Hill-Stead Museum’s core volunteer group
Join The Hill-Steaders and make new friends while enriching community life. This lively group supports the museum in areas of education, fundraising and outreach. Two volunteer-organized events are key to the museum’s health—the annual Monet in May Dinner Auction and May Market. Volunteers are needed for numerous additional programs—whether for an afternoon or on a continuing basis. For more information contact Becky Trutter at 860.677.4787 ext 132 or trutterb@hillstead.org

May Market
Annual Dinner Auction
Members Holiday Party

Accomplishments
The Hill-Steaders annually raise approximately 20% of the museum’s operating budget. Additionally, their annual dinner auction’s “cause within a cause” helps pay for important capital upgrades—repairing 174 original shutters, constructing ADA access to the Sunken Garden and restoring Hill-Stead’s allée of maple trees.

Activities
Hill-Stead’s calendar offers many opportunities to get involved—family festivals, a holiday party for members, decorating the period rooms, gardening and much more. In addition, The Hill-Steaders hold five organizational coffees a year, where members enjoy presentations by experts. Talks on Feng Shui and art, an antiques “road show” and readings were recent features.

2011 – 2012 Officers
President: Barbara Hess
President-Elect: Martha Fanelli
Secretary: Valerie Marshall
Treasurer: Margaret Corey
Ex-Officio: Sandy Goralnick

2010 – 2011 Officers
President: Sandy Goralnick
President-Elect: Barbara Hess
Secretary: Valerie Marshall
Treasurer: Linda Ericson-Ebel
Ex-Officio: Jan Wright

Board, Class of 2012–13
Claudie Blozy
Christine Bogino
Amy Conover
Anne Pingpank
Jan Wright

Board, Class of 2011–12
Gay Ayers
Ingunn Hekneby
Sandy McGushin
Liz Neff
Sue Ellen Rothery