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Friends of Dorothea Dix Park Weekly
Newsletter
June 8, 2007
Hello
Friends,
Welcome
to the 17th edition of our weekly newsletter. Please pass along to
your friends and family and ask them to become involved! Our goal
is to keep all our members up-to-date on the recent developments
related to Dix Park.
#1
ADVOCACY DAY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 POSTPONED
#2
FDDP FUNDRAISER, JUNE 26
#3
FDDP ANNUAL MEETING, JUNE 13
#4
ONLINE PETITION REACHES 4,400 SIGNATURES
#1
DIXPARK ADVOCACY DAY AT THE LEGISLATURE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13 POSTPONED
We will be rescheduling our Advocacy Day that was originally scheduled for this Wednesday in Raleigh. Funeral services for Senator Marc Basnight's wife will be held this Wednesday in Wanchese, N.C. and many legislators will be attending.
#2 FDDP FUNDRAISER, JUNE 26
The
Friends of Dorothea Dix Park fundraiser will take place at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at 333 Fayetteville Street, the Capital
Bank building, second floor. We want you all to attend! It's not
too late to make your contribution through one of the many levels
of sponsorship opportunities that are still available.
Please
join us by making your pledge to be on the host list today –
levels are:
Host
$1000
Co-Host
$500
Sponsor
$250
Patron
$100
Please
email us (thussey@fwv-us.com)
to indicate what level of sponsorship you or your friends or
family are interested in. Your check should be made payable to
Friends of Dorothea Dix Park.
We
need to continue the momentum and we cannot do that without your
support!
#3
FDDP ANNUAL MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY
FDDP's
annual meeting and election of officers will be next Wednesday,
June 13 at Moonlight Pizza Co., 615 W. Morgan St., Raleigh from
5:30 - 7 p.m. Please join us for pizza and beverages!
#4
ONLINE PETITION REACHES 4,400 SIGNATURES
Since
the petition launched on March 23 over 4,400 people have signed
it. That's a good start, but our goal is 10,000 signatures.
We need you to send the petition link to everyone in your address
book and encourage them to sign it. Each of us has the power
to see this number grow! Please take a moment and forward
this link now. We also encourage you to read the petition
and the comments that people are posting, these serve as more
reminders of what we’re all working towards.
Thank
you for your continued support! Please contact us at this email
address if you have any questions or would like to become involved.
-FDDP
Board
Friends of Dorothea Dix Park – working together to share our vision of a world-class destination park – it's the right thing to do for your children, your economic vitality and your quality of life. Please check out the Dix Park Online Store for t-shirts, hats, mugs and car magnets, http://cafepress.com/dixpark. For yard signs and a list of pick-up points please visit www.dix306.org. To
subscribe to this listserv please visit http://www.dixpark.org/join
Friends of Dorothea Dix Park (FDDP), founded in 2004, is a 501(c)3 organization made up of thousands of individuals and more than 30 member organizations whose mission is to preserve the Dorothea Dix Campus as a world-class destination park. FDDP is dedicated to educating people across North Carolina about the value of preserving the land as a destination park and why it is the right thing to do for our children, our economic stability and our overall quality of life. For more information about FDDP, its people, plans and vision, please visit |
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