Volunteering at Granger Homestead and Carriage House

FLCC College Experience had the opportunity to volunteer at the annual
Homestead Days at the Granger Homestead and Carriage House. We were all assigned an exhibit to teach nineteenth century skills to second graders. Toni helped out at the planting station by helping the children plant dill, while Jeff worked at the washing clothes station. He demonstrated and assisted with washing clothes on a washboard. Alyse assisted at the butter-making station.  She showed the children how to shake the jars that were filled with cream and eventually would turn into butter. Fred worked with the Canandaigua Fire Dept. in showing the children how a fire would have been put out in the nineteenth century. Fred, the fireman, and the children formed a line and passed buckets filled with water to put out the "pretend" fire.

All of us really enjoyed spending time at the Granger Homestead with all the other volunteers and the children.