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How you can help ...


Our President, Beth Goodwin has created a list of ways you can help.
  • Host a fundraising party at your home and invite friends, neighbors, and relatives to learn about Oakland and hopefully make a contribution? Let us know and we'll help you organize it and make the presentation on Oakland.

  • Invite us to your club for a power point presentation or story-telling performance.

  • Arrange a candlelight tour of Oakland Tavern for your club or group.

  • Research on culture, families, communities, fashions, photos, media, oral histories.

  • Clerical sorting through: documents, photos, articles, letters, diaries, journals, staffing the office, setting up files.

  • Technical updating website: digitizing information already in the NCHS files at the library, creating power point programs.

  • Promotion regular newsletters, event publicity, Power Point presentations, brochure updates.

  • Programs presentations to schools, clubs and community groups On-site events.

  • Fundraising special events, solicitation letters.

  • Collections authentication, fits our purpose, legalities, paperwork.