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Methodology Narrative * flease gxpJaln. Being a small rnuseurn. WSSSM hosls welcome each and every guest into the museum and have a chance to chat and say hello. Volunteers are trained to count each and every guest and are now asking zip code and if and where the person has stayed overnight and where. This "Dlrect Count" method will be invaluable in 2022. Attached is the wsssM operations checklist fornr that is used by our volunteers to track information about visitors. we will also work with rhe sumrnit lnn. our host hotel, to obtain detailed information on heads in beds as a result of our in-person events for 2022. The past actual used in this report are number fronr 201g. the last full year wsssM was open. The attaclred repofi shows details of our visttor survey. . ln 2019. we were open 4 days a week (Thurs-Sun) with an average of 29 visitors per day. . ln 2020 from January-March 15. trafftc was up to 37 visitors per day. We then closed for Covid until Sepi. 26 when we opened up for just 1S days (Sept. 26-Nov, 1 5) and had an average of 1 0 visitors per day (open just 2 days per week, Sat/Sun). We nrissed Dec 2020 due to Covid. . ln 2021, we were closed Jan and Feb due to Covid wh jch would have been a very busy tinre ai the museum. We open Feb. 20 and traffic was slow until May 30 with just 13 visitors per day open Sai/Sun as the comnrunity began to open up. ln JunelJuly and August (which coincided with our advertising) traffic really increased to 35 per day. ln September 2O21. we were at 28 people per day. " For 2022, we project to be open 3 days a week (Fri-Sun) and hopefully Fri and Sat nights (5-B pm) With a projected average of 34 visitors per day (more in winter and summer and less in spring and fall) that puts us back to 5,304 visits per year. 25J0 cha3atet litiiit Application Questions: Part 5 8l Funding Does your organization have, or have you applied for, grant funding frorr other sources? lf not, why not? lf yes. please list the funding you have for the project. inc|.rding any volunteer and in-kind sources in euestion gl project Budget Overview. Funding sources and amounts which lrave not yet been secured will be listed separately. in the field(s) directly below. Finally. what changes would occur if the project couldn't be funcled? Othef FUnding* Doesyolrcrqattrzalrunlrave. ornaveyct-taptiiedlorfundinqir.)lltotitijrsoijfces? .Yes "No Explanation *li noi. illty r0i'7 ln 2021 , the Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum was awarded a Nonprofit Community Recovery (NCR) grant in the anrount of $5.000. The purpose of the grant was to cover expenses incurred between March 1. 2020, and June 30. 2021, due to financral hardship caused by the coVlD-19 pandemic. This is the only other grani we have ever applied for. All of our other expenses are covered by fundraising 2500 characier limii \;1.hai chaltqes will lle rn.tde li iiln(linq lo. Vo|t r€jquesi is no1 available or ieccmlrended" Should we not receive the grant from Kitrtitas County we will not execute on this extensive marketing campaign. 2500 chartcler iiiiril. Funding Shortfalls *