Maxville solicits donations on Giving Tuesday
Published 9:40 am Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Gwen Trice, executive director at the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center in Joseph, talks to young listeners about the former logging town north of Wallowa.
JOSEPH — The Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center in Joseph is going full-steam ahead to invest in local youths this Giving Tuesday, according to a press release.
Donations can help invest in the future storytellers, archaeologists, community change-makers and artists.
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Donations of:
• $5 provides one book for the center’s kids’ library to open a world of knowledge.
• $10 supplies a learner with a hands-o learning kid to spark curiosity and discovery.
• $25 provides art supplies for a creative kids’ lesson encourage self-expression and innovation.
• $50 funds the “Full-steam Ahead” experience day to introduce a child’s curiosity in the interactive wonders of science, technology, art and math.
• $100 makes a significant impact by bringing in great teachers and experts to share their passions and skills or funding field trips that bring learning to life.
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Donations will go toward building an upcoming children’s program called “Sharpening the Mind: Full-Steam Ahead.”
Donors can give online at https://tinyurl.com/givemaxville or by coming to the center at 103 N Main St. Unit 1 & 2 in Joseph.
Maxville, which was home to a logging operation north of Wallowa in the 1920s and early 1930s, once hosted the largest Black community in the state and was one of the largest towns in Wallowa County. The company that ran the town recruited loggers from the Deep South, many of whom were Black.
Trice is the daughter, granddaughter and niece of several of those loggers.