FRIENDS
OF LIBRARY TO SPONSOR
For
Immediate Release: Contact: Mary Ann
Solberg
September
1 843-278-1588
masolberg@aol.com
The
Friends of the Daniel Island Library will sponsor the Daniel Island Harvest
Tour of Homes on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013.
This event, now in its sixth year, is a fundraiser for the Daniel Island
Library.
The
Friends of the Library is a nonprofit organization of volunteers who work with
the Berkeley County Libraries to promote library services and their contribution
to our community. Mary Ann Solberg and
Vicki Danziger, co- chairs of the annual house tour, describe this event as a
real win- win for Daniel Island. “Our House Tour lets us introduce many
residents and visitors to beautiful Island homes and local authors. And we are supporting our wonderful library at
the same time,” says Solberg.
Since
the Harvest Tour of Homes began in 2008, it has raised over $60,000 for the
Daniel Island Library. Proceeds have
been used for such items as additional computer workstations, furniture for the
library and its much-utilized community meeting room, early literacy and
general collection resources, a parking lot book drop, additional shelving, a
display case for Island artifacts, and benches and a landscaping upgrade to the
library grounds. Last year’s tour has
also made possible the creation of “Book Club Kits” – multiple copies of titles
used by the many Daniel Island book clubs.
Because of ongoing budget cuts these purchases would not have been
possible without the Tour of Homes.
The Sixth Annual Daniel Island Harvest Home Tour again features four
varied homes. Located in the Daniel
Island Park neighborhood, the tour homes will feature an Island Park Drive
cottage on the Beresford Creek golf course; a home that couples great views
with unique architectural elements; a family home that reflects sustainability
in building materials and furnishings; and an eco-friendly home featuring a
pool, outdoor kitchen and a wine cellar.
As
another feature of the event, each home will host a local author who will be
signing copies of his or her books. This year’s authors are Graham Dailey,
executive chef of Peninsula Grill, author of his new cookbook Served With Style; Holly Herrick, award
winning cookbook author with her latest French Cook series book Éclairs and Cream Puffs; Brad Taylor, author
of the latest Pike Logan thriller, Widow’s
Strike, and Bob Welsh, author of the children’s Christmas book, The Story of Everdream. The authors will sell and sign their books
and will be on hand to lend a “literary” feel to the tour.
The
homes will be open from 1-4 p.m. and may be visited in any order. A map to the homes is provided in the ticket
package.
Tickets
cost $20 payable by cash or check in advance at these locations: Island Expressions
on Daniel Island and at Zinnia in Mt. Pleasant. Tickets can also be obtained from
House Tour committee members or by check payable to Friends of the DI Library
to 121 Iron Bottom Lane, Daniel Island, SC 29492. In
addition, any remaining tickets will be available the day of the tour for $25
at the Daniel Island Library, 2301 Daniel Island Drive. All proceeds
of the Harvest Tour of Homes remain on the Island to enhance the Daniel Island
Library and its resources.
More information can be found at the tour’s website, harvesthometour.com
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