Our last meeting

The "Waterbury Skates" committee had a meeting on April 7th: In attendance was--John Wolfe, Brad Moskowitz, Belle McDougall, Peter Ferrell and Richard Bowen. We also had 3 skate ambassadors with us to share their ideas... Asa Mosk, Eli Mosk and Jesse McD.

Our total fundraising to date is: $4415-this exceeds our April 15th goal!


Interestingly-this represents 14 gifts from local families and 5 gifts from donors outside of the Waterbury area. So... we have only tapped the surface of our potential Waterbury donor base. Let's keep working on these families to support our project. We've sent out letters to 55 Waterbury families so far.


The meeting focused on our building materials list. John Wolfe will be putting the materials list out to bid to  Sticks and Stuff, Hannon Home Supply and Richmond Building Supply. We are looking for donations and discounts. We hope to have an acceptable bid by May 15-30th.

Our start date will be the weekend of June 3-4-5th. Richard Bowen is available as of the first week of June to begin precutting the lumber.

Our Community Build/paint day: will be June 11th and 18th weather depending.

Our "Waterbury Skates" Yard Sale at the Murphy Barn: will be June 4-5th. Look for more details on our Facebook Page and in the Waterbury Record.

T-shirts: Our first run of t-shirts sold out! We will be re-ordering! Buy one!

Let's keep on rolling!!!!

Waterbury Skateboard Park T-shirts are now available

Skateboard Park meeting April 7th

Thursday April 7th we'll be having a meeting to discuss our materials budget and possible donors. We will also be discussing the timeline for community building days and organizing work groups. Our first building day will be saturday April 30th and sunday May 1st. If you would like to join us please contact Belle McDougall to participate in the work crew. Thanks!

DONATE-can't wait to skate!

We need $1000 to reach our GOAL!!!

We have now raised $3000. This week brought in 2 very generous donations of $500 each! Many thanks to all contributors--I think we're going to make our April 15th GOAL...but we still have a ways to go. Our t-shirts are now in print, so get them while you can at the reduced price of $15.00!


We are planning our next meeting for thursday April 7th @ 7pm--please join us if you'd like to get involved with fundraising or building the park.


YAHOO!

T-SHIRTS!!!

T-SHIRTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!  If you would like a new "Waterbury Skates" t-shirt please send your requests and check for $15.00 to us now. Spread the word! Our first run of t-shirts are priced to move so we can get the word out. Get them while they last. The shirts are 100% ring spun, combed cotton and super soft. We'll be voting on color choices for the next run...so stay tuned. double click on the image to see it enlarged.

Gold lettering with our logo on a "deep red" shirt--$15.00

Checks and orders can be sent to: Waterbury Skates 1536 Loomis Hill Rd. Waterbury Center, VT 05677

OUR GOAL--$4000-by April 15th

Hello Friends of "Waterbury Skates"--

We held a meeting on friday night with our committee and ambassadors with our special guest Richard Bowen. We ate some good pizza and had a productive brainstorming session.  The ambassadors want to add a rail to one of the hips--Richard agrees! The skaters have spoken. Thanks to all in attendance. We generated a great list of folks who might be generous donors to the project. The letters should be in the mail this week and we're hoping to raise $4000 by April 15th. Talk it up!!! We're on our way!

Donations can be made out to: Town of Waterbury Skateboard Park
                                                
Donations can be sent to: Belle McDougall 1536 Loomis Hill Rd. Waterbury  Center, VT 05677

Ben and Jerry's Foundation Grant

Hello everyone! We are gearing up for some fundraising activities this Spring so let's get ready to build this skate park! I am pleased to announce a $500 grant from the Ben and Jerry's Foundation. So far we've raised around $750--but we've got a long way to go! See below--


Dear Belle,

The Ben & Jerry's Waterbury Community Action Team has received your application and we are pleased to extend a grant of $500.  We hope this grant will be helpful with your important work. A check will follow in the mail.

At some time in the future, we would appreciate receiving a brief report describing how the program is progressing, and what impact our contribution has had on the project.  Please send your comments to:  CAT@benjerryfoundation.org.

We wish you continuing success in this most worthwhile endeavor.

Sincerely, 
Ben & Jerry's Waterbury CAT





Yahoooo!  Donations can be made out to: Town of Waterbury Skateboard Park
                    Donations should be sent to: Belle McDougall 1536 Loomis Hill Rd. Waterbury  Ctr. 
                    VT. 05677