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How do you promote <br />and publicize the <br />work of your <br />organization? <br />Our members are our greatest source of outreach and advertising, and <br />word of mouth has proven an incredibly effective means of recruiting <br />students for open turning. W e also performed a major overhaul on our <br />website, https://chwt.org, in 2022 to make it more <br />accessible and user-friendly. Our website includes contact information and <br />instructions for attending open turning sessions, as <br />well as our calendar of events including our monthly workshops. <br />W e have additional avenues of community outreach including turning <br />demonstrations at the Carrboro Farmers' Market, The Farm (University of <br />North Carolina Faculty-Staff Recreation Association) and new this year at <br />Enofest in Durham . Our Instagram profile, chwoodturners, showcases our <br />members' work and also has the current workshop schedule posted. <br />W e maintain an active list of email addresses for targeted marketing efforts <br />(such as publicizing our upcoming monthly workshops); email addresses <br />included in this list include our active members, individuals who have <br />attended open turning and workshop events, and those who have signed up <br />at our community outreach events. <br />Items turned by our members are signed with both “CHW T” and the artist’s <br />name, acknowledging the outreach mission of our organization and our <br />individual members’ contributions. These items include those for sale to <br />support the NC Botanical Gardens as well as items turned and donated to <br />medical agencies. As participants in the “Beads of Courage” project, we <br />have turned and donated lidded boxes to the UNC Children’s Hospital (and <br />the Beads of Courage national organization) for young patients who have <br />been awarded beads marking procedures and milestones achieved during <br />the course of their cancer treatments. Our most recent initiative is called <br />“W ings for Healing,” in which we turn and donate small wooden angels as <br />tokens of support and possible inspiration for pediatric patients undergoing <br />cancer treatment at Duke University Hospital. In a letter we received from <br />Caroline Sweezy, the Director of the Duke Family Support Program, she <br />states: ”W e are so grateful for the beautiful Angels that you donated. . . . <br />Your contribution has touched so many lives (including ours) as we deliver <br />and see the reactions of families.” <br />Please describe <br />efforts by your <br />organization to <br />generate revenue. <br />The majority of CHW T's revenue is derived from open turning and <br />workshop sessions which are held in our woodturning studio, where we <br />also have an on-site shop offering competitively priced wood, supplies, and <br />tools. Additionally, active CHW T members pay annual <br />dues of $100/year and many members have made generous donations in <br />the name of members who have passed away. W e also sell turned items at <br />NC Botanical Gardens, the UNC Farm event, Enofest and several local <br />craft retailers thru revenue-sharing, mutually beneficial agreements. <br />Resumes of artists/administrators <br />Frank_Penta_grant_bio.docx <br />Bob_Moffett_grant_bio.docx <br />Dav id_Jones_grant_bio.docx <br />Roni_Liberman_grant_bio.docx <br />Andy_Gunning_grant_bio.docx <br />Board of Directors List <br />Docusign Envelope ID: D2DDD443-AAE4-42FB-A56E-C407DEC271B8