Waterbury Skateboard Park-July 2011

GMCR $2000 Grant!!

We are thrilled to announce a GMCR grant from the "Domestic Grant Making TEam". They are in full support of our Waterbury Skateboard Park project. Thank you to Karen Yakos and Eliza Dodd at GMCR for helping us reach our fundraising goals. Construction will begin June 20th at the Hope Davey Field in Waterbury Center, Vermont. We are close to reaching our goal!

Waterbury Skateboard Park and Comedy Festival Sale/Swap

Sports Equipment Sale and Raffle: June 4-5th @ Murphy's Barn Waterbury Center

The Skateboard Park is now $5000 away from meeting our fundraising goals. Our direct mail solicitation brought in some good money...please donate today if you have not donated yet. The next phase of fundraising will be a used sporting goods sale. We are hoping to make at least $2000 in this sale. It will depend how much good gear we're able to bring into the sale...which of course depends on YOU!  Support your local sports swap on June 4-5th--drop off June 3rd.


GEAR WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
-bikes                                                                   -scooters
-skateboard equipment                                      -unicycles
-snowboard equipment                                      -lacrosse sticks
-in-line skates                                                      -ski poles
-skis                                                                      -ski boots
-helmets
-baby joggers
-baby backpacks

...and MORE!...anything you'd like to drop-off we're willing to check out and approve for the sale.

You have the choice of donating these items to support the Skatepark OR you can sell items on consignment. We will give you %70 of your sale price and 30% will go towards the skatepark fundraiser...(or more if you choose to do so)


WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON JUNE 3-4-5TH AT MURPHY'S BARN-NEXT TO THE HOPE DAVEY FIELD IN WATERBURY CENTER, VERMONT                                              

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!