cat Tails")
  • Ramona Helf ("Blue Harmony")
  • Susan Johnson ("AnnaLeona")
  • Elizabeth Mayor ("Good Spot")
  • Meg McLean ("The Garden Chair")
  • Ellen Shaw ("Loons' Summer Habitat")
  • Hannah Elizabeth Morgan-Theriault ("Stella Azul")
  • Randy Walker ("Vermont Views")
  • Luci Wilson ("Celetial Soul") and
  • A Red Sox Fan ("Red Sox Chair")


SPONSORS FOR THE CHAIRS

  • Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
  • Susan Almy
  • Blodgett's Sash and Door, Inc.
  • Bridgman's Fine Home Furnishings
  • Citizens Bank
  • Certified Nurse Midwifery Group, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
  • OB-GYN Physicians, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
  • Judith Esmay and Robert Strauss
  • Drs. Karen George and Robert Gougelet
  • Dr. Robert & Mrs. Elizabeth Howell
  • Theresa Koehler
  • Mascoma Savings Bank
  • N. Jean "Dutch" McLaughlin
  • Joyce Milne & David Wilson Milne
  • Bert Nadeau & Betty Dixon
  • River Valley Club
  • Karen Rogers, John Pryor, and John & Fay Rogers
  • E. Smith & Virginia Reed
  • St. Thomas Episcopal Church
  • Utility Club of Lyme
  • Wild Apple Graphics


RAFFLE SPONSORS

  • Brambles
  • The Chocolate Shop at Hanover Park
  • College Supplies
  • Everything But Anchovies
  • Hilde's Salon Vienna
  • Lyme Angler
  • Main Street Kitchens
  • Pearce Jewelry
  • Simon Pearce
  • Systems Plus Computers


EVENT UNDERWRITERS

  • Morgan Stanley
  • Ledyard National Bank


THOSE WHO DISPLAYED THE CHAIRS

The following businesses and organizations offered public display space for Hannah's Chairs in the days prior to the auction:


HANOVER

  • The Canoe Club (27 Main Street)
  • Citizens Bank (44 South Main Street)
  • Gilbert's Interiors, Inc. (10 Allen Street)
  • Hanover Park (3 Lebanon Street)
  • St Thomas Episcopal Church (9 West Wheelock Street)
  • Toadstool Toys, Games & Gifts (53 South Main Street)


LEBANON

  • Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (125 Mascoma Street)
  • Bridgman's Fine Home Furnishings (387 Miracle Mile)
  • Citizens Bank (20 West Park Street)
  • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (1 Medical CEnter Drive)
  • River Valley Club (33 Morgan Drive)
  • Systems Plus Computers, Inc. (Centerra Market)


WEST LEBANON

  • Mascoma Savings Bank (70 Main Street)
  • Pearce Jewelry and Design Center (41 Glen Road)
  • Powerhouse Mall (1 Glen Road)


LYME

  • Nichols Hardware (Main Street)


NORWICH

  • King Arthur Flour (133 Route 5 South)
  • Norwich Bookstore (291 Main Street)


WHITE RIVER JUNCTION

  • Mascoma Savings Bank (243 Sykes Mountain Avenue)


SPECIAL THANKS TO...

  • Ava Gallery for its assistance in locating and contacting local artists for the chairs
  • Chuck Eaton, Eaton Auction Service at Elmwood Farm, West Fairlee, VT
  • The Hanover Inn for the use of its gracious dining space and patio
  • Coldwell Banker Redpath & Co. Realtors for providing transportation to move the chairs


...& TO THE HANNAH HOUSE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WHO PULLED IT ALL TOGETHER

  • Judith Esmay, President
  • Jean Brandt, Vice President - and Chairman of This Event
  • Karen C. Rogers, PhD, Secretary
  • Theresa Koehler, Treasurer
  • Karen George, MD
  • Karen McLellan
  • Myra Humphries Oppel
  • Susan Valiante
  • Randy Walker, Executive Director of Hannah House
And J. Bertrand Nadeau and David Wilson Milne, former Board members, who were also indefatigable in their efforts to make this event the unprecedented fundraising success it was for Hannah House.