Letter to the editor: WindowDressers thanks community volunteers, supporters

Fri, 02/27/2015 - 5:00pm

The members of WindowDressers would like to express our greatest thanks to our community volunteers and supporters. WindowDressers wrapped up its 2014 season with an impressive achievement thanks to a great and dedicated crew of volunteer staff. Volunteers built 3,425 insulating window inserts that have been installed in about 250 residences, and in several churches and businesses. Hundreds of volunteers from Searsport to Portland donated thousands of hours to help their neighbors stay warm, save heating fuel dollars and reduce their carbon footprint.

The WindowDressers Board of Directors extends a heartfelt thank you for a job well done with enthusiasm and an extraordinary level of community spirit. You have demonstrated the power of teamwork and a get-it-done attitude that has strengthened every community participating in the WindowDressers Community Builds, the week-long construction events that are the backbone of the WindowDressers program. Your effort is the key that provides a low-cost way to weatherize windows without replacing them or using conventional one-time use stick-on window film.

Thanks also go to the generous businesses and donors that contributed support measured not in hours, but in supplies and financial contributions. Taken together with the volunteer force, you have helped build the largest provider of inserts in Maine. The inserts receive rave reviews from customers, and new requests for window inserts continue to increase. This coming fall, WindowDressers is adding Community Builds in Waterville, Blue Hill and Mount Desert Island, while renewing its efforts in the communities it is already serving in Portland, Peaks Island, Brunswick, Belfast, Searsport and Knox County.

Our goal is to make 5,000 inserts in 2015. With your continued support, we can all make that happen.

Thank you all.

Richard Cadwgan is president of The WindowDressers Inc., headquartered in Rockport