Community Service Projects

SCVHS Community Service Projects

Educational Projects for Children:

• Museum in Motion incorporating local history into classroom curriculum

  • Solicit program materials:  Wish List

  • Create museum kits to accompany lessons

  • Curriculum writing

  • Slide presentation editing

  • Local history tools & training for teachers

Educational Opportunities for Adults:

• History All Around Us free community lecture series held at the St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church

  • Click here to learn about becoming a guest presenter....

• Free Historical Presentations free 30-60 minute educational presentations for classrooms, clubs, churches or community organizations 

  • Click here to learn more....

Contributions to the Community:

• Historical Markers celebrate important people, places and events. 

  • Locations throughout the Valley

• Camp Continental, WWII German POW Camp ~ Dedicated 12 February 2025

• Coach Porter Carroll Wilson Jr. ~ Dedicated 8 May 2026

• Historic Continental School ~ Coming in 2026......

• Juan Bautista de Anza Campsites ~ Coming in October 2026.......

• Halfway Station

• FICO Workers

• Brown Ranch / Stage Stop

• Sahuarita School

• Sahuarita Store/One-Stop

• Sahuarita Bar & Grill

• Continental Store

• Memorable Teachers

• Historic Families

• Migrant Workers

• Outdoor Public Art Custom Tile Murals (like downtown Tucson overpass)

  • Locations throughout the Valley and in Sahuarita Town Project

    • POW Camp (U of A Photo of Camp)

• Sahuarita Railroad Station (Postcard of Train)

• Old School Houses (Continental and Sahuarita)

• Brown Ranch/Stage Stop

• Twin Buttes

• One-Stop/Oro Verde

• Sahuarita Mercantile (Manelos)

Preservation:

• Stories From The Santa Cruz

  • Interviews to recording memories and stories

  • Historic document preservation

  • Scanning of local school yearbooks

  • Photograph digitization

  • Digitizing past editions of "The Green Valley News"

• First Settlers Certificates

• Ghost Towns & Old Mines 

  • Cerro Colorado

  • Helvetia 

  • Oro Blanco

  • Ruby

  • Twin Buttes

• Cemeteries Needing Our Help

• Nelson Sawyer

• San Xavier Mine

• Twin Buttes