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got involved.” Boice helped with the finances and then became involved in other ways after she retired. “When I retired in the year 2000, up until that point, I wasn’t able to really take that much part in the daily doing,” Boice said. “So when I retired, I started working [weekly shifts.]” Boice’s shifts included assisting with the gift shop and admissions. She said she has also been involved in a lot of the museum’s reenactments, which she described as really fun. Dick Decima, chairman of the Lynden Pioneer Museum Endowment Foundation, has been involved for 17 years. “The endowment is responsible for providing that the Lynden Pioneer Museum will be around for a long time,” Decima said. “And that is interpreted as in perpetuity, so we want the museum to be around forever.” The endowment foundation solicits funds, invests those funds, and then donates a percentage of that money each year to the Lynden Heritage Foundation,
which is a separate foundation that operates on behalf of the museum, Decima said. The funds keep the museum open, and the money can be spent however the Heritage Foundation’s board sees fit. “I think the financial part [is the most rewarding], and what it means to the community,” Decima said. Troy Luginbill, the museum’s director and curator, said his favorite part of the job was making new friends and getting to interact with the volunteers. “The museum is an effort of the community,” Luginbill said. “It is the community that builds that museum, and I can say that about all of my volunteers. They do a tremendous job.” Patrick Keily said the satisfaction of getting a job done and contributing to the community is the best part of the volunteer work. “It’s a good feeling when you’re done for the day [and] you’ve helped the community out,” Keily said. “You’ve maintained the history of the community.” Visit https://www.lyndenpioneermuseum.org for more information about the Lynden Pioneer Museum.
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