MVHA Outreach Updates
By Carol Donahue MVHA Director-at-Large
Your MVHA Board of Directors has been hard at work sharing our local history at community events ! Read on for some quick recaps :
The Harvest History Festival on September 16 at Heritage Park was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and the City of Mountain View . This family-friendly morning celebrated the rich agricultural past of Mountain View . The park is home to the Soil & Water Garden , a community space where people can gather , garden , create and learn from each other . Live bluegrass music by the Stragglers sent forth a neighborly , country mood .
MVHA board members , Robert Cox , Pamela Baird , and Carol Donahue set up a public engagement table with local history displays , books for sale and free historical drawings for children to color . Visitors included a young couple and their baby who recently moved from Southern California to Mountain View . They had many questions about Mountain View history . The new mother , an elementary school educator , will spend part of her parental leave studying Milestones : a History of Mountain View , California by Mary Jo Ignoffo . She will use the resource for the history portion of her curriculum when she returns to a classroom .
Shoreline ’ s 40th Celebration on October 15 was five hours of fun , including antique vehicle displays , carnival games and Tom Petty cover band , Petty . The Mountain View Historical Association ’ s booth displayed poster-sized Shoreline planning maps and historical photos as well as a binder of historical photos put together by David Salinero . A special area was set aside for children to color a drawing of Rengstorff House . Photos of events and places were set out for people to view .
Thanks to the Chamber of Commerce , we had a booth at this year ’ s Art & Wine Festival and look forward to doing so again in the future . Speaking of downtown , our Downtown Walking Tours have continued most months of the year , with more planned in the future ! And we also continue to set up our info booth at neighborhood ice cream socials throughout the city . Stay tuned for a more in-depth articles on these outreach activities in future newsletters !
MVHA President Pamela Baird , MVHA Director-at-Large Carol Donahue , and MVHA Member David Salinero at our booth during Shoreline ’ s 40th Celebration .
MVHA President Pamela Baird , MVHA Director-at-Large Carol Donahue , and MVHA Vice President Robert Cox at the Harvest History Festival at Heritage Park .
Social Media outreach efforts continue to be led by Jerry Steach and Pamela Baird . They post once a week on Facebook , Twitter ( X ) and Nextdoor about national days of interest with photographs from our archives . Popular posts have included information about National Aviation Day with a photo of a plane approaching Moffett Field , the 1895 Fourth of July parade on Castro Street and National Prune Day with a photo of plums drying in the sun on the Emerson Ranch . Follow MVHA here : https :// www . facebook . com / MVHistory https :// twitter . com / MtnViewHistory
Financial Report
By Pamela Baird & Melissa Rusch MVHA President & MVHA Treasurer
Checking Account Balance as of 3 / 31 / 2023 : $ 17,501.52 Checking Account Balance as of 9 / 30 / 2023 : $ 19,557.38 Income : $ 4,741 Expenses : $ 2,699 Key expenditures : Book purchase , newsletters , Zoom fees , printing materials Key income : Membership , Donations , book sales , walking tours
Certificates of Deposit : $ 60,615.22
Some younger guests enjoy filling in our MVHA coloring pages at Shoreline ’ s 40th anniversary celebration .
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