Benefactors

    • Robert Croswell, Perry Dobson, & Brian Beecher for the magnificent resurrection of the Trappe school clock , made IBM’s predecessor, that kept the time & controlled the bells. We are also grateful to the Trappe School Alumni for giving us the clock.
    • Sonny Diefenderfer – removed large, threatening tree limbs & a tree that came down.
    • Danny Diefenderfer – providing truck & trailer for float & driving in Nace’s Day parades as well as numerous gifts.
    • Ben Diefenderfer for providing dirt to fill dangerous ruts in the lawn.
    • Ron Coyne for moving that dirt to where it needed to be to do its job.
    • Lou Diefenderfer for explain silent auctions so we could raise some more money.
    • Kimberly Hardesty for selling our merchandise at Salon Inspire & Silent Auction donation
    • Karen Millison for combining many mailing lists into one and making it workable
    • The Myers Family – Ken, Elizabeth, Albert, & Laura for help with Friends & Visitors Day, Nace’s Day, & showing up for desperate last minute calls.
    • Bill Lampman – duplicating a broken part on Mystery Machine/bottle corker
    • Michael Siachos – replacing the Scale House door.
    • David Chase & Tywanda Griffin for channeling Nace & Caroline Hopkins at Friends & Visitors Day
    • Colin Vissering provides important grant writing assistance and is instrumental on our behalf in Mid-Shore Community Foundation Annual Day of Giving
    • Willow Works/Alan Willoughby reestablished our website and is excellent at maintaining it –  and thanks to Robert Croswell for all the work on the original.
    • Ian Abrego, Jo Anne & Carson Andrew, Sharon Daffin, Nancy Dunn, Robert Croswell, Chris Eareckson, Margaret English, Drake Ferguson, Yvonne Freeman, Cathy Mearman, Bo Nelson, Joshua Schmidt, Amy Teets, Mike Teets, for help with Friends & Visitors Day
    • Jo Anne & Carson Andrew, Nancy Dunn, Chris Eareckson, Kathi Kemp, Leona Schmidt, for help with Flower Sale
    • Jenny O’Neill and her children for help with our Christmas event.
    • Bee Palmer – help at Delmarva Chicken Festival
    • DeeDee Wood  for wonderful article on our museum & our restored clock in July 2024 Shore Home and Garden Magazine
    • Linda Elben-Adams for her marvelous work reviving our FB page and Silent Auction Donation
    • So many kind people who have shared photos, articles, memories, comments, and updates – especially Honey Towsend, Rem Simpson, Michael Henry, John Dodson, S. Michael Mielke, Wanda Morton, and so very many more.
    • Town of Trappe for their support and a KO grant to make some repairs
    • Mike Detmer for a wonderful article about our reboot meeting for the Star Democrat – and our Mystery Machine.
    • George Dappert on Habitat for Humanity’s board arranged for John Piposzar, Critical Home Repair Manager, and Wayne Suggs, Construction Director, to inspect the property and make recommendations as to what our buildings need. This has been a great help
    • Carson and Jo Anne Andrew let us meet at their home in Trappe until Defender House was again suitable plus so many tasks and donations. Carson keeps an eye on our buildings and issues and they seem to always show up just when we need help.
    • Erin Fluharty Lewis donated Silent Auction items and supervises Chesapeake Center does LOTS of clean-up shrubbery, downed limbs, and such last summer and fall – and continue to check for downed limbs and such.
    • Brian Schmidt/Garden & Garnish providing tables, chairs, silent auction donations, and FOOD as well as monitoring our cameras.
    • Talbot Historical Society, Cathy Hill, Peggy Morey, Patty Rockwell, and Kayla Weber have been encouraging and educating
    • Cassandra Vanhooser of Talbot Tourism and Gail Owens of Stories of the Chesapeake have been helpful and encouraging and worked with the Town of Trappe to become part of the Stories of the Chesapeake area so we, and others, will be eligible for certain grants
    • Mid-Shore Community Foundation has been an important resource
    • The Oxford Museum – Julie Wells and Stuart Parnes with instruction and encouragement
    • Old Wye Mill Museum – Hal Van Aller has been encouraging and helpful with information
    • Ryan Perez with work done in excess of his quote and staying within our budget
    • Pops Market helped with a mulch delivery – it does make a big difference!
    • Balls Greenhouse was very helpful with plants for our fundraising plant sales
    • P. E. Moore, Brad Moore for work done way beyond expectations and silent auction donation
    • Amy Stewart and her wonderful article for June 2023 Attraction Magazine
    • Dairy Queen in Easton – for donating prizes.
    • Shirley Adams an afghan for Fundraising
    • Victoria Gomez Lozano for her services translating documents to Spanish
    • Bo Nelson shows up and helps with whatever whenever we call
    • Chad Lewis for electrical work and checking to make sure all is safe.
    • Mullins and Sons – silent auction donation
    • Momma Maria’s and Dorian Mitchell – silent auction donations
    • Chris Eareckson – silent auction donations
    • Leona Schmidt – silent auction donations
    • Shirley Windsor – silent auction donation
    • Tim Goertemiller – repairing Scale House Door
    • Jim Dawson – so much expertise as well as the Char-Wil Cannery Sign
    • Laura Miller and WBOC – wonderful press coverage
    • Niambi Davis and Chesapeake Bay Magazine – press coverage
    • Matt Spence & WCEI – air time and recording PSAs
    • Terry Adams for winterizing Defender House 2022 and misc. other very helpful things
    • Makayla Lizzy, Michelle Faulkner, & Mike Elzey for music.
    • Bart Ferguson for excellent restoration of cast iron.

We have tried to be inclusive. Please let us know of any errors.