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The Friends of the Daniel Boone
Homestead is a non-profit community supported organization. As a
Friend, you can help the Homestead become an historical site of even
greater importance. Assist in special events, festivals, educational
programs, historic interpretations, research, exhibits, and other
historic site functions. The Friends need you. Your ideas and support
will be greatly appreciated.
Benefits
of Membership
Free unlimited admission to
the Homestead
Quarterly newsletter
Discounts for selected Special Programs
Annual Membership Meeting
Levels
of Support
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Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead.
Volunteer
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with the Daniel Boone Homestead.
2010 Volunteer of the Year!
Robert R. “Rusty” Coller has been volunteering at the Daniel
Boone Homestead for a few years and has quickly become an important
asset. Most Sunday afternoons, even in the winter you can find him
at work in the blacksmith shop. He enjoys talking to visitors as
much as he enjoys hammering on the anvil. Rusty has also led a two
day workshop for other inspiring blacksmiths.
Rusty always goes the extra mile by adding special refinements to
everything he makes. He typically provides all his own materials
which are a further donation of treasure to his time and talents. In
between all this he has made a long handle shovel for our fireplace
and fireplace andirons. Rusty also makes hooks for sale in our
museum shop when he has time between talking to visitors. We are
honored to name him Volunteer of the Year.
 Homestead Honors 2008 Volunteers!
The Daniel Boone Homestead offered many events to the public throughout 2008 and our volunteers were essential to the success of those events! Although we are grateful to and appreciate all our volunteers, a few were chosen for special recognition for their extraordinary contributions.
Cherie Berg – Volunteer of the Year
Cherie Berg has been chosen to be honored as Volunteer of the Year by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. A Friends board member and dedicated volunteer, Cherie helps at almost every special event, including hands-on school programs, and keeps the Friends membership up to date. She assists with Boone House tours, quill pen writing, crafts, and hospitality. Cherie has been an active volunteer for over 15 years.
Zachary Long – Youth Volunteer of the Year
Zachary first came to the Daniel Boone Homestead a few years ago with an interest in volunteering and has attended nearly every special event we’ve had since! He’s proven to be an enthusiastic young man who has helped with everything from assisting kids with colonial toys and games to guiding visitors through the rooms of the Boone House. Zachary has also volunteered with our History Day Camp program in the summer.
The Simms Family – Volunteer Family of the Year
On any given weekend, you’ll find members of the Simms family walking and enjoying the grounds of the Daniel Boone Homestead. Eric and Sheila and their daughters Maya and Emma also volunteer their time and talents for many of our programs and projects. Emma and her dad co-starred in the Homestead’s new video of the second floor. The Simms were also an integral part of all three of our Fireside Tales for young children and their families which were held in the wintertime.
Frank Cambria
A couple of years ago Frank Cambria approached the staff about his interest in maintaining the Bluebird boxes which dot the site. He has been an extremely loyal volunteer repairing the boxes, replacing old boxes with new ones, and adding boxes. He also makes sure the boxes are cleaned out before the nesting season, and also cleans out the boxes after the first brood is fledged—thus encouraging a second brood. Frank has contributed dozens of hours to this project and the many blue birds which are visible at the Daniel Boone Homestead are a testament to his labor.
2007 Volunteer of the Year – Dr. Courtney M.
Stevens
Courtney Stevens has been active at
the Daniel Boone Homestead for about three years, and in that time
she has made an impact on the site and has become one of our most
loyal and dedicated volunteers. Courtney has been instrumental in
our weekly hands-on education programs and at our Hands-on Fair
which attracts hundreds of school students on site for two days in
the spring. She has taken part in many of our major on-site public
living-history programs and has helped with cooking, textile and her
true love, gardening interpretations and demonstrations.
Courtney is a Master Gardner and she has been instrumental in
getting the Berks County contingent actively involved in the clean
up and planting of the site demonstration gardens in the historic
area.
Courtney has taken part in many other programs including various
on-site training opportunities and attendance at our lecture series,
Women’s History Roundtables and other functions.
In June 2007 Courtney was elected to the Friends of the Daniel Boone
Homestead Board of Directors and she has become an active and
dedicated board member.
Dr. Courtney M. Stevens is a Professor of Nursing at Alvernia
College in Reading and we are so happy she gives so much of her
valuable time and considerable talents to the Daniel Boone
Homestead. We are honored to name her as the Daniel Boone Homestead
“Volunteer of the Year."
2006 Volunteer of the
Year - Beverly Connor
Beverly has been
a loyal and active board member of the Friends for over ten years.
She presently serves as the Treasurer and, as such, she devotes
hundreds of hours or volunteer time each year keeping the books for
the Friends general fund and museum shop funds. Over the past
several years the Friends financial activities have greatly
increased and Beverly has done a great job keeping everything in
order.
Besides her work on the board as treasurer, Beverly also takes part
in volunteering at all the major special programs – helping to
interpret the Boone House and manning the Friends hospitality and
information tables for the public. She also attends most of the site
lectures and other programs held on site.
She has selflessly given of herself and we all appreciate, so much,
having Beverly as part of the Daniel Boone Homestead family.
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