The Bayfield Chamber has established a fund at Bremer Bank to receive donations for the victims of the storm that hit Bayfield on Sunday, July 30 during the 44th Annual Festival of the Arts. The "City of Bayfield Relief Fund" is a general fund for everyone that suffered damages including artists at the Festival of Arts, residents, area businesses and the City of Bayfield.

Please mail donations to Bayfield Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 138, Bayfield WI 54814. If you would like your donation used for a specific purpose, please note that with your donation.

We want to thank all those who helped out the artists as the storm hit and those who jumped in to save and salvage as much as they could. This is a community that has a very special bond with artists and we're going to do whatever we can to help them recover and get back into business quickly. Also, thanks to all of the volunteers who helped with the cleanup efforts in Memorial Park Tuesday following the storm.

Information for 2006 Festival of Arts exhibitors.

• Chequamegon Bay Arts Council (CBAC) has a disaster fund for artists. Please be sure to visit the CBAC website and you will find additional artist information and possible resources on their home page: www.cbayarts.org.
• Artist Relief Fund out of Duluth has a disaster fund for artists. The Artist Relief Fund provides regional artists with grant support to help them pick up the pieces from an emergency and to expedite recovery so they can continue to work. For more information or for an application please visit these links.
• Those of you without business insurance may want to contact your homeowner insurance agent to see if your personal property coverage extends to items lost or damaged. In most cases, there should be coverage of some sort.
• We as well as our colleagues continue seeking donations on behalf of our artists by contacting organizations and our 300 members of the Bayfield Chamber of Commerce on a continuous basis. These include Bayfield County Tourism, Bayfield County Tourism Association, Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce Associations, Wisconsin Convention & Visitor Bureaus Assn.
• The Craft Emergency Relief Fund cannot offer grants because they only provide funds to areas that have been declared national disasters but they have lists of companies and resources that provide discounts to crafters who have experienced losses. Their phone number is (802) 229-2306 Minnesota Crafts Council, contact Dave Glenn for state resources, (612) 333-7789
• Resources offering discounts have been communicated as follows:
  • Flourish Canopies, contact Christopher, phone 800-296-0049, fax (479) 677-3380
  • Light Dome Canopies, phone (800) 351-8889
  • Penco Supplies, contact Fred (612) 333-3330
  • Continental Clay, contact Mary, (800) 432-2529

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