Hello again everyone!
Did March come in like a lion this year? It would not be the first time for our old place. What a busy month, too! Daylight saving time, St. Patrick's Day, first day of Spring, and Palm Sunday is in March this year, too! Since that makes Easter fall on April 1st, we're sharing a recipe to celebrate both St. Patrick's day, Passover and Easter in this newsletter. Another two-fer!
The hints of spring are reminding us that in about 6 weeks we are going to introduce our first native mason bees as part of our natural habitat goals. They will be tending to our Peace Garden in front of the Hall! We are very excited about this. These queen bees don't last very long, hopefully you'll get out to visit us in early June in time to observe our gentle fuzzy bees in action. These are not honey bees,but fill an important native ecological spot. If you have a vegetable garden or fruit trees, these are your little helpers to get those veggies and fruits going and help insure an abundant harvest. For more information on them and to learn more about mason bees, see our Face Book post about making a bee bath.
This month we are also looking forward to when we open for tours. It's important to us that when we are open that Valentown Hall is well staffed with volunteers to make visits pleasant. We have several key positions from very easy (like a gate keeper to meet and greet our guests and do a head count) and suggest donations and collect fees for a guided tour. We also need guides or docents who like to tell the Valentown story (very easy) and guide people through the building. An extra person or two is always appreciated. As we grow our visitors , we need even more friends to help. If you are available once a month, every other week or even just occasionally. it makes a big difference for us. Our visitors are always interesting. We are open from 1-4 p.m. Sundays, June through September. Please stop by any time we are open and see how it works. You can contact us at info@historicvalentownmuseum.org with any questions about helping and joining our team.
Best of Spring to everyone. I know we all can't wait.
Kathryn White, President
WEB SITE NEWS
Online purchase of Hometown Business Memberships are now up and running on the web site. Community Memberships are planned for an April/May roll out.
We will be adding an "Events" section soon. You'll be able to use this section to see what kinds of special activities and outings will be going on at Valentown.
We have some new partners working with us, and are very pleased to have them on our Partners page now.
EVENTS
The museums 2018 season opens Sunday, June 3rd. As part of the opening day we will be having an informal introduction to our new Mason Bee house. Since these bee's will be almost at the end of their life cycle by then, you may want to see them in action that day or before to say hello to our little pollinators. It's the perfect opportunity to get up close to the bees and learn more about them. Lynne Perry will be there on opening day to talk about them, answer questions, and provide informational handouts.
Later in June we will be running a fundraiser called "Riding for Siding". We're still in the planning and preparation stages, but keep your eyes open for this fun event! Details will be announced soon, but you could get a hint of what it's about by taking a peek at our Partners page on the web site.
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