Happy Thanksgiving!

I wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU to all our staff ,and volunteers who make Graycliff a special place.

We are thankful for your smiles

We are thankful for your warm and welcoming nature

We are thankful for your time

We are thankful for your talents

We are thankful for your dedication

We are thankful for your generosity

We are thankful for your flexibility

We are thankful for your willingness to lend a hand

We are thankful for your strength

We are thankful for your ideas and suggestions

We are thankful for your organization skills

We are thankful for your squeaky clean windows

We are thankful for your perfectly pruned plants

We are thankful for your wonderful customer service

And most of all we are thankful for YOU!

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday!

Diane Schrenk,President,

Graycliff Conservancy

Restoration Update for 11/21/13 thru Thanksgiving AND Cultural Cards

    Restoration:

 Restoration is moving along very swiftly at the moment, but it shouldn't interfere with tours very much.

      Electricians and Fire suppression installers are hard at work on Graycliff's new misting fire suppression system in the entry, living room and dining room.  At the same time, work is underway on the floor registers, which are being installed BENEATH the floor, as Wright specified.  (Who would have thought of a heated floor back in 1926, but Frank Lloyd Wright?)   There will be registers to conduct heat actually up from the basement.  As you can imagine, most of this work will be taking place in the basement, so there may be some loud noises at times.

New in the Gift Shop:

2014 Cultural Cards

Similar to the Entertainment Book, but looks like a set of playing cards, Cultural Cards provide a variety of discounts for cultural activities all over Western New York.  Of course Graycliff is a participant, and so are the following: 

464 Gallery - 710 Main Theatre - African American Cultural Center  Albright-Knox Art Gallery - Aquarium of Niagara -  Botanical Gardens -Buffalo Arts Studio -Buffalo History Museum Buffalo Music Hall of Fame - p Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus -  Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Buffalo Spree - Buffalo Suzuki Strings -  Buffalo Zoo - Burchfield Penney -  Castellani Art Museum - CEPA Gallery - Community Music School -  Explore & More Children's Museum -  Graycliff - e Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum - Infinity Visual & Performing Arts - Irish Classical Theatre -  Jewish Repertory Theatre -  Just Buffalo Literary Center - 2The Kenan Center - Lewiston Council on the Arts -  Locust St. Neighborhood Art Classes - Lucy Desi Center for Comedy - The Martin House -  Mundo Images - Museum of Disability History - Music is Art -  Musicalfare Theatre - Neglia Ballet - Niagara Arts and Cultural Center -  Orchard Park Chorale -  Penn Dixie Site -  Road Less Traveled Productions - Sportsmen's Tavern - Springville Center for the Arts - Starlight Studio and Art Gallery - Subversive Theatre - Theatre of Youth -TR Inaugural Site -  Torn Space Theater - UB Center for the Arts -  Ujima Company -Young Audiences of WNY  Kavinoky Theatre -

Good thru December, 2014, they are $20 per pack.  Available in the Pavilion Shop at Graycliff.

No Restoration Update. But a Few Other Things!

No restoration update this week, as the project manager is out of the country.  Should have an update on Monday.

So a few other things:

Thanks to every one attended the Volunteer Breakfast!  

These are just a  few fun folks:

Dick and Priscilla O'Brien

Linda Weyand, with firefighter helment

Marcy Workman and Cindy Trowman

Phyllis Spears and Kathy Mehltretter

And last but not least, Blogger Extraordinaire, George Struebel

Also, NEW IN THE GIFT SHOP  --JUST ARRIVED:

Bowls, handmade from trees removed during historic landscape restoration.  Each is quite individual...only a few available.  Call Ryan for more information at 716-947-9217.  Only available in the Pavilion Shop, not on line.

Article on Graycliff's Landscape, from the Gardening Perspective

Nice article on Graycliff's landscape restoration, from a different perspective....take a look here:




Buffalo Niagara Gardening article about Graycliff's Historic Landscape

Happening this Saturday, November 9th...

If you haven't RSVP'd for the Volunteer Breakfast at the Wanakah Country Club this Saturday, November 9th from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, please call Graycliff ASAP at 947-9217...it should be fun!

Following the breakfast, for that day only, Graycliff volunteers receive a 20% discount (double the usual 10%) in the Gift Shop on most items (does not include magazine or Buffalo china items, for example...)  Like the new Graycliff jewelry by David Howell.....

Then, at 11:30 am, Charity Vogel will sign copies of her new book,

The Angola Horror: The 1867 Train Wreck That Shocked the Nation and Transformed American Railroads. 

This book WILL be available to volunteers at a 20% discount that day...which is cheaper than Amazon (no shipping charges!)



Looking forward to seeing you this weekend!