Newsflash!
Break Ground on the New Playground on Saturday, May 12!
Gompers Park Playground Renovation a Reality in Summer 2012
The Grow with Gompers
Committee; Alderman Margaret Laurino, 39th Ward; and State
Representative John D'Amico, 15th District invite the community to
celebrate construction beginning on the new playground at Gompers Park.
The groundbreaking will take place at the existing - soon to be
renovated - Gompers Park playground at 4222 West Foster Avenue on
Saturday, May 12, at 10:00am. Children can enjoy light
refreshments and face painting.
Since 2008, the Grow with Gompers committee of the North Mayfair
Improvement Association, has actively worked towards building a new
playground in partnership with the Chicago Park District and with the
support of our elected officials, area families and businesses.
Now, in 2012, the playground is fully funded and the Chicago Park
District is ready to begin construction. The long – awaited new
playground is made possible through a significant financial
contribution from the community through Grow with Gompers fundraising;
with a majority of the project’s budget fulfilled through substantial
funding from three public sources: the Chicago Park District, the state
of Illinois through State Representative John D’Amico; and the city of
Chicago through Alderman Margaret Laurino.
The Grow with Gompers
committee and North Mayfair Improvement Association organized numerous
fundraising events and programs throughout the past four years,
including the popular Gomp-toberfest, Romp@Gomps, Circus in the Parks,
and the Make Your Mark on Gompers Park engraved brick sale.
Comments and questions about the playground renovation are welcome.
Find out more and contact the Grow with Gompers Committee through email
at info@gompersparkplayground.org; their website,
www.gompersparkplayground .org; or call 773 685 3270 and leave a
message at the Gompers Park Field House.
The Grow with Gompers
Committee is part of the North Mayfair Improvement Association, working
to improve the neighborhood since 1929. Since 2008, the Grow with
Gompers mission has been to redesign and rebuild the more than two
decades old, unsafe, outdated playground at Gompers Park in order to
realize the community’s vision of a dynamic new place for children to
safely play and our diverse community to connect.
Thank you!
To all who supported the new
playground,
We cannot thank you enough, but bet the smiles on the faces
of the children delighted by their new playground might be a good
start! Please join Grow with Gompers in especially extending our
appreciation to all who have contributed to the playground renovation, collaborating together to
build our much needed, and long awaited new playground at Gompers Park.
We would also like to send a special invitation to all who
contributed to the Grow with Gompers fundraising efforts to join us at
the ground breaking ceremony on Saturday,May 12 - whether you
contributed by donating$1 or $1000; providing much needed supplies or
raffle prizes for events; volunteering 1 hour or 1000; buying a brick
or patting us on the back when we needed the moral - as well as
financial - support. Thank you and we would love to see you on May 12
to mark this moment together!
If you have questions regarding your Fund the Fund donation, or any
other questions, or would just like to share our your excitement about
the good news, please feel free to contact us.
Our
vision for the playground goes beyond new slides and swings, to be a
dynamic new place for the children to safely play and our diverse
Chicago community to connect. A safe, fun, welcoming, and
engaging place for all families to gather, bring their babies to take
their first steps, watch toddlers learn to climb, and collectively
observe them grow into imaginative children who know one another and
play together. Building a playground builds community, and
building community can help build other good things for our
neighborhood such as safer streets, better schools, increased property
value, and a higher quality of life for all to enjoy.
The new playground is coming soon, so you might like to take a look at the
working design of the playground, a productive and positive
collaboration between the community and park district to create the
right plan for our park.
Thank you for working with us to make it happen. Please
do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or ideas. Thanks for
your patience and support as we look forward to a successful onstrucion and completion of the playground this summer!
Sincerely,
The Grow with Gompers Committee
Please follow the links below for PDFs of our Fund the Fun information packet, or request one by mail.
- Fund the Fun Brochure
- Current Playground Design
- Fund the Fun Donor Levels and Benefits
DONOR LEVELS AND INCENTIVES
BENEFACTOR $10,000 TO $25,000 - Name/Organization featured on special Benefactor Plaque for highest level donor permanently mounted within the Field House.
- Name/Organization prominently portrayed in public art piece.*
- Recognized as BENEFACTOR on Thank You Banner to be posted at ribbon cutting celebrations.
- Acknowledged at ribbon cutting.
- Thanked in North Mayfair Improver Newsletter.
- 5 VIP tickets to Gomp-toberfest.
- 12X12 Engraved brick AND PLATINUM Level Gomp-toberfest promotional package.
FOUNDER $5000 – 9999
- Name/Organization prominently portrayed in public art piece.*
- Listed as a FOUNDER on the Perpetual Donor Plaque permanently Mounted inside Field House.
- Recognized as FOUNDER on Thank You Banner to be posted at ribbon cutting celebrations.
- Acknowledged at ribbon cutting.
- Thanked in North Mayfair Improver Newsletter.
- 5 VIP tickets to Gomp-toberfest.
- Choice of 8X8 Engraved Brick or PLATINUM Gomp-toberfest Promotional Package.
FRIEND $1000 TO $4999
- Listed as a FRIEND on the Perpetual Donor Plaque permanently Mounted inside Field House.
- Recognized as FRIEND on Thank You Banner to be posted at ribbon cutting celebrations.
- Acknowledged at ribbon cutting.
- Thanked in North Mayfair Improver Newsletter.
- 2 VIP tickets to Gomp-toberfest.
- Choice of 4X8 Engraved Brick or GOLD Gomp-toberfest Promotional Package
SUPPORTER $500 TO $999
- Recognized as SUPPORTER on Thank You Banner to be posted at ribbon cutting celebrations.
- Thanked in North Mayfair Improver Newsletter.
- 2 VIP tickets to Gomp-toberfest.
- Choice of 4X8 Engraved Brick or SILVER Gomp-toberfest Promotional Package
ALL DONOR LEVELS $100 AND UP
- Listed as a DONOR at appropriate level on WWW.GOMPERSPARKPLAYGROUND.ORG
- Listed as a DONOR on Grow With Gompers Bulletin Board in Field House.
*
PUBLIC ART PIECE WILL BE DESIGNED AND INSTALLED WITHIN THE SEATING AREA
BENEATH THE PERGOLAS AFTER PLAYGROUND IS COMPLETED.
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