What's in A Name....

As you may have heard from previous posts, radio ads, or newspaper articles, the Southfork Playground is going to be named after a fallen hero. 

Our playground will be a fun, safe and inviting place for children, families and neighbors while keeping memories alive and promoting community pride.

We have chosen to honor someone who represents what we are trying to build. Keep posted to become part of the park naming celebration. In the meantime we would like to say Thank You for the support and generous donation from Police & Peace Memorial Ribbon Society.

We hope you will register to help show your community pride on June 6th and be part of something great!

Get Inspired To Join Us.....

Leduc Radio

Listen to Kathy's interview with Leduc Radio for our project details. This will tell you how this group was formed, what our goals are, and what your donation provides!

You can read about it in this weeks issue of Talk Time in available in some Leduc business. There is also an article in the upcoming Pipestone Flyer. With the Leduc Rodeo just around the corner you can bet we will be in the parade May 2nd, 11am.

A Great Week For Donations!!

We have had great response from our community is raising money for a new playground! We just updated our fundraising thermometer. 

It is AMAZING to see the totals go up! We have raised $50,000 worth of site preparations from companies such as Quick Cat Grading, 390 Construction, Dutch-Haaven Industries & Landesign Ltd, 

A total of $14,325 in cash donations from companies such as 49 North Lubricants, Pizza 73, Budget Blinds, and many personal donations.

Kennelli Springs Limited has donated water for the day of the build, was well as the days prior for the crews doing site preparation.

Tamarijn Exotics has donated Reptile/Insect display & Show for entertainment on the playground build day. They will be present from 10:00Am until 3:30Pm with an assortment of reptiles that kids & parents can handle, as well as some insects & spiders that are for display only [not fit for handling]. They will also have some display boxes of native insects, Authentic shed snake skin that people can touch and a few insects in resin that can also be handled   

Leduc Baby Sale

The Southfork Park Project members made an appearance at the Leduc Baby Sale hosted by R.O.M.P.S at the Leduc High School this past Saturday! R.O.M.P.S hosted the Baby Sale to raise funding for their renovations. The Baby Sale hit record attendance with over 700 visitors and 80 vendors attending the event.
Dubbed the "Kool Mom's" from The playground project we added a concession and silent auction to the event to raise money for our playground! Tim Horton's Coffee, Hot Dogs, Chips & Pop were bought up by the many many many people arriving shortly before the doors opened for the event. Our concession sold out of hotdogs shortly before noon! The silent auction had about twenty items donated to be auctioned and the proceeds going directly to the park fund. The Silent Auction & Concession added $1375 to our fund!!
A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone that donated Silent Auction Items, purchased from the concession, and to ROMPS for helping us fundraise along side them!

Playground Design

Here are photos of the playground that was developed based on the results of the kids votes in the Dotmocracy event at Notre Dame, Caledonia & Corinthia Park.

You can market your business and help us build a playground!

This is a terrific opportunity and an amazing community building project, but it won’t be possible without help from people and businesses in the community.

We need to raise $25, 000 for this project. We are asking for your assistance and would like to recognize your contribution by offering the incentives listed below.

Triple Slide Level 1 - Cash Donation of $2000:
- Space provided to display your company’s banner on the day of the build
- Your logo in all of our media ads, on our build day t-shirts and on our website
- A framed thank you picture

Rock Challenge Wall Level 2- Cash Donation of $1000:
- Your logo in all of our media ads, on our build day t-shirts and on our website
- A framed thank you picture
Pommel Wall Level 3- Cash Donation of $500:
- Your logo on our build day t-shirts and on our website
- A thank you picture

Monkey Bars Level 4- Cash Donation of $100:
- Your logo on our website
- A thank you picture

If you are not able to do one of the above, please consider sending a team of volunteers to help on the day of the build.

If you would like more information, please call 780-980-3090 or go on our website, www.leduc.letthembekids.ca

Thank you for your time. We will follow up with you in a couple of days!

Sincerely,
The Moms of the Southfork Park Project

Letter To Southfork Residents.

Dear Families of Southfork:

We have some exciting news to share with you! As you may have heard, Southfork has been chosen as the FIRST recipient of the Let Them Be Kids/Kool-Aid Smile award that will help us to put a playground in our community. The award includes a seed grant of $5000 and a 60/40 match opportunity for the rest of our fundraising.
Our goal is to have active participation in the community that develops pride and ownership, an opportunity for all members of the community to connect through outdoor recreational activities that helps to build social relationships, and of course, FUN! The park design has been chosen by kids in our community and will be built by volunteers on JUNE 6th, 2009. Once completed, the park will be dedicated to a fallen hero from our community.
This is a terrific opportunity and an amazing community building project, but it won’t be possible without help from people and businesses in the community.

We need to raise at least $25, 000 for this project and we would like you to choose one of the following ways that you can help:

_____ Please find attached my contribution of $100 (if everyone in Southfork did this, we would easily achieve our goal!).

______Please find attached my contribution of $_________.

_____ Yes, I can come out and help on June 6th, 2009 to build our children a playground(end of Southwick Way).

_____ Yes, I would be interested in helping the organization of the build day.

Name:__________________ Phone: _______________ Email Address:______________

For more information, please checkout our website www.leduc.letthembekids.ca or call 780-980-3090. Thank you for your help!