You know and appreciate what the Moose Exchange does, and together there is much more that we can do. You can help through our special campaign, “Give 10, Tell Ten”. We need each one of you to give $10 and then tell ten other people about the Exchange and our campaign. On our website, www.MooseExchange.org, the PayPal button lets you donate directly. Think of what a few 10s and then 100s and then 1000s of people can do! THANKS.

Since we opened our doors in February 2010 (less than 2 years ago), we have hosted 90 public events and 50 private ones in our Art Deco Grille Room, the expansive ballroom, and the retro 6-lane bowling alley – concerts, readings, plays, art exhibitions, fundraisers, cooking classes, art classes, the weekly Community Market, and of course 10-pin bowling parties. We have leased spaces to 15 artists, working in painting, sculpture, fabric, ceramics, photography, calligraphy, book binding, and figure drawing and to 6 small businesses including a picture framer, a baker, and a custom-hat-maker, as well as dealers in alpaca wool, vinyl LPs, and comic books, and 1 arts education non-profit. Along the 33 steps between the first and second floors, we opened the Stairwell Gallery and have hosted 5 exhibits since the spring. We have updated and certified the commercial-grade kitchen and installed energy-efficient heating and air conditioning. In the future: a renovated neon sign outside, and upgraded rest rooms, perhaps a clay studio . . . and you’ll help us get there!