Thank you to the volunteers who in one day installed the entire playground! They all did an excellent job and their hard work is greatly appreciated.
We would like to thank the numerous businesses that have supported the playground. Please see the complete list in the Supporters section.
Members: Jeff Coughlin, Kim Coughlin, Martha Dexter, Rebecca Feely, Kathleen Follis, Principal Schlichter, Mike Caprioglio, Derek Barka, Heather Buxton, Betty Vaughn
Please feel free to call Kathleen Hegarty Follis at 423-0343 or khegarty_follis@hotmail.com with any questions regarding the project.
The GMS Playground Committee will be having several raffles at the GMS Open Houses on Tuesday, Sept 14 and Thursday, Sept 16. Raffle tickets are $1 each, 6 for $5, or $10 for an arm length. Available for raffle are:
Thank you to Bobs, Converse, Panera and all the other companies have generously supported the GMS Playground Committee.
The Playground Committee would like to express a huge THANK YOU to Mel’s Funway Park for raising $2,170 at their Customer Appreciation Day fundraiser. This is the largest donation to date and we are well on our way to adding more pieces to the new playset.
$5 from each $25 all day pass (includes unlimited use of mini-golf, go-karts, batting cages, laser tag, laser maze and more) will be donated to the GMS Playground Fund. Fireworks at 9PM!
Come out, have fun, and support the Playground Committee!
At the June 16 School Board meeting, the School Board voted to accept the Playground Committee’s donation of $23,272.15 towards the purchase of a new playground! The School Board will use available monies to cover the remaining costs of about $9,500. The new playset will be Miracle Playgrounds model number 714-S162 and is comparable in size to the current GMS structure. Anyone interested in helping install the structure, please contact Kathleen Hegarty Follis at 423-0343 or khegarty_follis@hotmail.com.
Again, THANK YOU to all who supported the cause!
The Spaghetti Supper at GMS was an enormous success, raising $3,968 for the Playground. We would like to thank all of the businesses and community members who donated time and raffle items towards the evening. A special thank you to the students of GMS who came through with more raffle items than could fit in the room. It was a great communtiy evening and we appreciate all of the support towards the Playground project.
Thank you again for a great evening!
What are the fund-raising goals for the GMS Playground Committee? Ideally, we’d like to raise the full $45,000 needed to install the large play set outlined in Option 4. Realistically however, we would like to set several goals with the first being a small climbing structure installed by September, secondly a small play set, and finally the full sized play set.
Goal 1: Small climbing structure for Sept 2010: $10,000
Goal 2: Small Play Set: $30,000
Goal 3: Large Play Set: $45,000
