Chapter Members Invited to make State Ornaments

The Guild is comprised of 17 chapters throughout the commonwealth stretching from Bedford county to Bucks county.  We’ll feature them periodically on our blog.

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Guild members of the Reading-Berks Chapter have been invited to each make five (5) ornaments to adorn Governor and Mrs. Edward Rendell’s Christmas Tree and Garland on the grand staircase in the Governor’s Mansion in Harrisburg. W. Eugene Burkhart, Jr. and Pat Oxenford wrote a letter to Governor Rendell in May requesting that the Reading-Berks Chapter decorate the 2009 Governor’s Christmas Tree.

By the end of June a reply was received and members have been invited to participate in this prestigious event. We hope to have a minimum of 300 ornaments and would be elated to have 400 to decorate the 18-foot tall tree. The theme of the 2009 holiday season decorations is “Believe” and each member may intrepret their ornaments accordingly.

A group of 10 members will actually visit the Governor’s mansion on December 2nd to decorate the tree. The Governor and Mrs. Rendell will host an open house from December 5th through 13th to view this year’s decorations. On  December 13th the chapter is hosting a bus trip for members to view the tree. BCTV will also accompany us on each trip to document this event which will be the feature program on the December 16th BCTV’s “Your Berks Craftsmen” hosted by Gene Burkhart. A video and DVD will also be available for purchase from BCTV.