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VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers are an important part of the Glidden Homestead. Volunteers share free time with the organization for tasks other than giving tours. If you are interested in volunteering, call us at (815) 756-7904 or email gliddenhomestead@juno.com.

   Opportunities include: serving on
one of the many board committees; baking cookies for events; manning booths at events; helping to make barbed-wire wreaths and other items for sale at the Homestead Gift Shop and at special events; helping
with restoration projects and small construction projects at the Homestead;
and many other tasks.

Board members at a "work day" at the Glidden Homestead. (Photo by Kathy Vance Siebrasse)

TOUR GUIDES / DOCENTS
   Tour Guides / Docents are those who share their free time with the Homestead and are trained to give tours. The Glidden Homestead is open the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month from May through October, with special events in November. Tours are available during the hours of noon-4 p.m., on those Sundays.
   If you are interested in serving as a Tour Guide/Docent, please call (815) 756-7904, or email the Homestead at: GliddenHomestead@juno.com 

Meet our Executive Director

BOARD of DIRECTORS
A 15-member volunteer board
directs the Joseph F. Glidden
Homestead & Historical Center.
Click here for brief bios of our board

OFFICERS
Kathy Vance Siebrasse, President
Svetlana Henrikson, Vice President
Sarah Glidden DeMink, Secretary
Kenda Jeske, Treasurer
Jim Morel, Past President

BOARD MEMBERS
Bridget Carlson
Richard Glidden
Steve "Kepp" Johnson
Jeff Marshall
Mark Pietrowski
Amy Polzin
Linda Schwarz
Marylou Smith

COMMITTEES
   There are many working committees that help the Board of Directors accomplish the important work of preserving and restoring the Glidden Homestead. Please contact us if you have an interest in serving on a committee, including: Archives, Fund-Raising, History, Membership, Publicity/Newsletter, Grounds/Landscaping, Decorating, Events, Programming, and Restoration.