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The Wellington Park Fund

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To date (10/25/2000), we have received over $6000 in generous donations to the Wellington Park Fund.

The Wellington Park Fund is currently at $6105! The city is has made the arrangements through their legal department to transfer their original allocation of $12,500 to our fund account at our non-profit sponsor, NCSC. The play structure and swings that we have ordered came to a total of $14,452.

The balance is being used to cover additional expenses such as wear mats, concrete, gravel, timbers, rebar, equipment rental, etc. for the build. In addition, we would like to replace the current benches with newer ones (roughly $600 each) made from recycled plastic. If you have pledged a donation, please send it in shortly. We really could use some additional donations. Please let your neighbors know about the playground, the build, and our upcoming Parkfest. Also please mention it to any local businesses that you know.

We plan to acknowledge all donors to the Wellington Park Fund in some permanent manner at the new playground area. This may take the form of a photoengraved plaque on one of our new benches.

Your contributions are tax deductible thanks to our sponsorship by the Newton Community Service Centers, (www.ncscinc.com). If you wish to make a donation to the Wellington Park Fund, please make out your check to NCSC, Inc. and write "Wellington Park Fund" on the check and send it to:

Newton Community Service Centers, Inc.
Wellington Park Fund
492 Waltham Street
West Newton, MA 02465

Our fundraising campaign received a very early boost from a $1000 contribution from Garden City Alarm Company. And just before our playground opening, Fleet Bank provided a grant of $1000 to the Wellington Park Fund. Special thanks to Contracting Specialists Incorporated (www.contractingspecialists.com) of Attleboro for their donation to cover the cost of concrete for our build. We also really appreciate the very generous donation of four sugar maple trees to the park by Phil Mastroianni Corp. We are grateful for these and all other contributions,whether in donations or volunteer effort!

If anyone is considering selling a house or knows someone who is selling a house in the near future, please learn about the Alliance Charitable Fund (www.alliancefund.org). In this program, a significant portion of the broker's fee could go directly into the Wellington Park Fund. Susanne McInerney (South Gate Park) is a local broker participating in this program. Please contact her for more information at 617-558-2777, sue@SusanneMcInerney.com, or www.SusanneMcInerney.com.

Our fundraising campaign was begun in February, 2000. We distributed two forms of our letter, one for local businesses and one for neighbors. We have added a map to the letter to make sure that businesses in particular know the location of Wellington Park. If you know any businesses that might be interested in helping us, please contact Eleanor Ambrosio (964-1353).

Eleanor and Don Ambrosio have been responsible for printing up our letters. Jane Quinn was our coordinator for local neighborhood distribution. Thanks to our former fundraising chairperson, Nancy Davis and her husband Tom Davis, for putting the letters together for us. Nancy also contacted local businesses by mail. Nancy and Tom have moved recently (such is Army life) and we thank her for her enthusiasm for Wellington Park.

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Citizen Donors

We wish to acknowledge the generous donations of the following individuals to the Wellington Park Fund:

Our Latest Citizen Sponsors!

Ann and John Kearney, Princess Road
Ginny Buell, Henshaw Street
Leonard Gentile, Adams Avenue
Ginger and Sunsue Fong, Henshaw Street
James Rizza, Kilburn Road

Here is our current list of Wellington Park boosters:

