Donate to the Mary Lou Dewey Scultpure Park
The purpose of the Friends of the Mary Lou Dewey Sculpture Park is to assist in the purchase and placement of new sculptures for the park. In addition, funds also assist in the maintenance, beautification, and activities of the Mary Lou Dewey Sculpture Park.
Donor Levels
Epic — $25,000 and above
Memoir — $10,000 to $24,999
Folio — $5,000 to $9,999
Manuscript — $2,500 to $4,999
Anthology — $1,000 to $2,499
Novella — $500 to $999
Short Story — $100 to $499
Haiku — up to $99
Donors at Memoir level and above will be recognized on a plaque adjacent to Wild Imaginings by Bart Walter. Donors at Anthology level and above will be recognized on a park wall plaque. All donors of $25 and above will be recognized on the Carroll County Public Library web site.
Wild Imaginings Sculpture Donors
We would like to thank the Carroll County Commissioners and the Maryland State Library Capital Grants program for funding the renovation of the Westminster Branch and the park in front of the library, the City of Westminster for reconstructing the crosswalk leading to the park, and the Carroll County Bureau of Facilities and the Detention Center for support during the branch renovation.
We are also grateful to the following individuals whose generous donations are allowing us to purchase sculpture for the park, making it a distinctive destination for our residents.
Other significant contributors to the sculpture project include Bart Walter, Cheryl Wheeler, the Carroll County Arts Council, Lehigh Cement, and Joseph L. Mathias Monuments.
Epic — $25,000 and over
- Sarah S. Booth and Kathryn E. Booth Corbin — In Memory: David Speicher Booth and Michael Lippincott Booth
Memoir — up to $24,999
- BB&T
- Bonnie and Dick Clendaniel
- Davis Library, Inc.
- Lynn Wheeler and Gerald Klauber
Folio — up to $9,999
- B. Jackson Finch — In Honor: Martha M. Makosky
- Students of the Ballet Slipper — In Honor: Medora Lynn; In Memory: Robert Lynn
Manuscript — up to $4,999
- The GFWC Woman's Club of Westminster
- Mary Lou Dewey Fund
- Tevis Energy/Modern Comfort
Anthology — up to $2,499
- Carroll and Sue Yingling
- Carroll County Arts Council
- Deborah A. and Thomas J. Rio
- Harvey B. and Ruth E. Bair — In Memory: Mary Lou Dewey
- Integrated Technology Group
- James R. and Elizabeth R. Myers, Jr. — In Honor: Jamie, Jackie, and Julie Myers
- Joan Develin Coley
- John B., Sharon Hafner, and Ben Yingling — In Memory: Byrd Yingling
- Law Offices of Hill & Barnes, LLC
- Liberty Systems, Inc.
- Mary Lee Yingling
- Paul Chalson — In Memory: Elizabeth Giles (Betty) Chalson, Teacher, 1st grade, 28 years, Sandymount Elementary
- Priscilla G. Teeter
- Richard J. and Karen F. Soisson
- Robert T. and Carolyn L. Scott
- Ruth C. Gray and Lloyd R. Helt
- Scott and Marcia Reinhart — In Memory: Robert C. Szymanski
- Stephanie and Sara Szymanski — In Memory: Robert C. Szymanski
- Students of East Middle School
- Thomas W. and Donna Berneski
- Westminster Facelift Fund
Novella — up to $999
- Elizabeth B. Dewey — In honor: Mary Lou Dewey
- Fred Dickinson
- Frank Baylor and Jenny Teeter
- Kathleen and Vincent Campanella
- Richard I. and Loretta F. Hill
- Texas Roadhouse of Carroll County
- The Williamson Family
- Westminster Library Staff — In Memory: Dorothy Dixon Dickinson
Short Story — up to $499
- Alexander G. and Janet Engle Ober
- Audrey and Joseph Cimino
- Adreon W. Hubbard
- Alice K. Kushner — In Memory: Frank Kushner
- Amy L. M. Meyers — In Memory: Robert C. Szymanski
- Andrew Richardson
- Barbara A. and Richard D. Lease
- Barbara Olsh
- Beverly and Richard Fash — In Honor: Anna and Danny Fash
- Brian and Lynda Lockard — In Honor: children and grandchildren
- Carl and Dolly Darigo — In Honor: Paul and Dorothy Martin
- Carroll County Genealogical Society
- Carroll County Public Library Staff
- Carroll County Retired School Personnel
- Carroll Lutheran Village Book Club
- Cathy and Ray Arnold
- Dayle F. and John Martin Jones, Jr. — In Memory: Mary Lou Dewey
- Damian L. and Leigh Swann Halstad
- Dorothy M. Stoltz
- Elizabeth F. Bibee
- Gary L. and Marion J. Kerns — In Memory: Dorothy Dixon Dickinson
- Gary S. Honeman — In Honor: Mary Honeman
- James M. Kelly
- Jan and Dave Flora
- Jim and Michelle Boesler
- Jill C. and David E. Kartalia
- Joyce E. and Harvey Muller — In Honor: 30 year anniversary at McDaniel College.
