Ridgewood Art Institute sharing sale proceeds with neighbors in need
SUNDAY DECEMBER 2, 2012, 7:31 PM
BY LINDA MOSS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD — Deborah Hammond usually patronizes the Ridgewood Art Institute’s Annual Holiday Art Show and Sale. And by purchasing two small paintings Sunday, the village resident was doing good for two non-profits this year, the institute as well as the local Community Meals Inc. program.
For the first time ever, part of the proceeds of the art sale, which began Nov. 18 and ends Dec. 19, are going to Community Meals, a non-profit that supplies food to clients in Ridgewood, Allendale, Glen Rock, Ho-Ho-Kus, Midland Park, Waldwick and Saddle River. The institute gets a 20 percent commission on the sale of any painting, which it is splitting with Community Meals, Art Institute President Robert Lampert said.