Unique sculpture raised funds for The Lighthouse
(Talk of the Town photo provided) Tyler Linder of Larwill, above, places a donation inside an ice sculpture of a lighthouse. Donations collected inside the sculpture were donated to The Lighthouse, Whitley County's only homeless shelter.
By Jennifer Zartman Romano
Visitors to the Fire & Ice Festival over the weekend may have spotted one sculpture that stood out from the rest -- it was a little "greener" than the others.
Ice carver Greg Mapps, of Gordon's Food Service, created and donated a sculpture in support of Interfaith Mission's The Lighthouse. Mapps carved a lighthouse out of ice with small openings around the sides where people could pitch their pennies or dollars in support of the county's only homeless shelter.
Over the course of the weekend, the ice lighthouse was filled with generous donations from festivalgoers. The donations have since been turned over to The Lighthouse.