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Benefits of Membership

MANY THANKS TO
OUR NEW MEMBERS!
A 2 Point B Taxi Service
Charlotte Balfour & Sigrun Heinzelmann
Walker & Joanne Brock
Kelly Cameron & Kim Annable
Mrs. Virginia P. Clancy (Raleigh, NC)
Don, Susie & Theresa Cunningham
(New Waterford)
Dr. Troy & Teresa Dailey (Palm Springs, FL)
Alan Deckelman (Avon)
John & Anne Elder
Michele Gross
Jonathan Herr
Ken and Janet Hetrick
Kathy Hilton
John Mercer Langston Institute
Pamela McKelvey (Summit, NJ)
Donna Moats (North Ridgeville)
Tom & Cindy Moroney
Oberlin College Department of History
Melody Anne Patrick (Hyattsville, MD)
Betty Peckham (Canton, NY)
Quality Tree Service (Larry Lane)
Elena Rippel
Sarah Schaffer
John Schroth (Columbia Station)
Lowell & Linda Schultz (Marshfield, WI)
Alice Soohoo
Tabor Historical Society (Tabor, IA)
Richard Totoiu & Lois Boyles (Alexandria, VA)
John and Fely vanderPyl
R. B. & J. K. Werner

EXTRA THANKS TO MEMBERS WHO
RECENTLY INCREASED THEIR
MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT!
Wanda Bako
William Beecheler & Linda Mahar
Barb Bickel & Family
Les & Sue Brady
Tina Brandes
Sonia P. Brokaw (Midlothian, VA)
Anita Buckmaster (New Haven, CT)
Nancy Cheshire (Orchard Park, NY)
Ed & Marianne Clary (Amherst)
Jack & Kathy DeRuyter
Dave & Paulie Evans
Thomas & Nancy Gayters (Oakland, CA)
Don & Barbara Gilbert
Patrick Gorman & Denise Boychuk Gorman
(Madison, WI)
Thomas Gorman (Bowling Green)
Linda Grimm
Don & Arlene Hall
Mary Sayre Haverstock
Arthur Holbrook (Victoria, BC, Canada)
Bruce & Nancy Layne (Shelbyville, KY)
John & Mercedes Lichtwardt
(Bloomfield Hills, MI)
Richard Lothrop
Kathy McCardwell (Lexington, KY)
Jillian McFarland (Washington, DC)
Marian Meredith (Berea)
Laraine Meyers (South Amherst)
Richard & Kathleen Nord (Vermilion)
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Olmsted
Ann Potter
Ferdinand Protzman & Julia Binder
Ron & Monte Rybarczyk
Ruth Searles
Sharon Fairchild Soucy
Arthur Steele
Mr. & Mrs. Jarvis A. Strong, Jr.(McLean, VA)
Dudley A. Wood
Reid & Gail Wood
Carol Zavodsky

SPECIAL THANKS TO
OUR NEWEST
ENDOWED LIFE MEMBERS
Corning Chisholm
Helen Fitzhugh

• Free admission to tours of the Oberlin Heritage Center
• Reduced admission fees for special programs
• Notices of events and programs presented by the Oberlin Heritage Center
• A 10% discount in the Oberlin Heritage Center museum store
• A copy of the Oberlin Heritage Center Annual Report
• Enrollment in the Time Travelers Network, qualifying members to receive on-site discounts at the more than 100 other historical institutions affiliated with the Time Travelers Network nationwide.
• The knowledge that you are one of nearly 700 members from near and far who support and promote Oberlin history education, historic preservation, and community improvement!

How to Become a Member

Return your completed membership form to the Oberlin Heritage Center and receive a membership card and other materials that will bring you up to date on our current and upcoming activities.

Your membership will extend for twelve months from date of receipt. Membership fees are listed below. Contributions above baseline individual membership are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Consider Life Membership: Contributors (individuals or couples) whose past and/or present contributions to the endowment total $2,000 or more are recognized as Endowed Life Members. This commitment may be payable over five years. In appreciation, the Oberlin Heritage Center extends to these contributors life membership in the organization. These donors no longer pay yearly membership dues, and continue to receive all of the benefits that annual membership provides. (They are, however still asked to contribute each year to our year-end Annual Fund campaign for general operating expenses.) The names of Endowed Life Members are permanently displayed at the Oberlin Heritage Center and published in our Annual Report each year, unless the donor wishes to remain anonymous.

To contribute at any level: Send your name, address, and email address with a check (made payable to the Oberlin Heritage Center) to:
Oberlin Heritage Center Membership
P.O. Box 0455
Oberlin, OH, 44074
If you have questions about membership, please contact Mary Anne Cunningham (members@oberlinheritage.org).

What Our Members are Saying

Here are some of the things our members had to say about our organization in a recent survey:

• "Oberlin is a state of mind, and people in far away places retain their love of it."
• "Hats off to a very worthwhile organization."
• "I think all of your programs are well-planned and seem very worthwhile."
• "I feel that [the Oberlin Heritage Center] is extremely valuable, for it is presenting Oberlin, studying Oberlin, and helping Oberlin: presenting the town as a valuable force in a pivotal piece of history; studying the town as a place of very interesting places, the stage, so to speak, of interesting occurrences. And, doing this, helping Oberlin to become a dynamic modern community."
• "Keep up the good work! You are an asset to the community."
• "[The Oberlin Heritage Center] is a great organization!"

When asked why they support the Oberlin Heritage Center, our members agreed that helping to preserve Oberlin's history, historic buildings, and historic artifacts was the most important factor.