A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO:

• The Sheldon Family for allowing us to use the original model of Craig T. Sheldon’s pelicans;
• Mayor Tim Kant and the Fairhope City Council: Bob Gentle, Cecil Christenberry, Mike Ford, Debbie Quinn and Dan Stankoski for supporting the Art Takes Flight project;
• Jennifer Fidler and the Fairhope Department of Public Works for working with us on pelican placement;
• Dan and Carol Therrell and Blue Mullet Web Services for designing and hosting our website;
• Café Amore for giving us a wonderful place for meetings;
• Drapery Makery & Ornamental Iron Works for your invaluable help in working out design problems and placing the pelicans;
• Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce for their support;
• Fairhope Paint & Body for putting the primer coat on all of the pelicans;
• Fairhope Single Tax Colony for sponsoring five pelicans;
• PostNet for helping with the Sponsors’ Packet;
• The Mobile Regional Airport and the James P. Nix Center for providing temporary perches for Miss Fairhope and Patriotic
• Pelican and helping to promote the project;
• The Fairhope Public Library for providing a temporary inside perch for Morning Glories, and a longer stay for Wacky Waco;
• Bill Ainsworth, Jolane and Jack Edwards, Pat Haley, James and Mona Hood, and Betty Ruth Speir for your help in getting sponsors;
• Toddy Bishop for spending 18 months of his life on our pelicans;
• Pete Bremer for his invaluable assistance on the pelicans;
• Bruce Larsen, Jo Patton, and James Hood for their advice on working with fiberglass and decorating the pelicans – as well as helping other artists in the project;
• Mark Will and Jerry Friedlander for their help in getting the pelicans on their perches;
• Richard Casey for decorating the posts and placing the plaques – and for his continual support; Robin Fitzhugh and Sheri Vanche at Eastern Shore Art Center for all of the hours spent helping with this project and for taking care of mailouts, phone calls and pelicans coming in and out;
• Rebekah Phillips at Eastern Shore Art Center for designing and printing the temporary map, designing the final Pelican Path Map, and the artistic design of the website, as well as for the countless hours helping with publicity for the project;
• Nancy Raia for leading the Pelican’s Nests project;
• Squattsy Kittrell, Eileen Burke, and the volunteers at the Eastern Shore Art Center for all of their help with printings and mail-outs; and to the
• Board of the Eastern Shore Art Association for their support for COPA and Art Takes Flight.

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