Festive fundraising knitting designs.

Another local knitwear designer has created a series of festive designs which will raise funds for our project. They are a set of decorative carol singers and you can find out more on her blog here:

http://sahknitter.blogspot.com/2011/11/lord-bertram-comes-to-town.html

http://sahknitter.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-pattern-lady-beatrice.html

They are super cute and proceeds from now until March 2012 will go towards our project.

Steak sales and Bottle drives

We are super excited about our latest fundraiser - a case of 24, 5oz AAA Top Siirloin steaks for only $80?!? If you get your order into us by 12th December, they will be available in time for Christmas (21st December)!! This is a fantastic opportunity to stock up for the holidays - tell all your friends and colleagues! Email us on trainparkproject@shaw.ca for more details or with your order!

We had such a great response to our first bottle drive, that we are planning to run a few more over the winter months. The first of these will take place on Saturday December 10th from 10am. Please leave your bottles out with a note saying they are for the Train Park Project if you want to help us with this intiative.

We are still in the Aviva Community fund competition, so please keep voting every day to help us win all the funding we would need for the park.

Thanks for all your support!!

October 50/50 winning ticket number

The winning ticket number for the 50/50 draw is 335347 and nets the winner $261. Please email us at trainparkproject@shaw.ca if you have this ticket to arrange collection of your prize!

Voting latest and 50/50 raffle

Hello everyone! TWO important announcements:
1) VOTING in Round 2 of the Aviva competition starts today (at 10am MT) - please vote for our project every day - and ask friends and family to vote too please!! You can register and vote from this page here:
http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11228

2) If we missed you at the weekend while we were selling 50/50 raffle tickets, please check the previous posts for details of how to contact Terri to get some before the draw date of 31st October.
THANKS!!

You can also get updates by "liking" our Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Train-Park-Rejuvenation-Project/107168929361877

Latest Fundraising initiatives

Watch for 50/50 Ticket Sales starting this weekend. We'll be going door to door to raise awareness of the Aviva Voting project to win up to $100,000, gather contact information and sell 50/50 tickets (win 50% of the sales). $2 each, 3 for $5, 8 for $10, 20 for $20.
Contact Terri to buy if we miss you - 403-532-6045 or email trainparkproject@shaw.ca.

Its Voting time again!!

No - not for the elections!!! This is another funding competition where we need your help to boost our votes to win the funds we need to re-build our playpark.

This one is from AVIVA and you can find out more here:

http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf11228

VOTING STARTS TODAY - please register and vote for our project everyday to help us get through to the judging round!!

Thanks and remember to vote EVERY DAY!! Thanks!

Hope you don't think we have forgotten about all this....

Hey everyone!! We're still here!!
Just a heads up for upcoming fundraising events... Firstly, after the success of our first bottle drive, we are planning another one for collection in the next few weeks, so start keeping your refundables please.
The other event in the pipeline is a sponsored Play-a-thon in the park at the end of September - details to follow! Stay tuned!

News and events

First some news updates:

Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful in our bid to win the $25,000 grant from The Keg Steakhouse in their Thanks a Million campaign. It was a close race, but we lost out in the end. Thanks to everyone who helped us by voting - we really appreciated your help!

The Bottle Drive raised an amazing $1261.10 (plus a bit more from some additonal donations). This includes a 5% donation from the Bottle Depot for helping to pre-sort the bottles. This is a fantastic response from our neighbourhood and we wish to say a big THANK YOU to eveyone who donated to that.

Lastly - we will have a table at the McKenzie Frenzie today - please come over and say hello. We will have the pictures up of the new playground plans for you to take a look at again. You can sign up to help in our fundraising activities, ask questions about the project so far and we'd love to hear your ideas to help us make this new play park a reality. See you there!

Last chance to vote for us in The Keg Thanks a Million grant program

Today and tomorrow are the last two days for voting in The Keg Thanks a Million grant program. At the time of writing, we were in second place, so we need your help to get us into first place to win the grant of $25,000. It almost goes without saying what an enormous boost this would be for our project to replace the worn out play equipment in our community!

