ALWAYS THANKFUL

Besides the personal Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends, November was always the time that we ended our year at Conner Prairie and gave thanks for our volunteers. With the volunteer year moving to a regular calendar year starting in 2020, our official thank you and recognition event is moving too but the sentiment remains the same, and what better time to be thankful for our volunteers than this month of Thanksgiving. So while there isn’t an official event to recognize and thank you this month, we want to do it anyway. This past year it seems that we’ve asked volunteers to do more and more. There were more school tours, more Symphony on the Prairie concerts, more core experience positions to name a few and now, a whole new 16-night event starting this month – A Merry Prairie Holiday. Conner Prairie volunteers have stepped in to help with all these things and more without skipping a beat. You don’t ask why we need the help, just how and when you can. You take on many of the thankless jobs that staff couldn’t possibly have the time to do without your help. You work alongside us no matter what the weather conditions are for very little pay. Whether it’s tending our gardens, greeting thousands of everyday guests and school children, helping in the store, mending or sewing historic costumes, weaving and knitting items for the store, selling memberships, driving our vehicles or helping with a variety of other events and programs, there is no task too big or too small for Conner Prairie volunteers and you prove that every day. Thank you for a successful year so far and for your continued support through the end of 2019. We couldn’t do it without you - and we really wouldn’t want to! From all the staff at Conner Prairie and especially from me and Pam, we’re sending a heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you and wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving.