13th on the 13th!
The 13th Annual Museum District
Mother’s Day House & Garden Tour
Sunday, May 13, 2007 from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.

House Tour Preview

Tickets:
Tickets will be $20 in advance and $25 the day of the tour. Tickets to the tour make wonderful Mother’s Day gifts! 

• You can purchase tickets online ($1.50 surcharge per ticket)
• You can call (804) 257-9622.
• You may also purchase at the following locations:
  Cocoanut Jewelry
  Compleat Gourmet
  Ellwood-Thompson’s Natural Market
  Mongrel
  Strawberry Street Vineyard
  The Shops at 5807
  Tommy’s Garden
  Tweed
  Williams and Sherrill

When:
Plan to spend a memorable Mother’s Day in the Museum District on Sunday, May 13, 2007, from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Where:
In its lucky 13th year, the tour returns to spectacular Monument Avenue and nearby blocks of Kensington, West Franklin, and Park avenues.  These homes highlight classic Museum District architecture as well as innovative remodeling and creative updating in both form and function.

Why:

• Get an insider’s view of spectacular homes and gardens in one of Richmond’s premier historic neighborhoods!
• It’s a Mother’s Day tradition!  Friends and families look forward to this event year after year and are treated to new and exciting experiences each time!
• Funds raised from the tour do an immense amount of good: community improvement projects, web site development, and ongoing beautification and graffiti reduction efforts.  In addition, the funds allow the Museum District to reach out to local and global neighbors in need, such as victims of natural disaster or other tragedy.

Honorary Chair:
We are very pleased to announce that the City of Richmond’s Fire Chief Robert Creecy is the 2007 Museum District Mother’s Day House & Garden Tour Honorary Chair.  Chief Creecy is a notable Museum District resident who has served his community in many ways throughout his career, including as a firefighter, company officer, and a battalion chief. 

He notes, “I am the little boy who started out on Grove Avenue and gets to be Richmond's Fire Chief everyday.  Now, I am honored, and more than a little humbled, to be asked to serve as the honorary chairperson of the House Tour.  Please mark your calendars and join us this Mother's Day in the Museum District.” 

Mother’s Day House & Garden Tour Call for Volunteers
The Museum District Mother’s Day House & Garden Tour draws between 600 and 1000 visitors a year.  It takes more than 100 friends and neighbors to make these tours possible. 

Please volunteer in 2007 and experience the tour like never before! To volunteer, call (804) 257-9622 and leave a message, or e-mail the House Tour Committee at housetour[at]museumdistrict.org

Benefits of Volunteering:
• Support a unique, historic, urban neighborhood and meet great people!
• Get a $5 house tour ticket!
• Work one shift, less than three hours, and still spend time with Mom and go on the tour!
• Come to an outstanding Volunteer Party where you will be entered in a drawing for a number of very impressive prizes!