I am a solo interviewer, or work with a small group, and have no extra funds to cover costs (blank audio or videotape, recording equipment, traveling to vets’ homes, etc.). Can you help?
The Veterans History Project cannot provide funds, only interviewing guidelines. However, here are ways our other volunteer participants have found operating cash and supplies. 1) Write a brief proposal of your plan—and how it benefits the community—for a local merchant or big chain store in your area or a service club like Rotary. Some stores can provide in-kind items such as blank audio or videotape, or recording equipment. Others have a small bank account for local good deeds like yours. Your promise to publicly thank the store or club can work wonders. 2) Seek funding from state humanities councils or foundations of private corporations. First, see what the criteria for funding are and what sort of proposal you need to prepare. 3) Large organizations with long-term goals can seek major grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and other entitles. But their lead-time is long, and there is a great dea
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- I am a solo interviewer, or work with a small group, and have no extra funds to cover costs (blank audio or videotape, recording equipment, traveling to vets’ homes, etc.). Can you help?
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