Honoring PHMC's Volunteers of the Year

Please see the April program page for events coming up this weekend and Monday. The May program listing is also available now as well.

Tomorrow, April 28, we will gather to honor volunteers for their service in 2017. The Volunteer of the Year Awards is a wonderful occasion to bring people together from all over the Pennsylvania Trails of History. We get to thank people in person (except for the few not able to join us for the day) for their efforts in support of our sites and museums. And we get to hear about the many skills and talents our volunteers share with the public, whether they work on the front lines or behind the scenes. It's a great way to wrap up National Volunteer Week and National Volunteer Month.


The honorees are pictured below, and there is a link for each so that you can read more about their volunteer activities. Please join me in congratulating them and thanking them for their support of PHMC's historic sites and museums.

Kathleen Donahue, Anthracite Heritage Museum & Scranton Iron Furnaces (citation)

George Tolton, Brandywine Battlefield Park (citation)

Maxine Ruble, Bushy Run Battlefield (citation)

Anne Killeen, Conrad Weiser Homestead (citation)

Jim Polczynski, Cornwall Iron Furnace (citation)

Lori Schaeffer, Daniel Boone Homestead (citation)

Betty Cosper, Drake Well Museum (citation)

Walter Gilbert, Eckley Miners' Village (citation)

Wayne Gongaware, Ephrata Cloister (citation)

Steve Dusza, Erie Maritime Museum & U.S. Brig Niagara (citation)

Phyllis Visco, Graeme Park (citation)

Melanie Hay, Hope Lodge (citation)

Dee Casteel, Joseph Priestley House (citation)

Danielle Retallack, Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum (citation)

Steve Roberts, Old Economy Village (citation)

Nyla Houser, Pennsbury Manor (citation)

Kenton Greenman, PA Lumber Museum (citation)

Jim Carras, PA Military Museum (citation)

R. Neil Gruber, Railroad Museum of PA (citation)

Wayne Pyle, Somerset Historical Center (citation)

Steve Lantz, State Museum of PA (citation)

Outstanding Service Award, Andrea Bair, The State Museum of Pennsylvania (citation)

Outstanding Service Award, Robert Greenman, Pennsylvania Lumber Museum (citation)