HODAKA OWNERS and FANS ---

HELP NEEDED !!

The community of Athena, Oregon, home to the Hodaka phenomenon, is raising funds to build a new public library.

The present library is dark, cramped, archaic, uninsulated … and does not have enough space even to shelve the current collection—25% of the books are in storage and inaccessible to the patrons! The library needs additional computer work stations, more space for children’s programs including ready-to-read and summer activities, an archival standard local history room, meeting and research space and fixtures, more display areas, and a teen area.

The Athena Library Friends Association (ALFA) has already raised nearly $475,000 in assets and monies toward the $864,000 goal. Community support is very high; local contributions now stand at 26%. The preliminaries are done: feasibility study, site assessment and survey, community input on schematic design concepts, etc. A project architect is now on deck and work sessions are rolling toward completion of design and contractor-ready drawings. Ground breaking is anticipated in late spring 2007. The new building will be three times the size of current library and a real civic presence in downtown Athena.

The new library’s local history room will feature the Hodaka story …

through reference files, displays, memorabilia, photographs.

Already people are contributing items for the library’s

collection, but until we have a new building, storage is a big problem!!

PLEASE HELP us build … every dollar counts, no amount is TOO small (or TOO large!!)

Please go to ALFA WEBSITE for ONLINE DONATIONS and/or ONLINE QUILT RAFFLE. Your help is so very much appreciated.

Let’s create a place in Athena to celebrate Hodakas and preserve the story … a place townfolk and visitors can experience the Hodaka heritage … back in Athena where it all began!

MORE INFORMATION IS AT www.jhmand.com/ALFA and at www.uci.net/~athenalibrary