Okfuskee County Historical Society and Museum

Hi, my name is Ronald Gott. I currently serve as the President of the Okfuskee County Historical Society here in Okemah Oklahoma. I, along with 3 other senior citizens of our community donate our time to keep the doors open from year to year. We are a 501 (C) (3) organization and depend on donations to keep our doors open. Our facility costs us around $13,000 dollars per year in maintenance, utility costs and day to day operations, again all from donations. Our building is also open to the community for events such as birthday parties, weddings, church services, American Legion, Girls Scouts, Blood Bank, Woody Guthrie Days, Pioneer Days alumni associations, election precinct, etc., and all that use make a donation to use whatever room they prefer to use. Our building was constructed in 1926 and like all buildings needs care in not only the interior but exterior. This fundraiser is strictly for the exterior. We reached out last year to a contractor that quoted us a $55,000 quote to refurbish exterior so we are starting out the fundraiser at $65,000 due to inflation and other unforeseen costs that may come up. Bottom line - this building is the best and one of the most used buildings in town that is kept open and maintained strictly by donations. Your donation consideration would be greatly appreciated in order to get the exterior of the building looking like new once again and would preserve this building for decades to come.