Organization: HULL HOUSE FOUNDATION
Mission: HELPING CITIZENS LEARN OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO THE SETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY BY EARLY PIONEERS TO WESTERN NEW YORK REGION AND PRESERVING AND RESTORING THE HULL FAMILY HOME AND FARMSTEAD.
Activities: THE FOUNDATION THROUGH ITS CONSULTANTS, SUPPLIERS, AND SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THE INTERIOR EXTERIOR RESTORATION. FINAL TOUCHES TO RESTORATION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE HISTORIC HOME WERE MADE. THIS INCLUDED THE ADDITION OF 21 CUSTOM MADE PERIOD-CORRECT LIGHTING FIXTURES. THESE FIXTURES ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WAS USED IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE 19TH CENTURY, BUT ARE, OF COURSE, ELECTRIFIED TO PROVIDE PROPER LIGHTNING DURING VISITOR EVENT.
HANDICAPPED ACCESS - IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LESS THAN FULLY AMBULATORY, WE HAVE INSTALLED A HANDICAPPED LIFT AT THE EAST ENTRANCE TO AFFORD HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS ACCESS TO THE HISTORIC HOME. THIS WILL INDEED OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE THE HISTORIC HOME THAN WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE.
ENDOWMENT FUND - SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AN ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN. THE GOAL IS TO RAISE 100,000 BY RAISING 20,000 IN DONATIONS A YEAR FOR EACH OF FIVE YEARS. THE FIRST YEAR'S EFFORT WAS MET WITH SUCCESS. THIS FUND, ONCE ESTABLISHED, WILL BE INVESTED SO AS TO PROVIDE SUSTAINABLE YEARLY SUPPORT FOR OPERATIONS AT THE HULL FAMILY HOME & FARMSTEAD. THIS TYPE OF FORWARD THINKING IS ESSENTIAL TO THE LONGEVITY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE HULL HOUSE FOUNDATION AND THE HULL FAMILY HOME & FARMSTEAD.
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