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Cold Spring Village Homes are Needed for Candlelight Tour
$750 cash prize awarded to Best House on 6th Annual Cold Spring by CandlelightTour
Cold Spring by Candlelight, the annual fundraiser and holiday event in the Village of Cold Spring, is set for Saturday, December 6, 2008 and houses are needed to complete this year's event.
"Cold Spring by Candlelight" is a holiday house tour and shopping event that takes place throughout the Village, creating an annual destination and promotion event for Village shop and restaurant owners and raising needed funds for Partners with PARC's, which supports programs and services for developmentally disabled children and adults throughout Putnam County.
"Cold Spring by Candlelight" is a day and evening event featuring tours of unique and historic houses and buildings in the Village of Cold Spring. Cold Spring's stores and shops will be open late for holiday shopping and the village restaurants will be offering specials to event attendees. Expect carolers, town criers and visits from Old St. Nick. Holiday storytelling and holiday music concerts will also be a part of this year's event. The 2007 event sold out, with more than 500 people taking in the sites and sounds of the Village of Cold Spring.
"Helping to raise money for others was a great way to start off the holiday season," says Cathryn Fadde, who has opened her home on High Street for the tour in recent years. "I do it every two years and feel like I had a better Christmas the times I've opened my home to benefit Partners with PARC."
Event planners currently have several houses and historic buildings signed on to be a part of this year's event. More houses, however, are needed to complete the tour roster. Specifications for the houses are as follows:
1. Be located in the Village of Cold Spring or in close-by Nelsonville. Houses can be historic or unique and offer tour goers beautiful architecture, creative renovations, attractive décor, etc.
2. Houses need to be open and available to receive event attendees from noon to 6pm on Saturday, December 6, 2008
3. Houses need only have the first floor rooms available for tours, but homeowners are welcome to have visitors tour their entire homes.
4. Houses need to be decorated for the holidays, in keeping with the holiday spirit and traditions that have made Cold Spring a historic destination for decades.
"House tours have long been successful fundraisers and promotion events for small towns and large cities around the country," says Rand Bridget Otten, director of development for Partners with PARC and creator of this annual event. "Now, it's Cold Spring's turn - a chance to showcase and spotlight this wonderful village for visitors."
PARC volunteers will be on hand for the entire tour to assist homeowners and assist event attendees. And as an added incentive to the homeowners on this year's tour, the winner of the best house on the tour, as voted by the event attendees, will receive a cash prize of $750, to use for holiday shopping.
For more information or to receive a copy of the House Tour Package for the Cold Spring by Candlelight event, contact Rand Bridget Otten by calling 845- 278-PARC, ext. 287 or by emailing rand_otten@PutnamARC.org.
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