To place your vote and find out more about the project, please visit this page:

http://www.thekegthanksamillion.com/en/phase2/projects/show/p/1018

Please pass this message on to all your friends and family (and work colleagues too!) - it has been a close contest and we'd love to win it!!

Voting closes at 10pm (Mountain time) tomorrow - Tuesday 14th June - please help us get this grant to give our fundraising a massive boost!!! Thanks!

Bottle Drive and Hot Dog Sale update

THANK YOU to everyone who supported our Bottle Drive and Hot Dog sale today - we were totally blown away by the support from our friends and neighbours. We collected so many bottles - it was such a boost for our project! We'll update you on the total amount we raised a little later in the week.

The Hot Dog sale raised over 300 bucks - which is GREAT!! A BIG THANK YOU to all who turned up - in spite of the weather. We are so amazed to have such enthusiastic support in our community - this really gives us a boost!!

Finally - a reminder about The Keg Steakhouse grant program - there are only a few days left to vote, so please keep voting every day - winning the $25,000 would be fantastic!! You can track our progress every time you go to vote.... thanks for your help!

Knitting design sales generate funds for the project

A local knitting designer has created a pattern which she is selling to raise funds for the project. All proceeds from the pattern sales from now until 30th September 2011 will be donated to the project.

The design is a bias knit cowl pattern using a worsted weight yarn, although the pattern includes instructions to allow other yarn weights to be used. It is called "With Teeth" because of the zig-zag edging at the top and bottom of the design!. It is a quick knit and needs a little knitting experience to complete it. Knowledge of provisional cast-ons and grafting is required!

As you can see from the picture, its pretty cute so if you knit or know someone who knits, this could make a great gift and it helps the project out too. The pattern costs C$5.00 and includes instructions for the cowl, directions for adjusting the size and instructions for a softer, more drapey version as well.

The pattern is for sale through a website called Ravelry, but if you are not a member of that site, you can buy with Paypal by clicking the button here:



The finished design will be modelled at the Hot Dog sale on Saturday (after the bottle drive) - if you need any more incentive to buy!!!

Thanks for looking!!


AND KEEP VOTING ON THE KEG WEBSITE!!! ;o)

Businesses in the neighbourhood get involved

Great news!! Guns n Hoses Roofing has decided to donate $500 for every house in the neighbourhood that gets a new roof from them, from now until September 30th, 2011.

They have donated $1000 so far from two roofs already completed.

If you would like an estimate, please visit their website for details: http://www.gnhroofing.ca/

Also, don't forget to keep voting for our project in The Keg Thanks a Million campaign - you can help us win the $25,000 grant, which will pay for a significant proportion of our park equipment. Follow the link below to vote and help us win!
http://www.thekegthanksamillion.com/en/phase2/projects/show/p/1018

AND - there's more!! - don't forget the Bottle Drive next Saturday morning (June 11th) and there will be a Hot Dog sale in the Train Park from midday - see you there!

You can also find us in Facebook (search for "Train Park Rejuvenation Project" community page).

KEEP VOTING!!

Thanks to everyone who is voting for our project in The Keg Thanks a Million competition - did you know that you can vote once a day, EVERY day?

You can find our project information here:

http://www.thekegthanksamillion.com/en/phase2/projects/show/p/1018

You can register and vote very day and help us get a significant chunk of funding for our project, just by clicking every day!!

Thanks and keep checking back for updates and keep voting!!

Kids Pizza Party

We are holding a Pizza Party this Friday (27th May) at 4pm for the kids to give them another chance to look at the park plans and ask questions or just find out what's going on with the project.

Meet in the park at 4pm and if the weather is not playing ball, we'll move to a nearby house!

Please RSVP at the project email address (on the yellow flyer you received last weekend) and we hope to see you there!!

Click and help us to win!