- Kathleen A. and Richard J. Keen
- Keir R.D. and Lyn A. Knight
- Ken and Barbara Beverungen — In Memory: Mary Lou Dewey
- Lauren Keppel – In Honor: CCPL Outreach Department
- Lois Leasure — In Honor: William Hiatt; In Memory — Mary Lou Dewey
- Library Link Service to Seniors Office Volunteers
- Lynette and Ronald Brewer
- Main Street Advisors, LLC
- Mary Ann Ashcraft — In Honor: Martha M. Makosky
- Nancy J. Lynch
- Marjorie and Jeffrey Kimble
- Montagu Hankin, Jr. — In Memory of Marcia G. Hankin
- Park and Marjorie Espenschade — In Memory: Godfrey Biehl, Fellow Artist and Grandfather
- Patricia Keener
- Rev. and Mrs. Gerald D. Fuss
- Rosemary M. and James M. Roenick — In Memory: Wanda Torrieri Cook and John Torrieri
- Roxanne Fleming
- Risk Management Consultants, LLC
- Ruth J. Wheeler — In honor: Lynn Wheeler
- Stephanie and Robert C. Szymanski — In Honor: Westminster Library Staff
- Thomas and Donna Berneski – In Memory of Gloria R. Soto
- Todd Herring
- William G. Wilson — In Memory: Mary Lou Dewey
- William R. Perry
Haiku — $25 to $99
- Alan Bogage
- Andrew Stewart
- Anne-Therese Hov
- Arlene F. Klair
- Barbara Gilliss
- Barbara Olsh — In Memory: Mary Louise Lindsay Olsh
- Barbara A. Smith
- Carolyn Ratliff
- Carole Roberts
- Charles A. Berry
- Chris Swam
- Cindy Parr
- Dale and Linda Brown
- Edward Miller
- Erin Ostendorf-Snell — In Honor: CCPL Outreach Services
- Frank J. and Dolores Batavick
- Jane Eickhoff
- Jay and Ariel Harper Nave
- Jeff and Lisa Degitz
- Joe Salem
- John and Marian Witiak
- Kathryn L. Green
- Kenneth Holniker
- Lane B. and Helen Dorsey Lee — In Honor: Honey Dorsey
- Lee James
- Lisa M. Hughes
- Lucille C. Kerns
- Lynne Dalrymple
- Nadine and Henry Rosendale, Jr. — In Memory: Robert C. Szymanski
- Nettie B. Taylor
- Marilynn M. Thorpe
- Marjorie R. Kimble — In Memory: Mary Lou Dewey
- Margaret Krey
- Owen Warfield
- Pam Zappardino and Charles Collyer
- Patty Sundberg
- Paul F. Vietz, MD
- Peggy Pond
- Rebecca and Joseph Maurio
- Richard Haddad
- Richard V. Boswell
- Robert J. and Ruthanne M. Lillis — In Memory: Mary Lou Dewey
- Steve Horn
- Stephen A. and Donna R. Eckard
- Susan Thornton
- Ted and Joann Zaleski
- The Woman's Club of Westminster, Inc.
- Thomas Zane
- Todd Combs
- Wayne and Sue Cavey
- William G. Jones, CPA
- Worth F. Kerr, Jr
How to Donate
The Friends of the Mary Lou Dewey Sculpture Park is a Fund of the Community Foundation of Carroll County, Inc. Your donation is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. The Community Foundation of Carroll County, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
Currently, gifts of $500 or more to the Mary Lou Dewey Park Fund are eligible for a Community Investment Tax Credit. Businesses and individuals that donate to this fund can earn tax credits equal to 50% of the value of the donation. This program is sponsored by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD), Division of Neighborhood Revitalization. The City of Westminster is an eligible site for this program.
To take advantage of the Community Investment Tax Credit, your donation to the Mary Lou Dewey Sculpture Park should be made payable to the Community Foundation of Carroll County, Inc. For more information contact Tony Eckard, Finance Manager for CCPL at 443.293.3129 or by Email.
Donations may be undesignated or designated for the purchase of new sculpture, maintenance and beautification of the park, or the endowment. Donations are also accepted at any Carroll County Public Library branch.
Community Foundation - Friends of the Mary Lou Dewey Sculpture Park
For other donations to library activities, contact Tony Eckard at 443.293.3129 or by Email.