Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Old Economy Village 270 Sixteenth Street Ambridge, Pennsylvania 15003-2298 Telephone (724) 266-4500 Fax (724) 266-7506

DO YOU LIKE TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY?

Do you like working in the garden? How about working with children? Or working with museum artifacts? Or cataloguing books and photographs? If you are interested in any or all of these activities, we would like to invite you to bring your skills to Old Economy Village and volunteer. We have many other volunteer opportunities on site and we would be delighted to discuss them with you!

OPPORTUNITIES AT OLD ECONOMY VILLAGE

GARDENS: transplant seedlings, plant seedlings, make historic garden markers, prune trees and grapevines, maintain gardens, maintain compost pile, assist with storm damage clean-up, assist with garden tours based on your area of expertise OFFICE: assist with bulk mailings, typing, filing, organizing files, transcribe audio tapes of lectures for later publication MAINTENANCE: painting (fences, shutters, doors, etc.); make, assemble and finish wood lanterns, make reproduction window props EDUCATION: tour guide, craft demonstrator COLLECTIONS: accessioning (describing and labeling) collections, inventory, cleaning, typing accession cards, entering collections data into data base LIBRARY: assist volunteer librarian with cataloging books, typing cards (author, title, shelf and subject), shelving books, inventory, maintain periodicals MARKETING / SPECIAL PROMOTION place site literature at hotels, restaurants, local businesses, distribute posters prior to special events SPECIAL EVENTS: ticket sales, information booth, food line captain & crew, clean-up crew, set-up crew, tear down crew, take photographs to be used for publicity for subsequent events, video tape events for site history file. Video tape events for site history file, and assist with period demonstrations. OTHER: Perhaps you have a skill not listed above that you believe would be useful. If so, please let us know. For more information on volunteering at Old Economy Village, call (724) 266-4500 x108. Again, we would be very happy to discuss volunteering opportunities with you and to welcome you aboard! Click Here to Become a Volunteer Ashlea Barton- 2007 Young Harmonist of the Year   A member for almost 3 years, she is one of the youngest to receive this award. A 9th grader at Western Beaver High School, she is a participant in the Ecology Club and recently attended the Pennsylvania Farm Show with her group. Judging by the time she spends here, clearly Old Economy is her first love. She is like a character actor from the movies, you may not know the name, but you recognize the face from seeing it so often. Since this young lady became a member, she has volunteered for everything possible. All our site festivals, special events, charter day, summer camps, and she even helped with our infamous Train Exhibit. Now, she has signed up to do weddings too. She did miss one Christmas at the Village. She tried to get out of her other function and was very disappointed when she could not. For the record, it was the Christmas Dance, a semi formal.  We thank her for all of her generosity and time given to the Young Harmonist program and Old Economy Village. VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR 2007

Karla Spinelli 2007 Volunteer of the Year In recognition of her many years of outstanding service to Old Economy Village and its support group, the Friends of Old Economy Village. She is unselfish with her time and energy. In true volunteer spirit, she gives from the heart, whether it is behind the scenes as treasurer of the Friends or assisting with special events. As treasurer, Karla has seen the Friends group through highs and lows, but she always makes sure that the bottom line is in balance. She is responsible for overseeing the work of the bookkeeper; monitors the various bank accounts including restricted funds and checks to be sure that resources are wisely invested. In addition, she readily takes on challenging tasks that others are unwilling or unable to do, and has the courage to say the things that have to be said for the good of the organization---in an unfailingly tactful way. During special events, Karla can be found working over roasting pans of bratwurst, or pots of sauerkraut, directing food line volunteers, and serving food as needed. Due to her efforts, thousands of hungry visitors are fed annually, most of them returning the next year for another plateful of German cooking. Such is her dedication to the site that she willingly takes several days of leave from her job at ESB Bank, where she serves as a Bank Manager, to prepare and set up the food service for our events. The Friends of Old Economy Village salute her for a job well-done!