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The following are the goals and objectives of the 2010/11 Heritage Committee:

1. To adjudicate heritage grants.
2. To update, maintain and publish an inventory of heritage projects, publications and collection sites.
3. To feature existing heritage collection sites/projects in PostScript.
4. To review current district policies on educational heritage.
5. To continue to the work of updating the record of the historical development of the BCRTA.
6. To investigate the creation of an Education Heritage Week in BC.

 

 

Heritage Committee Report

From the SUMMARY of REPORTS 2010

As our main focus is giving grants to help Branches collect and maintain their educational heritage collections, we sent money to the following for their worthwhile projects:

Kimberley RTA - $1500.00 was given in December, 2009 to pay for the natural gas and insurance on Old Marysville Schoolhouse.

Kamloops RTA – Received $700.00 in June to aid in updating their books that they have written.

Surrey RTA – received $4000.00 in June to begin the work of collecting, cataloguing and learning how to store their artifacts.

Kimberley RTA received $2000.00 in June to round out the grant they had received from Heritage Canada to paint the Old Marysville Schoolhouse.

Kootenay-Columbia received $800.00 in June to buy a camcorder to record interviews with retired teachers.

We received interim and completed reports of funded projects from previous grant recipients and know that these grants have made a huge difference in preserving our educational heritage.

The committee undertook to begin updating Lorna Robb’s book on the history of the RTA by updating the last ten years of BCRTA Committees’ history.

After our last meeting on June 22, we travelled to Richmond to see their Heritage site, General Currie School. We were warmly welcomed by Loraine Martin and her Committee and enjoyed seeing their accomplishments.

Thanks to Pat Brady, Sheila Pither, Carolyn Prellwitz, Margaret Sutton, and our newest member, Steve Bailey for all of their contributions to the work of this committee.

Respectfully Submitted
Mary Hunter, Chair

 

 

Educational Heritage Project Funding Grants Criteria

 

1. Requests for grants shall be accepted only from BCRTA Branches.

2. Grants shall not be approved for branches seeking compensation for costs that have already been incurred.

3. Requests shall be for projects that will start upon receipt of grant monies.

4. Each branch seeking funding for a heritage project shall provide to the BCRTA Heritage Committee:

These criteria will be applied when considering a project for a grant: 6. Branches in receipt of a grant shall submit to the Heritage Committee an interim report halfway through the project with respect to the use of the grant as well as the final completion report.

7. Branches in reciept of a grant must return the monies to the Heritage Grant Program of the BCRTA if they have not begun using it within a two year period.

8. The BCRTA Heritage Committe will reveiw heritage Grant applications at its meetings following May 15th and Oct 31st.

9. Grants shall be approved by a majority of the BCRTA Heritage Committee.

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