How you can help Oakland

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.