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Please explain the <br />impact of your <br />organization on the <br />Orange County <br />community in a <br />typical year. <br />Our four day summer program with all of its associated events (at the <br />Hampton Inn Carrboro, Wilson Library, Ackland Museum, and <br />Century Center/ Carolina Inn) usually attracts 120 participants, many <br />of whom bring partners and family along with them. These guests <br />come from around the country and a few from overseas. We <br />purposely have most of our events within walking distance from <br />shopping areas such as CarrMill Mall. Many local stores make special <br />coupons or displays for our event, such as WomanCraft, FlyLeaf <br />Bookstore, and Mulberry Silks, and they report increased foot traffic <br />and sales during our events. WE also employ a live ensemble called <br />the Syllabub and a dance caller, as well as 2-3 theatrical directors <br />who have written or-inbal adaptations or plays. We also include <br />approximately 10 actors to perform these pieces. We involved literary <br />and art experts in or exhibits at Wilson Library and the Ackland <br />Museum, also increasing foot traffic to the surrounding areas. We <br />provide maps of local restaurants for lunch breaks, and hire local <br />caterers for some of the meals. We also support the Hampton Inn by <br />having most participants rent rooms there, as well as most of our <br />meeting rooms. Our event definitely increases NC tourism in a normal <br />year. We also have special teacher scholarships limited to NC <br />teachers, so we bring 5-10 middle and high school teachers for free <br />to learn how to incorporate literature into their classrooms, creating <br />the next generation of readers. These teachers often come from <br />disadvantaged school systems and poorer counties. Over the past 5 <br />years or so, we've had teachers from 20 of the NC counties. We also <br />involve lots of local people in the creative writing program that we <br />began last year. The in-person workshop was cohosted by two <br />famous authors in 2019 and we had the same plans for 2020. <br />COVID-19 IMPACT <br />DATA <br />This data is for the OCAC's informational purposes only and may or <br />may not be applicable to your organization depending on your <br />structure. <br />Number of Staff <br />Eliminated March 15 <br />- October 15 <br />0 <br />Number of Staff <br />Positions <br />Furloughed/Hours <br />Reduced March 15 - <br />October 15 <br />2PT <br />Number of Public <br />Events Cancelled <br />March 15 - October <br />15 <br />4 <br />Total Lost <br />Attendance, March <br />15-October 15 <br />200 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 88C0949C-F7C6-47D4-8832-A8CDDEFA33A0