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Fallingwater Volunteers Sought for 2007 Season
 (Pittsburgh and Mill Run, Pennsylvania, March 22, 2007) Whether you have one day a month or more of volunteer time to offer, Fallingwater has a wide range of volunteer opportunities to match your interests. The Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece is located 1.5 hours from Pittsburgh, in the midst of the beautiful Laurel Highlands. Volunteers interact with visitors by:
- assisting with interpretive programs for adults and children
- helping visitors at the information desk, shop and café
- planting gardens and managing the Fallingwater landscape
- setting up and working special events
- staffing on-site art exhibitions in the Barn at Fallingwater
Volunteers at Fallingwater meet people from all over the world, work in a beautiful natural setting, and get to know Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece on a personal level.
Interested adults who are willing to commit at least a day per month (May through October) are encouraged to apply.
For more information contact Jennifer Hiebert at Fallingwater jhiebert@paconserve.org
or call 724-329-1441 ext. 1204.
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About Fallingwater and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy:
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) preserves Fallingwater®, the masterpiece home designed in 1935 by Frank Lloyd Wright for Edgar J. Kaufmann in Mill Run, Pennsylvania. In 1963, Edgar Kaufmann jr. (sic) entrusted Fallingwater to the Conservancy. As a symbol of living in harmony with nature, Fallingwater offers a wide variety of educational programs to its more than 135,000 annual visitors. Since its founding in 1932, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy has protected more than 212,000 acres of natural lands in Pennsylvania, restored watersheds and saved natural habitats for a diversity of life and uses. Each year, WPC also partners with 5,000 volunteers and dozens of community organizations and businesses to plant and maintain 135 gardens and greening projects in 20 western Pennsylvania counties.
2007 Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. All rights reserved.
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