Willard Memorial Chapel

Next Friday on June 18th 4-7 PM, the Artistic Impressions Boutique located at Willard Chapel is throwing a Fairyland Fete!! Bring the whole family for some magical fun! Everyone is welcome to make their own DIY fairy peg dolls. We hope to see you there!

Only a couple of days to order your Mooney’s BBQ dinner in support of the Community Preservation Committee’s care of Willard Chapel! The event is this Wednesday from 3 to 5 PM. Call or text your orders to Ryan Moon at 315-246-1407! We appreciate your support!!

Don’t forget next Wednesday Mooney’s BBQ will be serving dinners at Willard Chapel from 3 to 5 PM. Support the Interior Restoration of the chapel by ordering yours today! Just text or call Ryan Moon at 315-246-1407!

On Wednesday May 26th from 3 to 5 PM, Mooney’s BBQ will be serving a variety of fresh dinners from pulled pork, chicken and/or ribs at Willard Chapel. Half the proceeds benefit the interior restoration of the chapel! Call or text Ryan Moon your orders!

Thank you to all who renewed their Community Preservation Committee Memberships this year! Your donations equated to over 1000 tickets for our Membership Renewal Raffle! The winners are: Linda Guinn - Tiffany & Co. Glass Apple Paperweight Raffle Basket Thomas & Cecelia Gill - Steuben Tri Footed Glass Bowl Raffle Basket... Anne Carnicelli - Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Tray We would also like to thank all of the Chefs that donated in lieu of their food for this year’s cancelled Chefs' Night, and Art Price, Chairman of the Community Preservation Committee, for donating the items.

The Board of Directors of the Community Preservation Committee would like to thank everyone for the generous donations made in honor of Nancy Hussey. Nancy had been a part of the Community Preservation Committee since its inception. She served on the board at various capacities, most recently as Secretary. Nancy touched the lives of everyone she met and will be greatly missed. As some may know, Nancy loved nature and being outdoors. As a way to remember her, all donations ...will help fund the beautification of the chapel grounds as well as maintaining the chapel interior. Your thoughtfulness and generosity are much appreciated by the Hussey family and the Community Preservation Committee. https://www.legacy.com//auburn/name/nancy-hussey-obituary

Mooney’s BBQ is back at Willard Chapel!! Wednesday September 23, from 11-1, Mooney’s BBQ will be serving up dinners at Willard Chapel, 17 Nelson St. to benefit the SCAT VAN!!! To pre-order your meal please call or text Ryan at 315-246-1407!

The Willard Memorial Chapel will be reopening September 18th to the public for Friday and Sunday tours. Make your reservation at https://buff.ly/3c8mGsv and explore the only complete and unaltered Tiffany chapel known to exist in the world. #willardchapel #auburnny

The Community Preservation Committee is excited to announce, that we are reopening on a limited basis beginning this Friday, Sept. 18th! In addition to these new measures, we’ve instituted enhanced cleaning schedules and standards, reduced the Chapel's visitor capacity to 20 people per tour, and created a low- and no-touch visitor experience throughout the building. The Covid 19 virus created the perfect storm of revenue loss for Willard Chapel with the loss of three rental... tenants, wedding, bus tour and event cancellations. Thanks go out to so many who helped us through this period - Dave Ross of Ross Landscape for maintaining our memorial gardens, our Board of Directors for their help and guidance and Ann Padlick, Pat Messina, Joann Covich and Miki Dorsey for cleaning the chapel, community room and vacant offices. While we haven’t been open we have been preserving the Chapel. The final phases of our $335,000 EPF grant are nearly completion with the installation of the ice melt system on the Welch Building. The total restoration of the wood window surfaces and the extensive roof and gutter repair on the Welch Building is complete as well as the masonry study done on a portion of the chapel. We are putting together the BID specs for the $550,000 DRI grant which includes interior restoration of the finished surfaces in the Chapel, cleaning of the Tiffany Chandeliers as well as exterior landscaping work to further implement the Master Plan for the Chapel Grounds.