Eleanor and Don Ambrosio, North Gate Park
Ellen Andrews, Princess Road
Dante and Linda Angelucci, Kilburn Road
Jeff Behrens, Waltham Street
Max Brauninger, Lindbergh Avenue
Richard and Biagind Bullwinkle, Lindbergh Avenue
Franco and Rachele D'Alleva, Lindbergh Avenue
David Brown and Ann Donner, Waltham Street
Ginny Buell, Henshaw Terrace
Mary and Brian Bullwinkle, Lindbergh Avenue
Alison Husid Cutler, Byrd Avenue
Karen Degen and Thomas Manelovig, Waltham Street
Ann Dorfman and Jonathan Waldron, Henshaw Street
Deborah and Joseph Drake, Rangely Road
Ginger and Sunsue Fong, Henshaw Street
Sharon Engelhardt and Aaron Gornstein, Princess Road
Norman and Patricia Gassett, Henshaw Street
Julia Gawle, Henshaw Terrace
Leonard Gentile, Adams Avenue
Pauline Goedicke, Waltham Street
Vives Jenkins, Eliot Avenue
Michael and Eileen Katin, South Gate Park
Mary Page Kelley and Gregory Mobley, Waltham Street
Stuart Kelban and Marjorie Saul, Cherry Street
Janet and Ted Kuklinski, Henshaw Terrace
Gregory and Mary Page Kelley, Waltham Street
J.T. and Emily Lamont, Waltham Street
Cameron and Patricia Larson, Princess Road
Jacqueline Luciano, Lindbergh Avenue
Cynthia Mapes and Jim Frances, Adena Road
Aline Massey, Adena Road
Mary Beth and Jon McIntyre, Waltham Street
Scot and Lorraine Miller, Waltham Street
Beth and Karl Mitchell, Byrd Avenue
Molly Gasnick Moncreiff, Eliot Avenue
Bruce and Patricia Nelson, Waltham Street
Jeanmarie Patriacca, South Gate Park
Jane and Donald Quinn, Princess Road
Lawrence Rall, Lindbergh Avenue
Dennis and Valerie Razis, South Gate Park
Norm and Daphne Richardson, Waltham Street
James Rizza, Kilburn Road
Sidney Rosenthal, South Gate Park
Anthony and Lorraine Salvucci, Eddy Street
Pearl and Leonard Saunders, Kilburn Road
Ginger and Sunsue Song, Henshaw Street
Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps, Waltham Street
Lynn Vandergriff, Maxwell Lane
Melody Lee and William Whalen, Henshaw Terrace
Philip and Bailey Whitbeck, Princess Road
Richard and Susan Yule, Waltham Street

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Business Sponsors

We also want to acknowledge donations by the following businesses. Very special thanks to the Garden City Alarm Corporation and Fleet Bank for their exceptionally generous contributions of $1000. Please give these businesses your full support. Shortly we hope to have some capsule summaries of these businesses and links to their websites if they have them!

Our Latest Business Sponsors!

Newton Fire Fighters Association, P.O. Box 384, Newtonville, MA 02160
Phil Mastroianni Corp., P.O. Box 600377, Newtonville, MA 02160-0004, (617-527-8445) (for new trees!)
Fleet Bank, 235 Needham Street, Newton (Jane Faccenda, Branch Manager) - a $1000 grant!

Our Wonderful Business Sponsors!

Please support these businesses and thank them for supporting the Wellington Park Fund.:

A-Train, Inc, Waltham Street, West Newton
Buttons and Bows Playgroup, 4 Henshaw Place, West Newton, (617-332-4422)
Contracting Specialists Incorporated, 453 South Main Street, Attleboro, MA 02703 (508-222-2377)
European Health Spa, 1359 Washington Street, West Newton (244-7535)
Fleet Bank, 235 Needham Street, Newton (Jane Faccenda, Branch Manager)
Flowers on the Square, 1280 Washington Street, West Newton, (617-527-1700)
Frost Motors, 1180 Washington Street, West Newton, (617-332-7800)
Future Shapes, Inc., 56 Winchester Street, Newton, MA 02461 (617-965-7375)
Garden City Alarm Corporation, Waltham Street, West Newton (617-527-6226)
Med-Tac, Newtonville (244-0222)
Newton Fire Fighters Association, P.O. Box 384, Newtonville, MA 02160
Phil Mastroianni Corp., P.O. Box 600377, Newtonville, MA 02160-0004, (617-527-8445) (for new trees!)
PJ's Pet Connection, "Loving Care for Animals", 38 Henshaw Street, West Newton, 527-5262
Richard Morahan Associates, South Gate Park, West Newton
Dominique Rousson, DDS, 1001 Washington Street, West Newton, 965-1321
Sheahan Gasnick Marketing and Design, 108 Eliot Avenue, Newton, 244-9832
Springer Auto Service, 1151 Washington Street, West Newton
Susanne McInerney, RE/MAX Carriage Way, 28 North Gate Park, West Newton, 558-2777
(Alliance Charitable Fund)
West Newton Hearing Center, 1298 Washington St (332-7244)

