Event:

Windsor Historical Society’s Festive Pre-Holiday Auction

Date:

November 20th, 2015.

Tickets Now Available for Windsor Historical Society’s Festive Pre-Holiday Auction

Please reserve Friday, November 20 from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. on your calendar and purchase your ticket for Windsor Historical Society’s pre-holiday auction now. This year’s affair will be held at The Lodge at 130 Deerfield Road in Windsor, beautifully restored by the Carmon family.

Tickets at just $35 cover a delicious dinner buffet plus beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages included. Enjoy sit-down dining; catch up with old friends and meet new ones at this lovely community event.

Your bids support the many public programs we offer for Windsor area school children and adults, and the operation of our historic houses, research library, exhibition galleries, and family learning center.

Tickets are available at the Society and at:
• Ashleys’ Distinctive Jewelry: 555 Day Hill Road
• Bill Selig Jewelers: 161 Broad Street
• Windsor Federal Savings: Central Branch: 250 Broad Street.

Bid on exciting one-of-a-kind items and experiences like:
• relaxing getaways at vacation homes and resorts; a weekend on Cape Cod, and a six day South African photo safari;
• certificates to dine at our area’s best restaurants;
• sports, theater and attractions tickets;
• exciting themed gift baskets;
• high quality antiques, crafts and jewelry;
• amazing services such as gourmet dinners delivered to your home, a ride in a vintage automobile; and an author-led session for your book club including books with Windsor author Beth Caruso who has just published One of Windsor: The Untold Story of America’s First Witch Hanging;
• high quality children’s gifts including an exquisite dollhouse, a signed Red Sox baseball, a plush Paddington Bear and book;
• Tidying and brightening: dry-cleaning, tooth-whitening, dumpster service, mulch;
• “Feel-good” holiday opportunities: sponsoring Windsor families in need; and contributing toward a free admissions program at the Society.

Starting in November, our website www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org will be updated with a list of auction items weekly; check us out! It’s also not too late to donate an item for our auction if you have something on the list above or another idea.

Just contact Christine Ermenc at 860-688-3813 x. 101 or cermenc@windsorhistoricalsociety.org Auction donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, and all auction donors will be acknowledged by letter, on our website, and in the auction booklet.

The Windsor Historical Society, founded in 1921, invites visitors to explore the people, places, and events that have shaped Windsor for nearly four centuries. The Society’s museum includes changing and permanent exhibition galleries; a hands-on history learning center for families; a research library and manuscript collection housing Windsor photographs, documents, ephemera, and genealogical materials, a museum shop and two historic houses open to the public -- the 1758 Strong-Howard House and the 1767 Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee House.

The Society is located at 96 Palisado Avenue (Route 159) and is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Tours of its two historic homes are offered at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. General admission to the library and historic houses is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students and free to children under 12 and WHS members. Visitors are free to browse the museum store, the Bridging Centuries, Bridging Cultures Windsor history galleries, and the Hands-On-History Learning Center, thanks to the generosity of ABB, Inc., Forgotten Acres Farm, Temple Praise Power and Prayer, and the Windsor Chamber of Commerce.

Call (860) 688-3813 or visit us on the web at www.windsorhistoricalsociety.org for directions to the Society and more information about programs or volunteer opportunities. Make sure to ‘like’ the Society’s Facebook page and follow us on Twitter (@windsorct1633) for regular updates and insights. To receive e-reminders for public programs, please send your e-mail address to jalberti@windsorhistoricalsociety.org.

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