Valentown greetings,

For the month of July we are officially announcing our S.O.S. Campaign, Phase II titled "Save Our Siding". As many of you may remember out first campaign was to Save Our Site. And we successfully raised $50,000 thanks to the efforts of a great board and dedicated volunteers who helped make that happen to retire our debt against the property.

This time it is directly related to the building and making improvements to it. This is what we wished we could have done right from the start. But it does seem "to everything there is a season". So we are now introducing our Go Fund Me campaign to raise $25,000. This is our fund from which we will work to stabilize the outside of the building, which has stood the test of time since 1879.

The Historic Valentown Hall is the center of our site and spirit. It is our best way to reach the public with our historic message. Please take the time to review and share our Go Fund Me Campaign site. http://gofundme.com/save-our-siding-sos

*Special Offer* Don't forget, you can stop by on Sundays when we are open from 1-4 pm and make a donation to our S.O.S. Fund, and pick out one of our decorative collector plate's as a thank you! We have a huge selection of themes to choose from.

On another note, whether you give us an hour, a day or any amount of time from your busy schedule it is worth far more than you know to us. We thrive and survive because of people who like to help through volunteering. We have some very special people on our team. RC Westra has been volunteering since he was in high school! And our good friend Carl May has brought an abundance of practical know how and equipment to help us out.

Our web site gives you some ideas of ways to join in and help out, but we have interests in everything from education, ideas in food, nature, history and agriculture. Would you like to teach a special program or submit an article for Front Porch Stories on our web site? Just let us know if you are interested. Being the history of hometown business & community gives us a lot to talk about.

Kathryn White, President