We want to thank all our breakfast, lunch, yard sale drop off and Underground Railroad Lunch and Tour visitors for coming to see us today! We made an executive decision to not be open for tours tomorrow, June 9th. Instead, we will be open next Saturday and Sunday (Breakfast and Tours Saturday, Lunch and Tours on Sunday, which is also Father’s Day! That is June 15 and 16. We will also take any Yard Sale items you want to drop off (Sale day is Saturday June 29th). We will also have Breakfast and Lunch and UGRR tours that day. Just stop in at the Lodge and we will let you into the Carriage House. We also made an awesome discovery today! Our donor, Rita Kania, bought a brick in honor of her family many years ago, but never actually saw her bricks. Today she got to show the bricks to her granddaughter, Mia Blackburn, and take pictures and we now have her officially in our records as a brick donor. If you bought a brick years ago, please call 724.456.4983 and give Kathy your contact information as a reclaimed Donor to our Historic Preservation Fundraising Committee. Our goal is to raise $120,000 this year to do maintenance and historic preservation projects around the Manor. Our co-chairs of the new committee are Tina Cascio and Monica Adametz. You are helping us every time you support any events at the Manor between June 2024 and June 2025. Thank you for all your support!
-Board of Directors, Friends of the Manor Charitable Trust
PS we will also be open from 4-7 pm at the Manor on Wednesday June 19th (Juneteenth) in honor of Dr and Mrs Gibson’s contributions to the Underground Railroad. Come for cake and coffee and other treats and to meet our wonderful Historic Education Committee chaired by Anita Carr and Pat Fry and led by wonderful tour guides Doug Veverka and Mr Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain…aka Jim Brown)