We are honored and humbled to announce that we have been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Alex LeVasseur Memorial Fund* in partnership with the Tony Hawk Foundation! We couldn't have done it without diehard support of all the stakeholders who've been pushing us!
It is an incredible privilege to be added to the legacy of both organizations, but this grant comes with a deadline too. Construction must be completed in 2022! We're currently at $49K of our $190K goal for the project. Our next big goal is to hit $60K by the December 15th Albany County Rec Mill Grant deadline. Pledge or Donate today and remember every dollar will be doubled by the $4k 1:1 matching grant through the Wyoming Community Foundation. * "The Alex Le’Vasseur Memorial Fund was established in 2007 by the Le’Vasseur family after the tragic passing of 13-year-old Alex Le’Vasseur(son of singer-songwriter Jeffrey Steele and his wife Stepanie Le’Vasseur). Since the start of the Fund the Le’Vasseur family has created programs and projects to help overlooked and at-risk youth. To date, Alex’s Fund has granted over $300,000 to help at-risk youth and continues to make efforts to impact more young lives." Great news! Our Paypal Giving Fund Page is now ready to accept your credit and debit donations, and Paypal will be covering the processing fees!
Just click one of the "donate today" buttons on our site and you're there. We're so excited to finally have everything up and running smoothly for you. Just a reminder Friends of the Laramie Skatepark is a sub-committee of Friends of Community Recreation 501(c)(3) Sandy Garnett and Mary Vrooman spearheaded the original park build in the late '90s. Spurred on by a great group of passionate skateboarders that included their sons they did their research, spread the word and raised a bunch of money. They got one of the best poured in place skateparks in the region built by one of the best in the business, Team Pain Skateparks. Our debt to these two women is immeasurable, not only the work of getting the infrastructure built but the investment they made into the idea that skateboarding and wheeled sports athletes are worthy of community support. Having grown up skating in the 90s, that idea still feels revolutionary to me. Construction Photos courtesy of Lance Spiker
Your pledge is the most valuable asset to the campaign right now. We've got $11K left to raise and the first $4K will be matched by the Wyoming Community Foundation.
With new commitments of $7K in the next month we will have matched the Albany County Recreation Board's $25K commitment in just 6 months! What better proof is there that we are a good investment, and that this project is a worthy of continued support? The pledge form is simple, secure and to the point. All we need is your name, email, how much you are pledging and if you want to donate once or in three yearly installments. Once done we will contact you with the best means to follow through on your pledge in December. The Wyoming Community Foundation has offered us $4K in matching funds.
New donations will be matched dollar for dollar. Donate button coming soon for now contact us directly via: email: [email protected] phone or text: 3072232257 or DM us on FB or IG to make your commitment today! We've got a deadline of December 19th to bring in as many commitments as possible before we head back to the Albany County Recreation Board to request another large portion of our goal. (They kicked us off last June with a commitment of $25K!) We have an overall goal of raising $190K toward park and light improvements by 2022, and this is a great opportunity to up our committed funds from $39K to $47K. But we can't do it without individual donors like you! thanks so much, Josh So it's been 6 years since we started our work to improve and expand LSP (laramie skate park). We've gotten by with FB and IG so far, but this Capital Fundraising Campaign we started in the Fall of '18 has kicked it up a notch, so here we go...
We're currently working on making this site the best spot to funnel donations directly to the cause and to connect you with the latest in news on the project. Let us know if you have any insights to share. Thanks for your time and consideration, -Josh |
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