Thank you to all our little monkeys for making our Holiday Fundraiser such a huge success! While the numbers are not yet in, it was great to see everyone come together as a community to better our school. In the meantime, much progress has been made towards achieving our dream playground, although most of it is happening behind the scenes. We have been assigned a Project Manager from Portland Public Schools who will guide us through the entire process. We lucked out by being assigned a person who has overseen playground makeovers throughout the district and has already provided invaluable advice. In addition, we are in the process of meeting with four different playground vendors so they can look at the space and generate proposals. Once we have those proposals in hand, the whole school will play a part in picking our dream playground! As each day passes, we move one step closer to our goal!!!
The Holiday Fundraiser is the official kickoff to our fundraising efforts for our new, dream playground. So, if you see miniature monkey's invading our school, have no fear. Every monkey means more money for our new playground. That's right, all money raised through our Holiday Fundraiser goes directly to the Dream Big Project! So, start convincing your friends, family members and co-workers they need some delicious cookie dough, holiday wrapping paper, or presents for the family (or just themselves). Let's have an awesome start to our year long project and raise $10,000.00 towards our new playground! In other exciting developments, Mrs. Froehlich has already been working the phones and secured a $5,000.00 matching donation for the playground! That means we need to raise $5,000.00 in direct donations to receive the matching donation. Let's make this happen by Thanksgiving, so we can go to Thanksgiving break knowing we are on the right path. Click on the "How You Can Help" link to learn more. Big things are happening this Fall, not the least of which is the kick off of our effort to raise funds for an all new playground for the children! The theme is DREAM BIG, because we want to create a new and exciting play space that fosters kids’ imaginations, promotes physical activity and facilitates social interaction between kids of all ages and abilities. Our “big dream” is to provide a unique, innovative, durable, and environmentally conscious playground for all children and families in the community. We are kicking off our fundraising efforts on October 10th with a Holiday Fundraiser that will allow you to get your shopping done early, while directly benefitting the Project. And this is just the beginning. All year long our focus will be on raising money to fund the new playground, which we hope to make unlike any other in Portland. With your help, we can make this happen. DREAM BIG.
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