Fundraising
Our extensive experience with commissions by nonprofit organizations has helped us to develop strategies for making our artwork more affordable and your labyrinth more of an integral part of the community. We have found that labyrinth fundraising campaigns offer ways for people to make a positive, lasting mark by contributing to a collaborative project that will add timeless beauty and pleasure to their community. Engraved bricks are a perfect way for people to honor family members, friends, businesses, and organizations. Children particularly enjoy creating their own steppingstones. Other successful fundraising ideas include:
- main entry columns
- retaining walls, meditation benches
- garden plantings, and time capsules
We also offer an on-
The Millennium Wall encircles the back-
“Create Your Own” Steppingstones were crafted by the members of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church as part of the Millennium Meditation Garden and Labyrinth fundraising campaign. Using the studio of a local ceramic artist, parishioners fashioned their unique steppingstones with personal symbols, which now enhance the labyrinth with a mosaic effect. “Create Your Own” Stepping-
Pictured here is one of the main entry columns from the Millennium Meditation Garden and Labyrinth at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Naperville, IL. Contained within one are scrolls listing the names of those who made large contributions to the project’s fundraising campaign; secured within the other column is a time capsule containing mementos deposited by parishioners to mark the transition into the new millennium.
The meditation benches, combined with the surrounding gardens, create an embracing sense of safety, privacy, and enclosure for those walking the labyrinth, as well as a convenient place for rest and reflection. For non-
We specialize in designing and building an array of fixtures for your labyrinth and/or meditation garden. We are also happy to work with your designs. Please contact us at info@labyrinthsinstone.com for further information.
Labyrinths in Stone Finance Requirements
The labyrinths we design and create are commissioned works of art. A labyrinth commission is a function of a number of factors, including not only the cost of materials, installation, and artists fees but also the cost of transportation, meals, accommodations, and salaries for the installation crew. Also, there is the matter of out-
Therefore, we require a down payment of 50 percent of the total commission with a signed contract; additional 25 percent when Marty, crew and hand-