Exciting News!

Dear Docents, Green Team, Housekeeping, Chaperones and all Volunteers:

This morning, a new commercial began to air on all three major local television stations,primarily during morning and evening news broadcasts on Channels WGRZ (Channel 2); WIVB (Channel 4); WKBW (Channel 7);  WUTV Channel 29 (Fox News); and, in a slightly modified format,  on WNED/PBS on Masterpiece Theater and Antiques Roadshow (Channel 17.)  They are slated to air repeatedly until mid to late September.

You may have seen the earlier commercial for Buffalo Exterminating for the Buffalo Zoo….this is similar.  When the Buffalo Zoo commercials started to air, the Zoo’s attendance rose dramatically.  We expect the same to happen at Graycliff.  For this reason, we ask you to please consider devoting extra time to Graycliff this summer and fall if at all possible.  We will have to offer additional tours every day to accommodate the expected crowds.

When the commercials end, we expect attendance to fall to more normal levels, but until then, we hope that you will help in any way that you can.

Housekeeping, with this increase, the buildings may need extra care.  Green Team, please do everything you can to make sure that our plants, etc. are looking their best.  Earle Newman, one reason Graycliff looks as good as it does in the commercial is because of your extraordinary efforts to keep the lawns mowed and looking their best.  Docent and chaperones, the  heaviest burden here will fall on your shoulders.  Can you please give us extra help this season?  This is quite an extraordinary opportunity, and we will be forever grateful for your help.

The commercial will air throughout WNY, all the way to Rochester.  It will also air in Southern Ontario, all the way to Toronto. We would predict that there will be many people who are not Wright aficionados, but instead folks for whom this will be their first exposure to Wright’s architecture.  Thus,  we suspect that most will request one hour tours, but we just don’t know.  Please do you best to encourage membership, and as you always do so well, make their experience an enjoyable one.

This should be an amazing experience for us all.  Your friends and family who have been telling you for ages that they plan to finally get to Graycliff this summer will probably actually do so, now.  (At least that’s what I expect to happen to me!)  J

It will only last a few months, so thank you in advance for any extra help you can give.

It's now posted on the front page of our website, at Graycliff website

Thank you so much for all you do for Graycliff!