JUNE OF 2017 TO JUNE OF 2018. A BUSY YEAR!!

Programs

• Held a Volunteer Appreciation & Cherry Tree Planting event
• Held a public program with Dr. Barbara Johns about her book “The Hope of Another Spring”
• Sponsored a children’s Japanese cultural immersion week long summer day camp
• Held a Day of Remembrance ceremony
• Held a public program about Densho with the Executive Director Tom Dean
• Sponsored three Japanese cultural half day workshops
• Held a public program with Mayumi Tsutakawa from Washington Humanities

Outreach

• Exhibited at the three day Seattle Japanese American Cherry Blossom Festival
• Supported the Heritage Museum Japanese Americans on Vashon exhibit “Joy and Heartache”

Education and Research

• Held 18 open houses
• Conducted house and grounds tour for 140 McMurray 7th grade students
• Developed five storylines to support our interpretation programming and communications
• Conducted research on items to archive as well as historical facts and stories
• Progressed on creation of a collections policy and Past Perfect software usage

Operations

• Hired a part-time administrative assistant
• Reduced our past property tax liability as well as our future payments
• Completed the transition to Quickbooks and a new bank
• Adopted historic preservation guidelines for interpretation and rehabilitation
• Contracted with an archeologist to monitor digging on our historic grounds
• Contributed to the County’s purchase of the fruit barreling plant
• Disposed of a large amount of non-historic materiel left by the previous board

Communications

• Updated our logo, tag line, branding, webpage, and social media platforms
• Grants
• Submitted a significant capital grant request to the State for FBP renovation funding
• Received grant fund from Colonial Dames for staff support
• Awaiting decisions on three grant applications to 4Culture and the National Trust

Fund Raising

• Received $250,000 appropriation from the State legislature and over $60,000 in major gifts

House & Garden

• Completed a pedestrian and vehicle circulation plan; contracted for work to start in August
• Complete electrical upgrade; front porch significantly stabilized; replaced furnace
• Contracted with a construction company to restore the north garden water feature this August