Help Make CHHS Better
As a community organization, we greatly value the input of both our members and non-members. We ask that you please take three minutes and help the Clarendon Hills Historical Society better itself by following the link below to a 6-question survey we have created.
Thank you for helping us grow, and improve, the CHHS.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WVKMXHC
Here’s to the New Year!
As the year winds down we at the Clarendon Hills Historical Society want to wish you a happy and prosperous New Year. The past year has been a busy one for us– we have finally moved our inventory out of the storage facilities we rented and into Heritage Hall to begin our inventory process. Our office equipment and furniture has been purchased and other pieces donated generously by District 181. Carpet Showcase was kind enough to donate a large area rug for our office to keep the toes of our volunteers toasty and warm over the winter as they work to catalog digitally all of our artifacts and files. We have purchased a laptop, printer/scanner, and camera and we are beginning the task of archiving our collection so that we may properly preserve it for easy access to our historical records, and artifacts.
We have continued to make improvements to the space to make it more usable and secure. Since last year, we have been working on updating ways in which we communicate with our members and the community. We have launched our new monthly e-newsletter, instituted a photographic image policy and application which will be online and accessible to those in the community for ordering prints of our historic images in inventory. We have reviewed and updated our membership dues, and set goals for a fundraising campaign for the completion of Heritage Hall. This will be our major focus over the next year.
While we are launching a membership drive and planning our capital fundraising we will continue to hold our programs and small fundraisers, including our upcoming Train Show, which will be held in April, our Annual Bronswood Greenhouse Plant Sale coming up in May and our continuing programs that will be presented throughout the year.
We need your support as we go into our next phase of fundraising to complete Heritage Hall. We still have much work to do on the building before it is complete, raising capital and completing renovations will be a priority over the next year .
We are the only village in the surrounding area that does not have a dedicated space or museum, to display and exhibit our history. We are proud to be known as the volunteer community, let’s make 2012 the year we can proudly say we have accomplished our goal to complete fundraising for Heritage Hall.
If you have a love of history or just enjoy giving back to a dedicated Clarendon Hills charitable organization that is working to preserve our history, please consider volunteering your time, talent or treasure. Contact Annette Hillman at 630-323-4905 for information on how you can help.
Lastly, our membership dues have not been raised in over a decade and allow us to keep moving forward with our programs, newsletters and other activities tied to our mission. Our new dues amounts for 2012 are $15.00 for an Individual Membership, $25.00 for Family Membership and special 3-year Membership for $66.00. Please become a member or renew today for 2012.
Thank you for your past and future support, it will help us keep Clarendon Hills’ history alive now and for generations to come.
Diane Hiller
President
Clarendon Hills Historical Society
50 Sheridan Avenue
Clarendon Hills, IL 60514