Okay the title may be misleading because I believe your window of opportunity is very limited for entering to win a free investigation at the Haunted Haldeman Mansion. Like, if you don’t read this post the same day, you may not be able to still enter.
However, you still can do some good.
What on earth am I rambling on about?
I have once again neglected my emails. One came in a few days ago from Lora Shirey, the Paranormal Director at the historic Haldeman Mansion. Here’s what it said:
Hello from the Haldeman Mansion Preservation Society. We thank you so much for your interest and support in the mansion and the paranormal history, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW. In doing so, you can win a free investigation in return. As you know we do not receive any state or federal funding, so we depend on volunteers and fund-raising events to help restore the mansion. You can be part of our team by donating to save a piece of history.
Every year Lancaster, PA holds an Extra Give which is a campaign to help nonprofit organizations raise money. So, one day a year they hold The Extraordinary Give which allows people to donate a tax-free donation to the organization of their choice. By doing so your donation can be chosen to have an additional $750 added.
You can donate to the Haldeman Mansion and help us raise money to restore the historic federal staircase and foyer. When you make your donation just send me an email and you will get entered to win a free investigation.
Friday, November 16, 2018 between 12:00am and 11:59:59pm. Visit our website to make your online donation at https://www.extragive.org/
organizations/haldeman- mansion-preservation-society. If you can’t donate on Friday, don’t worry, you can still donate by going to our home page on our HAUNTEDHALDEMANMANSION website and just clicking the donate button. You can also become a member of Haldeman Mansion Preservation Society. Thank you so much for your continued support.
Now does it all make more sense?
Anyway, I hope this reaches your eyeballs in time. If you’re interested in winning a free investigation, that is.
If not, perhaps the spirit of the season has already touched you and you’d like to donate. Because as Lora wrote in another email reminding people about today (which is actually the first one I saw –today– and decided to hurry up and write this post):
The paranormal community is a family so let’s show everyone how strong we are.
Let’s also give the grouchy man something to be happy about. If we rebuild the foyer maybe he won’t tell us to “get out” all the time.
Courtney Mroch is a globe-trotting restless spirit who’s both possessed by wanderlust and the spirit of adventure, and obsessed with true crime, horror, the paranormal, and weird days. Perhaps it has something to do with her genes? She is related to occult royalty, after all. Marie Laveau, the famous Voodoo practitioner of New Orleans, is one of her ancestors. (Yes, really! As explained here.) That could also explain her infatuation with skeletons.
Speaking of mystical, to learn how Courtney channeled her battle with cancer to conjure up this site, check out HJ’s Origin Story.