The March meeting of the Clifton Forge Woman’s Club was held on March 7, 2022 at the Woman’s Club House.
Speakers included Susan Goings, chairperson of the Development Committee of The Historic Masonic Theatre and Martha Edwards, chairperson of the Clifton Forge LOVE Sculpture Committee.
Ms. Goings spoke about the fundraising campaign called “Memories in Time” that is currently happening at The Historic Masonic Theatre. The Theatre was presented with a new cornerstone upon the renovated Theatre’s reopening in 2016 by Masonic Lodge 166. The cornerstone was complete with a Time Capsule. For a $100 donation an individual or organization may digitally preserve an item or memory in the new Time Capsule which will be placed in the 2016 cornerstone. Plans are for the cornerstone to be installed next to the original 1905 cornerstone, the year that The Historic Masonic Theatre was built.
Ms. Edwards spoke about plans for the Clifton Forge LOVE sculpture that will be installed at the Masonic Amphitheatre Park in June 2022. A LOVE sculpture committee has been hard at work designing the sculpture, sourcing materials to build the sculpture, creating content for the LOVE sculpture website and Facebook page and raising money to begin the construction of the Sculpture with the installation planned for June 2022. Over 275 LOVEworks exist in the state of Virginia. They are a tourist attraction with people traveling to visit and take photos of themselves at the LOVEworks. The Clifton Forge LOVE sculpture is unique with QR codes which will be soldered on each letter of the sign that will direct visitors to restaurants, parks and trails, the arts organizations in town, and C&O Railway Heritage Center.
Before Ms. Edwards spoke, she asked for a moment of silence to remember the people in Ukraine. Club members later voted to donate funds to the World Central Kitchen and Samaritans Purse organization to help the Ukraine population.
The Club also voted to retain this year’s club officers for the 2022/2023 year. The next meeting is Monday, April 4 with speaker, Chuck Unroe, Clifton Forge Town Manager.