Hoover Presidential Foundation
DESCRIPTION
CONTACT NAME
Jerry Fleagle
EMAIL
[email protected]
PHONE
319-643-5327
OFFICE ADDRESS
302 Parkside Drive, PO Box 696
West Branch, IA 52358
TYPE OF WORK
Educational/School
The Hoover Presidential Foundation is a nonprofit support group for the
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum and National Historic Site in
West Branch, Iowa, just east of Iowa City. It is a membership organization
which sponsors events during the year, including Hoover's Hometown
Days, the annual August celebration of the birth of Herbert Hoover, the
only Iowa native to become president.
Using his combined talents of engineering and management, Herbert
Hoover organized a gigantic program for feeding the starving peoples of
Europe during and after World War I. Returning to America, he put down
on paper the spiritual, economic and political characteristics which enabled
Americans to produce the materials needed to bring peace to the world
and at the same time to discharge the social and spiritual commitment to
give economic assistance to the people ravaged by war.
Members of the Foundation preserve and promote Hoover's
legacy, helping to sponsor special exhibits, building and renovation
projects, and scholarships and programs that help bring history alive to
students of all ages. Foundation members play an important part in making
the Herbert Hoover Library-Museum and National Historic Site an Iowa
treasure.
COUNTIES
Cedar
HOW TO HELP
Individuals and organizations can support the work of the Hoover
Presidential Foundation through donations, by volunteering, or
by becoming members.
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