Mission Statement
Heritage Day – A New Opportunity to meet, share and discover our local Snohomish County Heritage.
Saturday March 17th, 2012
9 am – 3 pm
Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center
27130 102nd Ave NW Stanwood WA
Join us for Heritage Day, a ”mini-conference” with workshops, roundtables, tutorials and publications sales. Bring ideas, problems, and projects to talk about and share throughout the day with others who are also working on local history projects, exhibits, genealogy, and preserving cultural resources.
We welcome all Snohomish County and nearby heritage groups to participate.
$15.00 for the Luncheon and Malstrom Award Ceremony Only – Hearty and healthy soups and bread, salads and desserts for lunch.
$20. 00 for the full day of sessions (see below for list).
Total $35.00 for both ($45.00 non-members
Being a 2012 member/supporter of any local heritage organization qualifies for the member price.
For the Registration form – Click here
Session List—
- “History Goes High Tech” —Fred Cruger, Granite Falls Historical Society talks about overlaying historical maps andsearching historical newspapers electronically, possible additional uses for Past Perfect features and using mobile technology to make historical information more available.
- Sponsorship & Grant Writing for Heritage Organizations, Wendy Becker, Snohomish County’s Historic Preservation Officer – Find out the difference between a sponsor and a donor and leverage your best heritage assets to raise visibility for your organization. Wendy shares her tips on developing successful sponsorship proposals and grant applications that get results.
- Historic preservation in Washington State – Chris Moore, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. An overview of the development of the preservation movement in Washington State. There will be detailed information on preservation programs in which several significant sites (urban and rural) are featured as examples of preservation success stories. These challenges and achievements will briefly be discussed along with issues of sustainability and a list of ways to get involved with preservation efforts.
- Designing an Exhibit (without breaking the bank)— Tarin Erickson, Director, Edmonds Museum
- Basics of Cataloging Review—Tarin Erickson, Director, Edmonds Museum
- History for High Tech Kids – Education outreach roundtable—Chris Bee, Monroe Historical Society – A brainstorming discussion about History Day, Family History interviews, tours, and other student projects. We’ll concentrate on projects where the organization partnered with schools from program inception to execution to evaluation.
- Heritage Board Forum – Meeting of heritage group board members for discussion of sustainability of our organizations – possible topics common to all – recruiting and retaining volunteers, budgeting, collaborative projects, digitization, legal issues etc. all important as we manage our small heritage organizations.
- Snohomish County Mapping Project — Fred Cruger & Granite Falls Members will be available throughout the day for hands on training. Disk updates will be available for organizations who have purchased and bring the portable drives containing the data.
Join Us!
Karen Prasse
info at snocoheritage.org
League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations