Efforts You Can Join
El Rey owner seeks volunteers, financial help.
St. Francis de Sales Church in St. Louis Missouri is accepting donations for building repair. For more information, please see the St. Francis de Sales Oratory web site.
Save the Mill in Lincoln, Illinois - Volunteers and donations needed. Call 217-732-8687 or e-mail us at info@tourlogancounty.com. For more information, visit Save the Mill.
Route 66 Re-Commissioning Initiative - Read about a plan to bring back Route 66.
Help (Re)Build? the Pig Hip Museum! Porcelain miniatures of Route 66 Icons are for sale
here.
Click here to Nominate a Landmark for restoration as part of the Hampton Inn/Hampton Inn & Suites Adopt-A-Landmark campaign.
The California Route 66 Preservation Foundation's efforts include preservation of Monrovia's Aztec Hotel and the Foothills Drive In in Azusa. If you want to help, here is the group's Contact Page.
The Porsche Cayenne Crossing Initiative is working to revitalize America's roads and trails, including a portion of Route 66 in California. Online sign-up is available to receive news and offer your assistance.
We the People Grant Initiative: The National Endowment for the Humanities encourages scholars, teachers, filmmakers, curators, and librarians to submit grant applications that explore significant events and themes in our nation's history and culture and that advance knowledge of the principles that define America.
In Needles, California, the Friends of El Garces is working on restoration of the El Garces Harvey House and RR Depot. Visit this web site to find out how you can help with this effort. Here is an information sheet
(Word document).
For sale: necklaces with a real piece
of Route 66. Proceeds go to preservation of John's Modern Cabins and other Route 66 landmarks.
The Los Angeles Conservency Modern Committe has several
online petitions you can can sign in support of saving modern landmarks in California.
If you would like to receive email Action Alerts about preservation issues in the Los Angeles area, send an email to info@laconservancy.org and state that you'd like to sign up for this free email service. Indicate whether you'd like to receive alerts on all issues, or just on a specific issue. More information here.
Efforts are underway for a Coral Court/Route 66/Will Rogers Highway historical marker to be placed on the property of Sunset Lanes on Watson Road in St. Louis County, MO. If you want to help please contact Shellee Graham or send mail to Shellee Graham, P.O. Box 802, Bridgeton, MO 63044-0802, USA.
Restoration of the U-Drop Inn in Shamrock, Texas is well under way. The City of Shamrock is seeking reproduction signs, historic pumps and other gas station memorabila that were not included in the grant that made the restoration possible. If you can help please contact the
City of Shamrock. Here is some more information about the historic Tower Conoco Station.
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Letters You Can Write
Mayor Gottman of Vandalia Illinois Makes Appeal to Keep Vandalia State House Open
The Mayor issued a press release urging concerned citizens to call or write state legislators to keep the Vandalia State House, located on old U.S. 40, and other historic sites open. You can read the entire press release and get contact information for letter-writing here. Several other historic sites in Illinois, including the Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, are also faced with closure.
Please read this article about the Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, and if you have an opinion you want to express, please write to Senator Coburn.
The Friends of the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles are asking for letters to be written in support of their efforts. For more information please see the Friends of the Southwest Museum Web Site.
Please write to the City of Albuquerque Environmental Planning Commission to urge them not to allow the demolition of the historic El Vado Motel.
If you would like to write to write to the Eureka City Council to thank them for their wisdom and foresight in allowing the Pacific 66 Liquor Sign to be preserved, the address is:
Eureka City Council
Eureka City Hall
100 City Hall Dr.
Eureka MO, 63025.
Hampton Inn Letter Writing Campaign
Letter Writing Campaign to save the Monrovia Public Library in California. Visit the Monrovia Public Library Preservation Site for more information.
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