Preservation Volunteers' mission is simple: to help rejuvenate valuable pieces of history and work to revitalize communities, all while forming inter-cultural friendships.
Our Goals
- Through its web site and its steadily enlarging network of interested organizations, Preservation Volunteers can act as a national information exchange for preservation volunteers and projects.
- Preservation Volunteers can foster the creation of -- and give hope to -- small, unprofessional preservation groups with specific projects.
- Through teaching/work sites, Preservation Volunteers offers a special learning experience for young and old alike.
- With a wide variety of projects available, Preservation Volunteers intends also to attract experienced volunteers and to make use of their special skills and supervisory ability.
- Through its continuing French connection, Preservation Volunteers maintains a close learning relationship, valuable to both organizations.
What people are saying
“It’s a chance to step back in the past and do things the old way. The old manner. Sometimes the old ways are the best ways.”
“They were simply wonderful! They were smart, they worked hard, and our people loved them.”
“I liked having a chance to work with actual preservationists in two very different settings. It gave me an idea of what a “day in the life” of a conservator might be like, with all of the considerations one must take into account when working on a historic site.”