Due to a software glitch, there was no new fundraising information to review.

Habits of Learning - 8 C's

• May  "Celebrating Critical Thinking" article is done, ER sent article to Jane and going in the Current on Wednesday 5/22
• June "Looking back on the year" + impact statement are in progress - ER working on both for the first week of June Current submission
  • Development team was asked to please access draft impact statement google doc to help edit or include information  inadvertently omitted. 
  • In-kind donation survey feedback will be added to this doc. Jane will share with teachers & staff during PD time on early release Wednesday 5/22

June 6, 2024 Reveal event at Mill 77, Amesbury and flow of evening

• What to expect - board and subcommittee members will be ambassadors for the school engaging with guests and helping to understand community reception of the Grounds Redesign and all of its possibilities
• This event also serves as a soft launch for the fundraising campaign effort and to see what components of the project resonate
• Short program for the evening that includes JLE, Denise, and Copley Wolff
• Beer, food truck and light appetizers as well as music
• There will be a community connection card available containing information on how to support the project as well as a seed packet take away with a QR code connecting to the Grounds page
• Messaging to community will clarify fundraising campaign are 3 different avenues of fund generation - development are focused on community support 
• This process is open for feedback, and we are working within the Development Committee Campaign Plan presented earlier this year
• This is the beginning of a community engagement campaign 
• There will be able myriad levels of community giving available
• To be clear, we are not at a place where we have contractors nor have we made any commitment to a design or to any component of the design. The schematic will include elements that may not appear in the final plan - this event will share with the community what is possible.
• It was clarified that at some point we will be able to see costs of individual components

Capital Campaign timeline, communication and goal setting 

• Check in; where are we relative to the dev committee campaign plan? Need to talk about fall fundraising event, select date and create planning committee
• What should we ready ourselves for in August?
  • November 15 was chosen for a fundraising event
  • Need location, invite, sponsors
  • Type of event - celebratory - not a sit down, but high tops
  • Theme? Party like it's 1999!
  • Consider fundraising components, auction baskets, etc 
  • Party Committee needed

Review plans for PA Calendar year 

•  Please review the Impact statement and make additions.
• Use impact statement as a guide for PA for next year. 
  • Get dates on the calendar for the whole community - prevents overlap and allows community members and volunteers to plan
  • Delineate costs of each event so the school/interim director can quickly understand value and investment
  • Thank volunteers who pitched in - I counted 60 for the luncheons and 46 for appreciation week - a significant volunteer force 

Draft task management sheet to populate to keep events on track

• November Celebratory event $100K fundraising goal