Private donations as well as support from the Boothbay Civic Association to date total about one third of the necessary funds for this project. The Pavilion Committee will resume fund-raising after the holiday season, and expects to get construction underway as soon as the ground at Barrett’s Park is firm enough to support heavy equipment at the site.

The center steel support for the pavilion has already been built by Mike Tomacelli at Midcoast Welding, and will soon be taken for galvanizing. The Committee wishes to thank Midcoast Welding and Mike Tomacelli for donating a significant portion of the labor and materials cost to this effort.

Meanwhile, if any member of the public wishes to donate dollars or materials to the project this year, they can do so by making out a check to the Town of Boothbay Harbor, or the Boothbay Civic Association, with "Pavilion Project" in the memo line of the check. We thank all those who have given already to this great project which will honor the memory of Charlie Begin, and provide a great amenity for all of those who use Barrett’s Park.