May Day at Pennhurst, 1950s
- Sign the E-Petition
We need signatures! Please sign the petition and show your support! - Spread the word:
Print out the following petition to take to meetings or show to friends. Available in PDF Format (Adobe Acrobat)
Print out this flyer to post in supermarkets and other high-traffic areas. Cut along the dotted lines and allow folks to tear off reminder notes. Available in .PDF Format (Adobe Reader).
Consider cutting and pasting this message to blogs, forums, and message boards. Contact webmasters of your favorite sites and ask them to create a link to www.preservepennhurst.com:
Dear Friends,
Please join our effort to preserve an important piece of American history-The Pennhurst State School and Hospital-as a memorial to the suffering and kindness played out there over the institution's one hundred years. Please visit
www.preservepennhurst.com and sign the electronic petition. Also, feel free to share your own Pennhurst story.
Sincerely,
Your Name.
- Donate
We accept donations through PayPal! Just log in and send donations to Donations@PreservePennhurst.org
- Join Our Mailing List
Take a minute to sign our mailing list and we will keep you updated with the latest preservation news and events! Your contact information will be kept completely private. You may also subscribe to the PM&PA RSS News Feed.
- Share Your Story:
If you have a story about Pennhurst you would like to share, please do so! You can post your story and pictures on this website at our Portal to Pennhurst page. Additionally, you can mail your story to:
The Pennhurst Preservation Project
61 Cassatt Avenue
Berwyn, PA 19312
or e-mail it to ncg1@cornell.edu.
- For more information and ideas of how to spread the word, please review the News section.