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The
fundraising committee, under the guidance of Carole Kasper,
met during the late summer to lay the groundwork for a fall
and winter campaign to raise money to purchase furnishings
and additional playground equipment. Carole resigned her
position in September and the committee is now being co-chaired
by Leslie Ouellette and Jen Rothenberg. The other committee
members are Jack Rogers, Banks Poor, Sharon Days, Roly Chaput,
and Susan Bernhard.
The fundraising effort is essentially a two-pronged approach:
corporate donors and private donors. To address the private
donors, a letter was recently mailed to all homes in the 10th
, 12th and 14th precincts. Corporate
donors will be approached by members of the fundraising committee
and FORFP board members. We need to raise $54,000 by February
2003 in an effort to purchase the additional equipment
and have it installed in the spring along with the rest of
the equipment purchased by the town.
The items we are raising funds for:
8 picnic tables
10 benches
1 see-saw
1 multi-pondo (a standing see-saw)
1 tire swing
2 vehicles
1 playhouse
As we've reported before, the total available funds appropriated
by the Town for Robbins Park renovations is $473,000--
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$300,000
approved by Town Meeting in 2001, $23,000 for handicap access
and $150,000 from the 2003 budget. The current plan calls
for roughly $300,000 to be spent on the playground area, $100,000
on the tennis court area and the remainder on associated design
and construction fees. In order to have benches, tables and
free-standing "creative play" equipment in the playground
area, we must raise this money.
Your membership
dues provide
us with the operating budget to sponsor park events such as
Field Day, Shakespeare, and Movie Nights. It allows us to
produce and mail this newsletter and to operate our website.
We also use that money to send notices about upcoming events
and to fund the fundraising printing and mailing costs. But
membership dollars will not purchase this equipment. We need
additional support from you.
Inside this newsletter you will find multiple donation forms.
Please talk to your friends, neighbors and others who might
be interested in making a donation. Tell them how wonderful
Robbins Farm is, why you're a member and why they should support
this renovation effort with a donation. For every donation
over $100 that bears the name of a FORFP member, that member
will receive a one-year FORFP membership at no charge. This
is your opportunity as a friend of Robbins Farm Park to play
a substantial role in our fundraising effort. Please make
sure you send in your donation, renew your membership if you
haven't already and ask your friends and family for their
support as well.
Your effort and support is critical to the success of this
campaign. Please send your donation today!
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