HIP! HIP! HOORAY - IT’S A NEW YEAR!
The St. Tammany Library Foundation is delighted to announce that the first order for the engraved bricks of the Walker Percy has been placed!
On Monday the Director of the St. Tammany Parish Library, Donald Westmoreland, and the President of the Foundation traveled to St. Rose, Louisiana to place our order for 86 engraved bricks and for six large stone markers featuring the names of Percy’s six award winning novels. We are so proud that we could begin 2015 with the first major achievement of our nascent foundation - a gift to the parish Library and a gift to the entire St. Tammany community.
We are so thankful to our donors! They hail from several states and include members of the Percy family, religious centers, literary clubs, a variety of organizations, university faculties, area hospitals, avid readers, grateful writers, artists, students, friends, and residents from every part of St. Tammany Parish.
We are planning a celebration after the engraved bricks are placed in the patio. Within six weeks we expect the first order will be installed. All donors will be honored at a special reception the Friday night prior to a Saturday celebration open to Foundation members and the larger community.
The second campaign for an additional order will begin shortly afterwards. We feel assured that once the community sees the progress on the Serenity Circle and the celebration that follows, the second order will prompt many to play a part in the project.
We would love to have two of the benches installed at the same time. We need one more sponsor so that the two major benches will balance each other.
The benches will add to the Serenity Circles’s artistic and arresting beauty. And one of the benches will feature the statue of Walker we are working to completely fund. If you are interested in sponsoring the last bench within the circle, contact us right away! If you are moved to make a contribution – no matter how small – to help us finalize the statue by award-winning sculptor – Bill Binnings – also let us know.
The names of our sponsors and whom they memorialize are now a part of the history of St. Tammany Parish. Walker Percy was not only considered one of the greatest American authors of the latter half of the last century – but also a mentor to others, a gifted teacher, a community supporter, and a man of faith and vision.
The benches will add to the Serenity Circles’s artistic and arresting beauty. And one of the benches will feature the statue of Walker we are working to completely fund. If you are interested in sponsoring the last bench within the circle, contact us right away! If you are moved to make a contribution – no matter how small – to help us finalize the statue by award-winning sculptor – Bill Binnings – also let us know.
The names of our sponsors and whom they memorialize are now a part of the history of St. Tammany Parish. Walker Percy was not only considered one of the greatest American authors of the latter half of the last century – but also a mentor to others, a gifted teacher, a community supporter, and a man of faith and vision.