Project Legacy Update
September 2010
Every day there is more and more progress on Project Legacy. The contractors have started enclosing the building. They are putting on the tar paper with wire mesh and then will start applying the three layers of stucco. They will then put insulation on the inside walls and then install the inside drywall. It will take about four weeks for this process. We will be putting stucco on both buildings, as well as Jerusalem stone on the front pillars of both so the buildings will match. Tune in on live-feed at our Temple website to keep track of progress in case you don’t make it to TBT for anything special.
We have started working on plans for the “Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony” on October 24 (Mark your calendar!). The Event Planning Committee has met to start the ball rolling for the event. Invitation postcards have been ordered and should go out shortly. We are also in the planning stages for a “walk-thru” weekend during the weekend of September 24-26 scheduling personal tours as a way to honor and thank major supporters of the Project. The patio will be the last thing to be poured and will not be started until all of the other outside work is completed. It will not be completed for the tours or Sukkot, but hopefully will be completed by the Dedication. There is no guarantee as to when the City will give us final approval for occupancy.
Miriam Van Raalte and Joyce Severson are continuing to work on the correct names for the Honor Walls , the rooms and other specified areas of dedications. They will be calling everyone who has made a pledge of $5,000 or more. Please feel free to call Miriam at the Temple office if you have not yet been called.
We thank all of you who are rising to the challenge of helping us complete the Project and have increased your pledges to higher levels on the lobby Recognition Wall. There is still time for those of you who have not reached the level of at least $1,000 to be included on the “Friends of Haim and Elaine Wall” or over $5,000 to be included on the main lobby “Recognition Wall.” One method would be to increase your monthly payments for an additional year. We would like to see every curren memb er of Temple Beth Tikvah have their name listed along with ours so future generations will know you were here and part of this very important project for our North Orange County Jewish Community.
by Henry Cohen, Lila Pesner, & Joe Bloomfield
