{"id":972,"date":"2010-11-23T09:44:19","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T09:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=972"},"modified":"2010-11-23T09:44:19","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T09:44:19","slug":"ski-patrol-numberplates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/23\/ski-patrol-numberplates\/","title":{"rendered":"Ski Patrol Numberplates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>volunteer ski patrol took a bold step this past year in fundraising  for their organization. They invested funds in launching a Montana  license plate for skiers and snowboarders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/montana-car-reg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-973\" title=\"montana-car-reg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/montana-car-reg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Montana has 118 different license plates with the top seller being  the one for Glacier National Park. Eric Weckenbrock, director of the  Snowbowl volunteer ski patrol, does not anticipate coming close to its  sales numbers, but does hope the Montana ski and board plate reaches  sales of 1,000 this year. &#8220;The license plate is getting more recognition  by the day,&#8221; he told us. &#8220;We&#8217;re anticipating sales to increase going  into ski season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The new license plate added in July features artwork of snowy  mountains with a skier and a snowboarder. It includes the state&#8217;s famous  tagline, &#8220;The last best place.&#8221; It is also generic to Montana snow  sports rather than being specifically for Snowbowl or ski patrollers.<\/p>\n<p>A portion of the purchase cost of the license plate and subsequent  renewal fee goes to Snowbowl&#8217;s volunteer patrol. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been operating  so long at a razor thin margin,&#8221; said Weckenbrock. The organization,  like many volunteer ski patrol groups, operates on a shoestring budget  with members buying their own uniforms, gear, and memberships in  National Ski Patrol and its Northern Division.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The cost of doing the plate was fairly sizeable for our patrol,&#8221;  explained Weckenbrock. The ski patrol had to advance funds to pay the  state for the license plate&#8217;s production and hire an artist to design  it. But the return is already looking positive. &#8220;As of the end of  September, we&#8217;re well on our way to making our money back. We&#8217;re  anticipating more revenue from the plates than our annual budget,&#8221; he  added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>volunteer ski patrol took a bold step this past year in fundraising for their organization. They invested funds in launching a Montana license plate for skiers and snowboarders. Montana has 118 different license plates with the top seller being the<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-xs btn-info read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/23\/ski-patrol-numberplates\/\" role=\"button\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-reg-plate-news","category-world-number-plate-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}