MACKTOWN LIVING HISTORY
EIN 36-3756832 · Arts, Culture & Humanities (A85Z)
What they do
THE EDUCATION CENTER OFFERS REGULAR PROGRAMMING to THE PUBLIC and HAS HOSTED PROGRAMS and EVENTS for VARIOUS GROUPS, INCLUDING PUBLIC and PRIVATE SCHOOLS, GIRL and BOY SCOUT GROUPS, HISTORIC and ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS and CHAMBERS of COMMERCE. INDIVIDUALS ANNUALLY DONATE THOUSANDS of HOURS to CREATE PROGRAMMING, CREATE PUBLICITY, UPDATE A WEBSITE, CONDUCT TOURS, WORK ON BUILDINGS and A NATIVE AMERICAN VILLAGE AREA, MAINTAIN HERITAGE and MEDICINE WHEEL GARDENS, HOST PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE GATHERING RE-ENACTMENT EVENT, STUDENT and ADULT ARCHAEOLOGY DIGS, FIBER ARTS FESTIVAL, and FRENCHMANS FROLIC RE-ENACTMENT EVENT. CLASSES ARE ALSO CONDUCTED IN HISTORIC PERSONA DEVELOPMENT, ARCHAEOLOGY, MUSIC and PERIOD CRAFTS. PUBLIC AWARENESS and INTEREST CONTINUES to GROW, and THIS YEAR HUNDREDS of STUDENTS and EDUCATORS FROM ILLINOIS and WISCONSIN PARTICIPATED IN THE GATHERING EDUCATION DAY, AN EARLY 1800S LIVING HISTORY DEMONSTRATION EVENT. SCHOOLS UNABLE to ATTEND THIS EVENT
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1991
- Location
- PO BOX 566, ROCKTON, IL 61072-0566
- County
- Winnebago
- In care of
- STEVE POMAHAC