NEWS

We submitted a video to Kaboom for a grant contest. .  The video has been submitted and the documents gathered- Fingers crossed that we will make it to the next round!

In early June, they will pick the top 10 videos (criteria includes interesting video, $$$ need, community support among others).  These will then be posted for 2 weeks of voting. The top 5 videos after the voting will win $15K towards their project.  If you are interested in learning more, check out Kaboom.org

We also had an article about the playground in the Peabody Weekly News.  Hopefully that will help us get some publicity!  It is a great article, though they cut out mention of PTC and how supportive they have been of all our efforts.  Thanks PTC!

Finally we had a Spring Dance- we made over $160 for the playground with raffles and friendship bracelet sales.  Thanks to all who helped.


UPCOMING EVENTS

Playground meeting @ 6pm & Dine Out Night at Wendy's on Rt. 1 from 5-8pm on 5/21.

Barnes and Noble Bookfair on Thursday 5/24- books/games/food purchased all day long can go towards our fundraiser, we'll have activities and story time from 3:30-8, and the online purchasing is open until May 29th.  If anyone has face painting talents or would like to help at Barnes & Noble in any way - reading stories, crafts etc - please let Devin know!

Coming up on Monday May 21st there will be 2 events - the Playground com. meeting at 6pm which will be held at Wendy's because we will also be having a dine out night!

Please come have dinner and join us for the meeting - support the playground in two ways!

Wendy's Dine out nights are Friday (5/18) or Monday (5/21):  5-8pm both nights.

Hope to see you there!

Sorry- typo there- tonight's meeting is of course April 23 at 6pm.

Just a quick reminder that the Plgrd. Com. has a meeting on Monday, May 23rd.  That would be tomorrow.

6:30pm @ Welch School Library.

Hope to see you there!

We are currently doing a really great fundraiser through a group called Flower Power.  The link to "our" fundraiser is:

http://www.flowerpowerfundraising.com/campaign?campaign_id=11214

This only runs until Midnight on 4/27 so get on it quick if you're interested!

The great thing with this is that we get 50% of the sales!  Also, in a more personal way, it's cool because as a thank you to our organization, no matter how much you order, shipping is only 5 dollars.

If you'll be buying plants for yard & garden anyway this year, please consider this alternative.  While we are always in favor of supporting local businesses, in this case, this company is being incredibly generous doing this fundraiser along with us.

Thanks for reading, and remember that anyone reading this is welcome to come to the next meeting of the playground committee on April 23 at Welch School.