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Volume 26, Issue 1
Gettysburg Foundation
F R O M T H E P A R K
services, visitor services, park watch
patrol, living history, and adopt-a-
position. In all 2,266 people donated
35,270 hours of service. At Eisenhower,
844 people donated 19,136 hours of
service – a record year for volunteers
there!
The total impact of this volunteer service
is tremendously beneficial to both parks.
These hours are equivalent to more than
52 additional seasonal employees and are
valued at $1,226,855.
The annual Friends of Gettysburg
volunteer day
is our biggest volunteer
I
n the special language of the
National Park Service, volunteers
are VIPs,
Volunteers in Parks
.
Everywhere you look in Gettysburg
National Military Park and Eisenhower
National Historic Site you’ll see
volunteers helping accomplish the
mission. It’s easy to see that
volunteers are
the life blood of the National Park Service.
FY14 VOLUNTEER NUMBERS –
Gettysburg National Military Park and
the Eisenhower National Historic Site
literally could not exist without our
volunteers. Gettysburg had volunteers
in the cannon shop, library, museum
event of the year and includes fence
building projects, painting projects,
brush removal and other important tasks
at both the Gettysburg and Eisenhower
sites. We also use volunteers in Park
Watch patrol; living history programs;
Adopt-a-Position; the park library; care
of museum collections; the cannon
carriage restoration shop; visitor services;
and more.
PARK WATCH –
Park watchers serve
in highly visible roles, sporting Park
Watch jackets, hats, and car decals,
and sometimes they are covert, quietly
serving as the eyes and ears of park
Volunteers in Parks
REAL
VIP
s
OF
GETTYSBURG
By Ed Clark, Superintendent
A long-time Eisenhower National Historic Site
volunteer assists visitors
Air Force Sergeants volunteering at
Gettysburg National Military Park this summer