F.W. Parker Charter Essential School
Minutes
May 2025 DevComm Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday May 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Location
Virtually on Microsoft Teams
This meeting will be virtual on Microsoft Teams at this link: http://parker.school/developmentcommittee.
Fundraising is a conscious process of building a community of donors who are invested in the success of your work, both financially and otherwise. -Paola Cubias
Committee Members Present
B. Harrigan (remote), D. Van Patten (remote), G. Tang (remote), J. Fredericksen (remote), J. MacDonald (remote), J. Saxe (remote), K. Tedstone (remote), M. Cole (remote), M. Kosinski-Collins (remote), S. Cole (remote), S. Reinhorn (remote)
Committee Members Absent
L. Acton
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
II. Development 2024-2025
A.
Updates from subcommittees
B.
Parker Case Statement
The group worked on the draft Case Statement. We used warm and cool feedback along with asking clarifying questions. This document will be looked at by the Board of Trustees and then various stakeholders. Our hope is to have a final document to use by the early Fall
Alumni group- we are $1500 away from our match goal. An email reminder will be going out in the next week.
The Parker Fund- we launched the 30 gifts in 30 days for the 30th on May 1st. We currently have 6 current family gifts and 7 graduate family gifts. Reminders will go out mid-month
Gala- we had a closing discussion around what we liked and what we might change (the venue). All felt it was a success.