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SCHWENKFELDER LIBRARY & HERITAGE CENTER
105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA 18073
Phone: 215-679-3103; Fax: 215-679-8175
info@schwenkfelder.com
www.schwenkfelder.com
July 9, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: David W. Luz
Tel. 215-679-3103
Fax 215-679-8175
SCHWENKFELDER HERITAGE CENTER AWARDED PHMC GRANT
Pennsburg, PA—
The Board of Directors of the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center is pleased to announce the receipt of a 2009/2010 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) General Operating Support (GOS) Grant in the amount of $6,664.00. This grant is to support the salaries of the Museum Educator and the Curator of Collections. The Heritage Center was one of over 120 museums statewide to receive GOS Grant funds this year.
The PHMC grant program to museums and historical organizations has, in recent years, been drastically cut and, in some cases, eliminated all together. The 2009/2010 budget approved last summer for the PHMC allowed for the General Operating Support grant program to distribute much needed funds to institutions across the state. The Heritage Center is most grateful for these urgently required funds to continue to bring to the residents of the Perkiomen Region the variety of programming and quality of exhibitions for which the Heritage Center is known.
The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center was founded in 1884 as an informal collection in a private home to assure the preservation of the Schwenkfelders' cultural identity. Today the Heritage Center, a not-for-profit organization, is still preserving, interpreting, and documenting the history of this German Protestant group along with the history of the Upper Perkiomen Valley. The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; Thursdays 9:00 am to 8:00 pm; Saturdays 10:00 am to 3:00 pm; and Sundays 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The Heritage Center is closed to the public on Mondays. For additional information call 215-679-3103 or visit our website www.schwenkfelder.com.
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David W. Luz
Executive Director
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
105 Seminary Street
Pennsburg, PA 18073
Tel. 215-679-3103
Fax 215-679-8175
email: info@schwenkfelder.com
www.schwenkfelder.com