Fund-Raising for Fireworks

A fund-raising effort has been set up to carry on the 35-year tradition of mid- July fireworks over Three Mile Harbor following the announcement last week by the Clamshell Foundation of East Hampton, sponsor of the Great Bonac Fireworks for the last several years, that its support of the show would be discontinued.

The show could go on, however, if $60,000 can be raised to cover its expenses within the next several weeks. As of yesterday morning, $8,106 had been pledged at a GoFundMe fund-raising page titled “The Great Bonac Fireworks Show."

Fund-raising efforts for the show had been falling short in recent years, the foundation announced recently, and its founder, Rossetti Perchik, had made up the difference. Mr. Perchik died last month, and the foundation planned to focus its efforts on raising money for its annual support of various community programs.

Fireworks by Grucci, which initiated the show originally in conjunction with the Boys Harbor camp, has been underwriting a large portion of its costs and has offered to continue to do so in honor of the late Anthony Drexel Duke, the founder of Boys Harbor, and Mr. Perchik.

The fund-raising is needed to cover costs not borne by the company, associated with the barge set up in the harbor as a launch site and other items