In addition, we have also received some donations of goods for a future raffle or auction from several other businesses:

Captain Marden's Seafood, 1367 Washington Street, West Newton, 527-1122 (lobsters)
Hair by Hanna, 1299 Washington Street, West Newton 965-3012 (wash and cut gift certificate)
Mention Wellington Park and get 50% off first haircut and 20% off all other services!

For our Play Structure Build Day (9/16/00), we are grateful to the following businesses for helping to sustain our volunteers!:

Star Market, Newtonville (gift certificate used for soda) - Thanks to Shane Walsh, Manager!
Medhat Pizza Plus (the successor to TeeGee's), 1397 Washington Street, West Newton 332-3535 (6 pizzas & willingness to provide more as needed)
The Pizza Market, River and Cherry Streets (2 pizzas)
Subway, West Newton (all the ice we needed and lemonade)
West Newton Cinema, Washington Street, West Newton (1 very large bag of popcorn!)

We are grateful to the following for assistance in conjunction with our Build Day:

National Lumber, 15 Needham Street, Newton MA 02461, 617 244-8020
the "Official Hardware / Lumber Supplier for the Wellington Playground Build"
Special Thanks to Rob Goldstein for National's great willingness to help our project out!
Newton Fire Department for the use of their generator on our build weekend.
... and the delivery by Fire Truck was a special touch enjoyed by the children!

For our Parkfest in Fall, 2000 (10/15/2000), we received support from the following businesses:

West Newton Cinema, Washington Street (tickets)
Burger King, Moody Street, Waltham (coupons)
Subway, West Newton (lemonade mix)
The Party Works, Needham (paper goods)
Susanne McInerney - juice

For our Parkfest in Fall, 1999, we received support from the following businesses:

Star Market, Auburndale (soda)
The Pizza Market, River and Cherry Streets (cheese pizza)
The Party Works, Needham (paper goods)

We also acknowledge the generous assistance of the Newton Community Service Centers, Inc., our non-profit sponsor, and their terrific staff (especially NCSC director Anthony Bibbo and Paula Fiske, who administers the Wellington Park Fund for us). They are a United Way agency and their numerous programs cover services for toddlers through elders.

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Alliance Charitable Fund

One of our committee members, Susanne McInerney, is also a RE-MAX Realtor and is involved with a very interesting program called the Alliance Charitable Fund (www.alliancefund.org). This fund support homeless causes among others. If you or any of your friends buys or sells a house through Susanne, a portion of the commission (about 25% goes to the Alliance Charitable Fund). Of this 25%, half can go the charitable cause of your choice - for instance, the Wellington Park Fund! Especially, with the price of houses in Newton, this program could raise a substantial amount for our fund. So if you know any potential house buyers or sellers, please have them give Susanne a call at 617-558-2777, email at sue@SusanneMcInerney.com, or visit her website at www.SusanneMcInerney.com for more information. By the way, her website has a wealth of useful information and calculators, including information on all recent Newton real estate transactions. You are also invited to take a look at the website of the Alliance Charitable Fund (www.alliancefund.org) for more details on this exciting charitable program.

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Fundraising Ideas

Susanne McInerneylso had a very interesting suggestion for a Wellington Park Fund raiser. She could possible arrange for a future visit of the RE-MAX hot air balloon to Wellington Park. Tethered rides for a donation to the park would be offered. Four people can take a ride in the balloon at a time. We will have to look into what permits would be required from the city to do this. We would also need a not too windy day, lest a few Wellington Park folks end up at some other park!

There were also suggestions for having a big Wellington Park yard sale. Everyone has lots of old things they no longer want or need. We could have a big event at the park to help raise additional funds for the park.

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Last Edited on November 2, 2000.