Playground
NELSON PLACE PTO PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE
Chair: Beth Proko 508-864-9549 or bproko@charter.net
NEW GOAL: $52,435
TOTAL REMAINING FOR MAINTENANCE FUND: $0
Playground Budget Detail Sheet
Tax deductible donations can be made to: Nelson Place PTO ‘Playground Fund’.
PLAYGROUND FUNDRAISING COMPLETE!!
Between the April yard sale, some additional coins we got in last week and an anonymous donation of $48.35, WE’RE DONE!!!
A HUGE thank you to Lea Jordan and Madelyn Carnes as well as Morgan and Delaney Proko who braved the weather for the yard sale. We had a good turnout and then donated all the remaining items to the Worcester Animal Rescue League for their upcoming yard sale.
Thank you to each of you that believed that we could accomplish this important project for our children. With the maintenance fund now in place, we can be assured that monies are available to make needed improvements down the road.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS EFFORTS AND SUPPORT!!
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Many thanks to all who participated in PENNIES FOR THE PLAYGROUND! We raised $814 for the playground maintenance fund!!!
Mrs. Lapierre’s class won hands down with a total of $132.03!! This class will be enjoying free ice cream for their tremendous effort!! Also especially notable is Mrs. Cormier’s class with $104 in coins!
This puts us only $493.11 away from officially being DONE with the maintenance fund!! Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers and United Bank (formerly Commonwealth) for helping to make this such a success.
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Many thanks to the staff at the
Texas Roadhouse, 535 Lincoln Street in Worcester and everyone who came Wednesday night!!
Raffle and meals raised a total of $813!!!
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Thank you to the PTO fundraising committee for their donation of $268 from the holiday show bakesale to the playground maintenance fund!!
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Did you know? We have brought in $1670 from our Nelson Place cookbook sales!
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The folks below are just a few of the many people that made this project a success. We also extend thanks to all the families at Nelson Place and their friends who purchased holiday CDs, comedy show tickets, cookbooks, saved Shaw's receipts, helped with the yard sale and much more!
Harr Motor Companies
Dick & Kathy Doherty ~ Dick Doherty's Beantown Comedy Escape
Howard Sobel & Tamara Colpack ~ Crowne Plaza Worcester
Michael Forte ~ Forte Enterprises
G.M. Bergeron Custom Builders
Frank Foley
Joe Goodrow
Assumption College
Wachusett Mountain
Commonwealth Bank
Lowe's Toolbox for Education
Home Depot
Sam's Club/Walmart Stores
Saint-Gobain Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. Emerson Brooks
WCRN 830am ~ Hank Stolz & Chris Thompson
Tom Hurley & Robin Steiger ~ The Drunken Uncles
Jen & Joe Flagg ~ Banana Joe's
Rod Lee
Kevin Condron ~ The Granite Group
Polar Beverages
The Sloan Family
Hoey Tire Co.
Tony Economou ~ RE/MAX Advantage 1
The Steigman Family
The Hurley Family
The Andros Family
The Sadowski Family
The Foster Family
Copacabana Entertainment
The Stultz-Tully Family
Standard Auto Wrecking
Standard Construction
Charter TV 3
Dan Verrico ~ Co-Card
Photo Silk Screen
The Cormier Family
WEEI Sports Radio
Lincoln MacDonald ~ Worcester Fitness
Kenpo Karate
Highland Chiropractic
Greenwood Village Garage
Leominster Credit Union
North Worcester Business Association
Mill Street Motors
Kiwanis of Worcester
Ronnie's Auto Body
Webster First Federal Credit Union
Standard Distribution
The Danko Family
Bancroft School
Sunnyside Motor Company
Shaws/Albertsons
Paul Nardizzi, comedian
Steve Bjork, comedian
Carolyn Plummer, comedian
Greg Howell, comedian
Vin's TV & Appliance
YMCA of Central Mass.
Dianne Silun
Ben Terkanian ~ Snap-On Tools
The Shqina Family
Boston Red Sox
Deb Wessels
Joey's Bar & Grill
Kate Sullivan
Joshua Froimson
Lussier Electric
The West Family
The Fleming Family
The Endow Family
The Lussier Family
The Brunelle Family
Gayle Connole
The Mulhern Family
Jay Higgins ~ International Ceramics
Worcester State College
Rich Gedman ~ Worcester Tornadoes
Joe Schwartz Little League
Kevin Meehan ~ Imperial Ford
Greg Padilla
The Hart Family ~ Hartline Inc.
The Giarusso Family
The Francis Family
The McGrath Family
Cisco
Ford's Hometown Services
Austin Liquors
Braley & Wellington Insurance
Jolin Paving & Excavating
The Proffit Family
Caswell King
Sansoucy Stone
The Murphy Family
The Bazydlo Family
Brattle Stop Pizza
Fred Bayon, DMD
Taylor Rental
Boston Market
McDonald's ~ West Boylston Street
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COOKBOOKS:
Cookbook sales are going well. We have already covered our costs and now every book sold is profit! Many thanks to our hearty volunteers who manned the table on Saturday, February 7th: Hannah, Sophie and Sandra Foster, Peggi Harris and Sarah Sadowski! Extra special thanks to NP student Hannah Foster who held out in the frosty temperatures for 3 hours!! The sale made $130 which puts the cookbook sale net profit at over $250!!
IIf you have any other ideas for places we can sell, please contact Sandra 508-856-9442. I know she is already speaking with the Y.
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GOODSEARCH TOOLBAR:
Chaz Harris has found an interesting internet search engine that gives 1 cent to a charity of your choice each time you use it. It works the same as any other search engine you use such as google or msn but the PTO will get money when you are using it. Sounds simple enough! Use the instructions below to set up the toolbar on your system (you will have the opportunity to download to your regular home page as part of the process below). It automatically saves Nelson Place PTO as your preferred charity so you only have to do this once. Initially these funds will go to the playground account. Once our goal is reached, funds will go to our general fund. Please pass this information on to friends and family too!
1) Go to "Goodsearch. com".
2) Under "Who do you Goodsearch for?", enter "Nelson Place" where it says "enter your charity here"
3) Hit "Verify".
4) It should come back with "Nelson Place School PTO (Worcester, MA)".
5) If it does not, type in "Nelson Place School PTO (Worcester, MA)", and hit "Verify".
6) Now enter your search request and you are all set.
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Cans for Kids!!
The Fleming family has done a great job collecting and returning cans and bottles from NP families to benefit of the playground the past year. This commitment alone has raised over $500!! Drop your cans and bottles at 62 Darnell Road in the recycle bins OR contact Dawn Fleming at 508-853-9476 to arrange for pickup.
