Neighborhood Nonprofit Spotlight: Phillip Foster Farm Historic Site

Phillip Foster Farm Historic Site talks to Patch about its history in the Oregon community.

Patch: Tell Patch a little bit about your organization!

Phillip Foster Farm: Our mission is to foster a vibrant community of local historians, passionately preserving the authentic pioneer heritage of the Estacada area. We achieve this goal through hands-on tours, field trips and events at the farm, local history presentations, archiving and preservation of historic sites, objects, and documents, and educational investment in staff and volunteers of all ages. In short, we try to be the best, most interesting, historic site we can be.

Patch: How does your organization help to strengthen the local community?

Phillip Foster Farm: We collect, preserve, and interpret stories and artifacts of local community history. We provide opportunities for the local community to learn and teach and explore their history and see how it fits into the greater history of Oregon and the United States.

Patch: What is the biggest struggle your organization faces?

Phillip Foster Farm: Getting the word out about our site, getting people to actually stop in or come to events.

Patch: What do you hope for the future of your nonprofit?

Phillip Foster Farm: To expand our site and become a premier history center in Oregon.

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