The O’Hara Volunteers Association is a group of over 100 people who contribute as they can. Ideas, labour, expertise, fund raising and supplying materials are among the contributions of Association members. Essentially every expertise from domestic to trade to professional can be utilized. It is the O’Hara Volunteers Association that gets thing done at the O’Hara Mill Pioneer Homestead which, of course, includes the O’Hara Saw Mill.
As planning for this year develops, so will a task list. If you can help fill in the roster of volunteers for each task, just contact the webmaster.
O’Hara Volunteers Association
Mission Statement
Mission statement for O’Hara Mill Homestead – "Where Nature Meets History"
- to collect, preserve, and protect the local heritage represented by O’Hara Mill Homestead for future generations – both its cultural and historical resources and its environmental, scenic, and natural resources
- to increase and improve the site’s amenities, and to identify and highlight its ecosystems, in order to enhance visitor access appreciation and understanding
- to promote increased visitation by both local residents and tourists to O’Hara Mill Homestead, and to broaden and deepen its volunteer base in order to ensure its ongoing financial viability
- to develop interpretive themes which connect diverse elements of this natural and historical heritage and to present these themes in stories about our collective past, for visitor education and enjoyment
- to assist partner organizations aiming to use heritage-based tourism as a revitalization tool for local economies, by connecting the historical and natural significance of O”Hara Mill Homestead to other local sites and to the broader heritage of the communities surrounding it.
