Matching Grant and Other News from WCHM

CHALLENGE GRANT

I hope that by now many of you have heard the wonderful news that the Museum received a $10,000 challenge grant from an anonymous donor.  This donor wanted to challenge the museum and its supporters to raise $10,000 by October 31st.  This generous person will match every dollar we get until then, dollar for dollar, up to $10,000!  As we are right in the middle of our annual operating fund drive, I will take this opportunity to ask you to get out your check book and make a tax-deductible donation to the Wabash County Historical Museum!  Do it NOW and the impact of your gift will be doubled. 

If you plan to give later in the year, that is alright too.  Believe me, we will still have the need.  If I can answer any questions for you about ways to give, please call me at 260-563-9070.

CHILI FOR CHARITY

For the second year, the Museum will have a booth at Chili for Charity held on Saturday, October 15, at Paradise Spring, in downtown Wabash.  We are making Prairie Hen Chili, named after a famous canal boat.  Stop by the booth and see us!  And when you’ve had your fill of chili, remember the museum is just down the street.  Our Historic Harley exhibit is still going strong!  Make a day of it!

SUNDAY SPECIAL

Did you know that from now until the end of the year we are open on Sundays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.?  If you can’t get to the Museum during the week, and your Saturdays are filled with errands, laundry, and children’s sporting events, you might like to visit us on a quiet Sunday afternoon.  The best part?  If you bring a receipt, dated within the last seven days, from one of the merchants listed below, you get in at ½ price!

Participating merchants are:

    The Francis Shoppe
    Modoc’s
    Market Street Grill
    Charley Creek (including Twenty and the Inn’s shops)
    The D Shoppe
    The Crow’s Nest
    Dr. James Ford Historic Home
    Eugenia’s Restaurant

HARVEY GIRLS BRUNCH—Round Two!

(This was so popular last month, we’ve been asked to do it again!)

Have you ever seen Judy Garland in “The Harvey Girls”? The movie is based on real-life Harvey Girls, who worked in Harvey House restaurants along the railroad lines in the western US. Harvey Girls were known for their good cooking and wholesome demeanor.  Wabash County’s Linda Kuester, whose mother was a Harvey Girl, will give a presentation about her mother’s experience and the history of this slice of Americana.  Along with the presentation, you’ll be served BRUNCH by costumed Harvey Girls! The event will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 3, in the Museum’s multipurpose room. RESERVATIONS AND PREPAYMENT ARE REQUIRED, and there is a limit of 30 participants. Cost is $10 for members and $12 for non-members. CALL NOW! THIS ONE IS FILLING UP FAST!

HISTORY HUNTER EVENT, NOVEMBER 17 AT NOON

Join us at noon in the multipurpose room as Dr. James Glass, from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation, discusses the Frances Slocum Trail, which runs through Wabash County.  History Hunter events are about 40 minutes long, with a question and answer period after.  Come on your lunch hour, bring a sack lunch, and leave in time to get back to work!  Free for members or with a paid daily admission.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO REALLY PLAN AHEAD…

Family Fun Day will be held on Thursday, December 29.  Bring all the kids in your life and explore the entire museum, plus extra fun and games relating to our theme of archaeology!  From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., free from members or with a paid daily admission.