Kool Mom's Bottle Drive for Playground May 8-9th

We want your bottles!!

May 8th and 9th, we will stationed at the entrance of Southfork (HWY 2A & 50th St) waiting for all those bottles that have been collecting dust in basements and garages over the winter. 

Southfork Residents have received letters in their mailboxes about donations. We will be coming around in the next few days to pick up donations, if you wish to drop off your donation you may also do so at the Bottle Drop.

Leduc 40th Rodeo Parade

Saturday May 2nd our group walked in the Leduc's 40th Rodeo Parade to gain awareness and support for our playground. Many people were supportive with waves, hoots and cheering, we assume *nudge, nudge* that those that were cheering us on have already registered through this site to help us on build day. :)

Our kids found it very exciting to be part of the parade experience and grinned ear to ear as they handed out the Kool Aid packs, Water Bottles and T-Shirts to other kids and families calling them over. We really look forward to seeing the size of those smiles on build day when they see the playground that was built with so much support and hard work.

Get Inspired To Join Us.....

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!

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!

Southfork Playground Development

The Southfork Playground Committee is made up of nine Moms. We have all moved into the a very new Leduc subdivision, Southfork. We would love to have a playground for our children, but it is about more than a playground.....

Beyond the playground we are creating the opportunity for Southfork and all Leduc communities to have a sense of pride and ownership by having the community members involved in the plan

ning, financing, and construction of the playground project. 

During this process we want to bring together current family, neighbors, friends, friends we have not yet met, and futu

re families who move into the area. We are working hard to be a neighborhood 

were everyone is active

ly participating in creating a caring, safe, vibrant, welcoming community 

where people know one another.

Kathy, Vicky, Cahtie, Bonnie, Shannon, Tricia, Sarah, Janis & Shana have joined together to create the Southfork Playground committee.