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Cover Page Page 7 of 28 <br /> <br />Briefly explain your proposed use of funds: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Museum will use funds to educate the public about Orange County’s <br />history with the development, design, and presentation of a permanent gallery and <br />special exhibits as well as through free programs, activities, and tours for both formal <br />and informal learning groups, and by collecting, preserving, and making publically <br />available artifacts and research files about family and local history. <br />In the past several years, the Museum has been growing its reputation <br />through quality exhibits and programs. We are the only history museum in the county <br />(as opposed to the many historic sites). This is a responsibility we take seriously. <br />Accordingly, we have transitioned to having two full-time and one part-time staff <br />members. These additional staffing hours have increased the services we have <br />been able to provide and has afforded the museum the ability to be open now seven <br />days a week (increased from three days a week). <br />As schools begin to return to pre-COVID operations, in-person field trips are <br />beginning to occur. One of our main goals for FY 23-24 is to significantly increase <br />our educational outreach with Orange County and other school systems, including <br />home school groups. For this, we would like to update our traveling trunks available <br />to schools (self-contained history-themed educational activity kits with handling <br />artifacts, costumes, craft kits, worksheets, and more), update existing lesson plans, <br />and create new lesson plans. With the requested funding, we would also expand the <br />structure and content of the children’s educational gallery (initial content put in place <br />in FY 22-23). Thus family friendly educational space, focused on Orange County <br />history, is unique to Hillsborough. In addition, additional funding would potentially <br />cover some costs of field trips and school visits in order to make them more <br />accessible. Moreover, additional funding will be used to contract individuals to <br />facilitate educational programs for children. For example, we would like to contract <br />with Haliwa Saponi artist Senora Lynch who works with children pre-K-12 to make <br />pottery and murals. <br />Funds from this grant would be used for personnel salaries for staff <br />completing the scope of work, exhibit supplies to create and maintain exhibits, <br />general supplies to support every day museum operations, and to support <br />educational engagement such as field trips and school visits. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: C69C51AB-48D7-45AB-9CD6-A634302D2A04