Rockingham County Historical Society Museum And Archives

HEALTH

JUSTICE, EQUITY, & INCLUSION

THIS FUNDING WOULD SUPPORT EXISTING PERMANENT STAFF SALARIES THAT DRIVE ALL MARC'S OPERATIONS AND HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL MISSION: BY ENSURING OUR STAFFING POWER, FUNDING WILL ALLOW MARC TO EXPAND OUR OPERATING HOURS BY OPENING MORE DAYS AND CONDUCTING MORE HISTORICAL TOURS. A KEY COMPONENT TO MARC'S LONG-TERM SUCCESS IS ITS VOLUNTEER AND STUDENT INTERN TEAM. AS NORTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES FUNDING WOULD DIRECTLY BOLSTER STAFF POSITIONS WHOSE DUTIES INCLUDE VOLUNTEER RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT, IT WOULD HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT REVERSING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON OUR VOLUNTEER BASE. ADDITIONALLY, BY SUPPORTING EXISTING MARC STAFF, NORTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES FUNDING WOULD ENABLE FURTHER HUMANITIES SERVICES, SUCH AS HISTORICAL REQUESTS AND GENEALOGY ASSISTANCE TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS CULTURAL PROGRAMMING AND EXHIBITS. FUNDING WOULD NOT ONLY HELP THE MARC SURVIVE AND KEEP OUR HISTORICAL AND EDUCATIONAL MISSION ALIVE.