• There is the possibility of gift wrapping for donations at the mall before Mothers/Fathers day.  More information will be forthcoming if/when this develops

• The group of Endicott College students who will be working with the committee came for their first meeting.  They will come to the April meeting with logo/branding/solicitation ideas, and maybe even a video.

• The Philanthropy Team part of our committee has already been meeting with Dr. Nappi.  Grant applications are in progress.

• There have been many questions floating around drop off etc. about what our goal is.  Please talk up these two pieces of information to anyone who is asking:
  

What is the target date?  Spring 2013
How much money is needed?  At least $75,000.

• Look for a Playground newsletter soon.  We are just waiting & trying to finalize certain details before that happens.

These next 12 months should be our big push.

• It was discovered that the Committee can use the Welch School Nonprofit #: which means we don’t have to wait for the 501c3 status to go through! (official US Nonprofit Status).
  
• The Upcoming meetings will be April 9th and May 21st.

A number of Committee members also brought in ideas and even examples for fundraisers.  Thank you to each of them.

We will be meeting on March 19th.  More info to follow.  Stay tuned.