Vote online October 11th to 28th for the museum’s project – funds to purchase a vehicle and trailer for outreach, public and educational programming
The museum has successfully submitted a project into the 2016 AVIVA Community Fund, an initiative that has been investing in charitable community initiatives across Canada since 2009.
The museum has applied for resources to purchase a van, trailer hitch package, vehicle wrap and enclosed trailer. These items would see the museum’s award winning, on and off-water programming become more accessible to schools, community groups, outreach events and the general public.
This new equipment would transport children to summer paddling camps, it would allow the museum to travel to schools and other locations off-site to deliver educational programming and workshops, transport the museum’s public paddling fleet for use on-water, and would also enable transport of artefacts to exhibits at partner museums.
From October 11th to the 28th, Canadians can vote online to help the museum become a finalist in the competition. To vote visit https://www.avivacommunityfund.org/voting/project/view/16-484 Each registered participant has 18 votes they can use at any time and can vote for the same idea more than once and/or for multiple ideas.
The 15 ideas that receive the most votes in each of the two funding levels (small ideas, and large ideas) will become finalists. Winners are picked from the finalists by a panel of judges and announced on December 6, 2016. Judges will rank ideas based on the following criteria: longevity and sustainability, votes, impact, originality, likelihood of success and submission quality.
If you support the museum’s project and want to help, invite your friends, families and coworkers to also vote for the project and join the project’s Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/688782731290287/. There will also be a voting kiosk set up in the museum’s lobby.