The Bayfield Lions Club & Bayfield Historical Society launched the fundraising camping for the Penhale Carriage Barn Raiser.
It is a fundraiser aimed at honouring the significance of Tom Penhale’s Horse-Draw Wagons & Carriages to the village.
It is aiming to construct a reproduction of a Bayfield two-cow barn, which will serve as a permanent home for an original Penhale Landau carriage, which was constructed by the Bayfield Wagon & Carriage Works.
They were responsible for creating carriages for the Walt Disney World Company.
The campaign has received word an anonymous donor will match donations received through July 1st to a total of $15,000.
Donations are being accepted online to bayfieldcarriage.ca.
Further information on the fundraiser is available at the Village website.
https://www.villageofbayfield.com/blog
The Bayfield Lions Club are covering all of the fundraising costs to ensure every dollar donated goes toward the acquisition of the Carriage and construction of the barn.