GREAT NEWS!! We have been shortlisted for The Keg Thanks a Million funding competition. This means that a $25,000 grant can be ours, IF we get enough votes.
From Monday May 16th, you can vote (every day) for our project via the website:
www.kegsteakhouse.com and search for "Train Park Rejuvenation Project". Please vote every day and pass this message on so that all your friends can help us too!!

There is a link at the bottom of the main page labelled "Vote for a project" - click on that and it should take you to the main projects page - type "Train Park" in the search box and our project should come up.

The process requires you to register your email address, confirm via email, and then your vote is counted. Once you are registered, you can log in each day to vote again.

I know a few people have had problems not receiving the confirmation emails while registering - PLEASE use the email help link on the Keg website to chase up if you have the same problem. There are also some reports of certain web browsers not showing the search boxes to allow you to find the project to vote! PLEASE keep trying on other computers - whatever you can to register your vote!!

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!

Project Funding Shortlist

GREAT NEWS!! We have been shortlisted for The Keg community funding initiative. This means that a $25,000 donation can be ours, IF we get enough votes.
From Monday May 16th, you can vote (every day) for our project via the website:
www.kegsteakhouse.com and search for "Train Park Rejuvenation Project".
Please vote every day and pass this message on so that all your friends can help us too!!

Lets get started on the fundraising!!

We have our first fundraising event! We will start with a BOTTLE DRIVE on Saturday June 11th, so please start saving your bottles for collection that morning.
We'll need volunteers to help collect, so this could be time to get the kids involved and if you have a truck available, it would make transporting the bottles to the depot much easier. If you can help us out, please contact us via the email address on the orange flyer.

Oh - and a "heads up" for a grant application that we submitted recently - if we get through to the next round, we will need your help to VOTE to get the funding. PLEASE check back here next Monday to see how we got on and for further details!

A Great Start!!

A big thank you to everyone who came out to the community meeting, asked questions, volunteered or sent messages. We are thrilled with the level of interest and enthusiasm. We still need your input for funding ideas at ground level and from your corporate contacts, so please let us know your ideas.

We hope to be adding the pictures of the play park proposals here soon.

Thanks and watch this space!

Record of the state of the Park at the start of the project

This post aims to show the state of the play park at the beginning of the project and give us something to look back on at the end with satisfaction on the progress we have made!!

The Train - which is now no longer in the park!

 Drainage issues under the swing set.

Leaning station structures.

Muddy puddles under the swing set.

The small "wobbler" train, which doesn't wobble any more.

Hopefully this will give us some incentive to get some new play structures in our Train park!

Don't forget the community meeting in the park this Wednesday (May 4th) evening at 7pm - come along and see the initial ideas for the areas and find out how you can help. See you there!

Train Park Project's first community meeting!

We will hold a community meeting on Wednesday May 4th at 7:00pm in the park (if the weather makes this impossible, we will move to an adjacent garage) to explain what has happened so far, what we are hoping to accomplish in the future, and how you can help!!! Please come out and find out what is going on at the park!! It’s not only a great place for our kids to grow, but it will also help with our property values…

Don't forget, you can also find us in Facebook: Train Park Rejuvenation Project

Introducing the Train Park Rejuvenation project....

We are putting together a plan for the rejuvenation of the park between Mount Selkirk Close and Mount Brewster Circle. This park is locally known as the Train Park, due to the type of play structures it currently has. The park is 15 years old and in dire need of improvement. The City of Calgary has been forthcoming in the fact that there is no budget for this project, but has offered to assist our group in getting the work done if we can get the funding in place. This is a superb opportunity for our community to come together and turn a dilapidated, and potentially unsafe park into a great place for our kids to grow and play.
We will be updating this blog with dates for your diary, news and developments, so please visit often. You can become a follower or subscribe by email to be kept up-to-date.

It is also a place for you to add your comments and suggestions - but please be mindful of what you post - we will be moderating this site!

You can also find us in Facebook: Train Park Rejuvenation Project