<div dir="ltr"><table class="gmail-text_block gmail-block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:13px;word-break:break-word"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td class="gmail-pad" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:sans-serif"><div class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(85,85,85);line-height:1.2"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans"">BC Family Day grants will once again be made available to provide support to local museums, art galleries, cultural institutions, and First Nations communities in coordinating family-based, admission-free community activities.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans""> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">BC Family Day Grants</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans"">Grants up to a maximum of $2,000 will be available to eligible organizations to cover a portion of the costs associated with delivering a free community Family Day activity. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans""> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Deadline to Apply</span>: January 3, 2024</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans""> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Eligibility </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans"">In order to qualify for a grant, applicants must meet the following criteria:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.2"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Your organization must be a current BC Museums Association Member. <ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">First Nations groups and Indigenous Cultural Centres are encouraged to apply. If obtaining a membership with the BCMA is a barrier to your organization, the BCMA may waive this part of the criteria.</li></ul></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Any proposed activities must take place within the applicant’s community.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">All proposed activities must take place during BC Family Day long weekend (i.e. February 16, 17, 18, or 19, 2024).  </li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Your proposed Family Day activity must be free and accessible to everyone and all ages. <ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">There must be no financial requirements of the general public to attend the activity.</li></ul></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Your proposed Family Day activity must be family-oriented.</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Your proposed Family Day activity must be designated and "branded" as a Family Day activity</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans""><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">More key information is available on our website!</span></p></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="gmail-button_block gmail-block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;font-size:13px"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td class="gmail-pad" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-alignment" align="center" style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://museum.bc.ca/funding-opportunities/bcma-grants/family-day/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgb(58,174,224);color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;display:inline-block;border-radius:4px;width:auto;border-width:0px;border-style:solid;border-color:transparent;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:22px;word-break:keep-all"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;display:inline-block"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;word-break:break-word;line-height:44px">Learn more and apply!</span></span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>