2008 Woodie Awards
Booth Library christmas tree bound
Jessica Leggin/Staff Reporter
Issue date: 10/1/07 Section: News
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The Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce chose the library for this year's ornament.
Besides the honor of being plated in gold and hung in the home of Blair Lord, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Eastern, the ornaments also serve a noble function.
The ornaments are part of a fundraising program for adults and children who have disabilities.
"As a member of the EIU community, I am honored to have Booth Library included in the series of ornaments," said Diane Hoadley, dean of the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences.
The Charleston Chamber of Commerce worked with the Charleston Mint Company in North Carolina and Easter Seals of Central Illinois for the ornament program.
The idea for using ornaments for fundraising was the brainchild of Jan Kelsheimer, president of Eastern Seals of Central Illinois.
The money from sales of the ornaments will go to programs Easter Seals provides for adults and children with disabilities and their families.
The Easter Seals AgrAbility program works with farmers who have been injured and helps the farmers to modify their equipment.
Additionally, Easter Seals has a Developemental Disabilities Program, which aids people with mental and physical disabilities such as Down's Syndrome, cerebral palsy or hearing and sight disabilities.
Lori Brown, director of programs at Easter Seals, said the organization offers speech and physical therapy, tutoring and a child care center. She also said Easter Seals has a program that gives short-term medical equipment loans by providing wheel \chairs, hospital beds, walkers and other equipment for those who are in need of them.
Easter Seals has worked with the Charleston Mint Company for 17 years to produce the yearly ornaments.
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