KALONA

As part of their fundraising efforts, the Kalona Historical Society is now offering benefactors title sponsorship opportunities at the Kalona Historical Village. For a set donation, naming rights to buildings at the village will be granted in perpetuity.

Naming a building provides community members an opportunity to honor and remember individuals, couples, or families. For example, the visitors center could be renamed the Cheryl Allen Visitors Center with a $200,000 donation. Should that amount be outside one’s means, the Streetscape Pavilion could bear one’s name for $100,000, or the Loom House could be had for $25,000.

Opportunities for naming exist at lower levels as well; Grandpa House, Brick Oven, and Wash House can be named for $5,000 each.

Signs will designate the name of each building, the size of which are dependent upon the size of the building and the length of the donor’s name.

A morality clause applies to the naming rights, which requires that the naming of a building be dependent upon donors being in good standing. If at any time the donor’s good standing is no longer viable – that is, if an event occurs that would cause poor publicity for the Kalona Historical Village – the Board of Directors of the Kalona Historical Society may vote to have the donor’s name removed from the building.

The name will remain on the building in perpetuity unless the morality clause is invoked.

At the time the funds are donated to name a building, a lawyer will be contacted to write up a simple agreement between the donor and the Board of Directors of the Kalona Historical Society.

If you can see your name on a KVH building – the Miller Loom House or the Yoder Line Shaft Building, for example – contact Nancy Roth at kalonatours@gmail.com or any Kalona Historical Society board member for details.