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		<title>Chimes Tower to celebrate centennial</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Chimes Tower Foundation recently announced the centennial celebration of Avalon’s beloved Chimes Tower in 2025. The centennial will be commemorated with ongoing restoration efforts honoring a century of chimes ringing across Avalon. “The Chimes Tower is an enduring symbol of Avalon’s cultural heritage,” said Alison Wrigley Rusack, Co-Founder and Board Chair of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chimes Tower Foundation gets Bats in the Belfry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2022 19:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Chimes Tower Foundation will present its 2nd annual Bats in the Belfry fundraiser the evening of October 29, 2022, at the historic Avalon Theatre, located in the Catalina Casino.  The event will begin at 6:30pm PDT with a cocktail party featuring complimentary hors d’oeuvres, a haunted house and spirits for purchase including the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Offield Family Foundation awards grant to Chimes Tower Foundation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2022 17:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Offield Family Foundation recently gave the Catalina Chimes Tower Foundation a grant of $100,000 in support of the continued restoration of the Chimes Tower. “We are so grateful to Calen Offield and the Offield Family Foundation for supporting conservation and restoration efforts throughout the world,” said Alison Wrigley Rusack, Catalina Chimes Tower Foundation Chair. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Carol of the Bells gala raises more than $95K</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 19:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Chimes Tower Foundation hosted Carol of the Bells, a virtual shopping gala and celebration of the Chimes Tower, on Dec. 13 which raised over $95,000 through generous donations and a silent auction. While shopping, viewers also enjoyed a lively visual history of the Chimes Tower, including the significance of bell towers on Catalina [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Join Carol of the Bells this weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Virtual fundraiser for chimes set for Sunday, Dec. 13 The Catalina Chimes Tower Foundation is hosting Carol of the Bells, a virtual shopping gala and celebration of the Chimes Tower, this Sunday, Dec. 13, from 5 to 6 p.m. at https://one.bidpal.net/carolofthebells. Carol of the Bells will feature tales of the chimes throughout the years, a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chimes Tower Foundation seeks holiday donations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Chimes Tower Foundation would like to thank everyone who has contributed so generously to the ongoing restoration of this unique and wonderful jewel. In 2017, significant progress was made on Phase One, including conducting a thorough cleanup of the area and having an engineer determine that the foundation of the structure was sound. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>BELLissimo! fundraiser event is a ringing success</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jul 2017 17:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Catalina Chimes Tower Foundation held its “BELLissimo!” fundraiser on Saturday, July 15, during which it formally announced the plans and fundraising goal for the restoration of the tower and its chimes. The event was held at Castillo del Mar, the beautiful home of Blanny Avalon Hagenah, drawing more than 70 community members and island [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bringing sparkle back to the Chimes Tower</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gina Long]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2016 20:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[During the morning hours of Oct. 29th the Avalon Rotary and Lions clubs, along with several members of the Catalina Chimes Tower Foundation board, joined forces to remove dead vegetation and trash around the Chimes Tower site. In all, 18 volunteers, outfitted with work gloves, eye protection, rakes, shovels and, most importantly, a “let’s get [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chimes Tower group begins fundraising efforts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2016 23:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fundraising is in progress to restore one of the most iconic and beloved buildings in Avalon, The Chimes Tower. Completed in 1925 by Ada and William Wrigley Jr., the Chimes Tower was their gift to the citizens of Avalon. Mr. Wrigley commissioned a special set of melodic Westminster Chimes from Deagan and Co. of Chicago [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ring them bells: Chimes Tower is declared sound; now being restored</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gina Long]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2016 23:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Structural engineer Tim Canby recently examined Avalon&#8217;s iconic Chimes Tower, and declared it to be solidly in place and structurally sound. The newly-formed board of the Catalina Chimes Tower Foundation had feared the worst for this 1925 city treasure. They, like so many who pass by the chimes, could only see decaying wood, cracking plaster [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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