Smithsonian exhibit to Jefferson in 2018- info mtg. July 24

We’d like to invite interested residents to a Pep Rally for an outstanding project awarded to Jefferson Matters: Main Street and the Greene County Historical Society. Hometown Teams is a Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibit sponsored through Main Street Iowa and was awarded to six Iowa communities for 2018. Our exhibit is scheduled to be located at the Greene County Historical Society from August 11 —September 23, 2018. This will be six weeks of opportunity for residents and visitors to experience a real Smithsonian exhibit on a topic everyone loves. The time is perfect for students to experience this exhibit. This museum exhibit helps us explore our love of sports in our hometowns. If we’re not playing sports, we’re watching them. No part of American culture so colorfully and passionately celebrates American ideals as does sports.

We’d like to invite you to an informational Pep Rally on Monday, July 24 at 7 pm at the Historical Museum. We are inviting sports enthusiasts and organizations that we know are community-minded and would have great ideas on how to promote and participate in this opportunity. Please feel free to bring others along that you think would like to be involved.

Agenda for Mon., July 24 at the Greene County Historical Museum at 7 pm:

Show a short video of the Hometown Team Smithsonian Institute Exhibit

Brainstorm ideas for local exhibits, events & activities during or leading up to the exhibit

Share the “teams” needed to organize this project and get commitments of involvement

This project should be fun, exciting, and as sports do—bring people together.

Ideas from the committee so far include:

*Movie week at the theatre with sports –themes

*Photography of sports

*Style show of sports/band/cheerleading uniforms through the ages

*Impact of music—pep bands, etc.

*Book talks of sports related books—through public libraries and schools

*The Food! Concession stands

*Speakers of local sports celebrities

*Tailgating event for promotion

*Promotion of our local sports manufacturers

*Facebook page to post old photos

*Sports toys and their impact

*Sports cards, trophies & memorabilia

*Exhibit from each community in Greene County on sports history, stories, videos, teams, interviews, etc.

*Promotion of all sports— football, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, bowling, gymnastics, track, cross-country, swimming, archery, Little League, park & rec activities, wrestling, 6 on 6 basketball, golf, weightlifting, extreme sports, car racing, cycling, adaptive sports, competitive dance, cheerleading, etc.

Hometown Teams is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Main Street Iowa program.

Project Team: Peg Raney, Debra McGinn, Roger Aegerter, Dianne Piepel

 

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Calendar

November 2024

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
1
  • Java and Juice + Ribbon Cutting @ Root of Beauty
  • "When Electricity Came to Greene County"
  • "Disaster at 39,000 Feet" Enfys McMurry
  • Pheasants Forever Annual Banquet
2
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Dia de los Muertos
3
  • Bomgaars Ladies Night
  • Ladies' Night at Bomgaars
4
  • Toddler Storytime
5
  • BPO Does Election Day Soup Luncheon
  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
6
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
7
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Women Managing Farm Finances
8
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Oh! What Fun - Holiday Open Houses
  • Country Blessings: Holiday Hoopla
  • Ancestry After Hours (Ages 18+)
  • Greene County High School: Night Chills
  • Greene County High School: Night Chills
9
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Country Blessings: Holiday Hoopla
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Tannenbaum Table Runner
10
  • A Talk by: Jacob Fernolz
11
  • Veterans Day Breakfast
  • VFW Ice Cream Social
12
  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
  • Women Managing Farm Finances
13
  • Big Acai Bowls
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Teen Scary Movie Night
14
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Women Managing Farm Finances
  • Greene County Community Theatre: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged
15
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Best Practices for Wintering Trees
  • Java & Juice at GCP Iowa
  • Rotary Auction
  • Greene County Community Theatre: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged
16
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Macrame Ornament Workshop
  • Greene County Community Theatre: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged
  • Teen Night Out with Board Games, Sports, and Snacks
17
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Eksphrasis
18
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Dino-vermber Day
  • Toddler Storytime
  • Can You Dig It? Dinosaur Program
19
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
  • Women Managing Farm Finances
20
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Teen Book Club
21
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
22
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Fourth Friday Fireside: Chad Elliot
23
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
24
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
25
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
26
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
27
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
28
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
29
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
30
  • Home Holiday Market
  • Auxiliary Holiday of Lights
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open