JOIN the GUILD HOUSE VOLUNTEERS
...as we restore a  “Bakersfield Treasure.”

The BARLOW HOUSE, a registered historical landmark at 1905 18TH Street is the home of GUILD HOUSE a NON-PROFIT Restaurant operated by an ALL-VOLUNTEER staff.

Proceeds support the Henrietta Weill Memorial Child Guidance Clinic, which works to benefit the mental health of Kern County children and families, transforming lives one child at a time.

YOUR DONATIONS CAN HELP US RESTORE AND REPAIR GUILD HOUSE ONE OF KERN COUNTY'S MOST ELEGANT HISTORIC HOMES.

Your TAX DEDUCTIBLE DOLLARS are needed now to ensure that the Guild House can continue for another hundred years to serve the children and families of Kern County. Your donations afford benefits far beyond repairing bricks and mortar; they help repair lives of young people and their families in Kern County, and we want to be able to say thank you for your contribution.

For your donation we would like to offer you

• $20,000
  A Private Dinner for 36 Your name or logo on Guild House promotional  material and website during our restoration campaign. 12 tickets to a donor's reception
  
  
• $10,000
  Dinner for 12  Your name on Guild House promotional material and website during our restoration campaign 8 tickets to a donor's reception
  
  
• $5,000
  Dinner for 8 Your name on Guild House website during our restoration campaign  6 tickets to a donor's reception
  
  
• $2,500
  Dinner for 4 Your name on Guild House website during our restoration campaign 4 tickets to a donor's reception
  
  
• $1,000
  Dinner for 2 Your name on Guild House website during our restoration campaign 2 tickets to a donor's reception
  
  
• $ 50,000
  We offer a private evening at Guild House for up to 80 people, and we will create a plaque with your name or in honor of a special  loved one, on one of our beautiful dining rooms; and your name or logo on Guild House promotional material and website during our restoration campaign

Any amount is gratefully appreciated, and all donors' names will be recorded in our Guild House Book of Honor.

ESTIMATE OF RESTORATION COSTS:

• Replace 100 year old plumbing $50,000
  
  
• Replace worn furnishings $45,000
  
  
• Replace carpeting and window coverings
  
  
• $40,000 Update electrical $30,000
  
  
• Interior paint & wall repair $30,000
  
  
• Air conditioning replacement $20,000
  
  
• Recover cost of work completed in 2006 for new roof and exterior paint $20,000
  
  
• Upgrade kitchen fixtures $15,000

THIS IS OUR GOAL! $250,000

Will YOU help us?
Let's work together to save this 100 year old downtown Historical Home!

RESTORATION BRINGS TRANSFORMATION

For further information, please contact a member of the Restoration Committee at (661)325-7629 or by e-mail at bakersfieldguild@earthlink.net

Donna Briggs, Amanda Moore Nada Byrum, Robin Starr Mary Fahsbender, Karen Sweaney Sheila Fry, Katie Valentich Bev Hayden