Getting Ready

We are getting ready.   It's an annual event and one I really enjoy.  Frustrating at times but SO worth it!  WHAT am I talking about, you ask???

Here in Redmond, we have a little Museum called...wait for it...the Redmond Museum.  Bet you didn't see that coming, did ya?  All kidding aside, I've been a volunteer at the Museum since 2009.  Each year about this time we either "freshen" or completely re-do the interior of the Museum to make ready for our annual opening day.  This year it's this Saturday, June 22.  We have several volunteers--I'm the youngest!

Several of the ladies who also volunteer have deep roots in Redmond.  They were either born here or nearby.  I have learned so much about Redmond and the surrounding communities simply by listening to their stories.  Whether it's an old picture that triggers a memory, or an old newspaper article that calls to mind a certain era, these ladies are living and breathing history.  If there's a question about where a now-defunct business was located, or who may have operated it, we have only to ask these ladies and most of the time we'll get the answer. 

We are just a small Museum.  We are struggling (and have been for some time now) to get our non-profit status secured with the State so we can begin to hold fundraisers.  For now, we'll continue to work with what we have and hope that someday soon we'll have so many volunteers and donors that we won't know what to do with them.

To tell the truth, we DO know what to do with them!  Bring 'em on.