Happy New Year Playground Supporters!
Hello Playground Supporters and Happy New Year! Thanks to all of you we had an incredibly successful year of fundraising in 2021 and have reached a huge milestone…
We have raised over $100,000!!!
Let’s give a great big round of applause to everyone who donated, volunteered, saved their bottles and supported our many fundraisers. Thank you all so so much!
To date we have raised $104,000!
This means we are about half way to our goal so that we can secure grants and matching to get us to our final total and build an amazing playground. We hope you aren’t too sick of us yet because we have lots of fun things planned for 2022! Please check out what’s coming up below and join us in thanking our recent donors:
Harpriya Sharma
James Leyh
Qiang Fu
Michael Lang
Shara Lewis
Lynda Weyman
Stephanie Herring
Darwin Smith & Erica McBeth
If you would like to make a donation or want more information on how our donors will be recognized on our build, click here.
Please check out our upcoming fundraisers:
Next Bottle Drive
Don’t forget to bring your bottles to our bottle drive this Saturday January 22!
Please look for the trailer on the NW side of Briar Hill School parking lot and drop your recyclable bottles/cans off between 10am - 2pm.
Please make sure to thank our amazing volunteers when you drop off who are giving up part of their Saturday to help us raise money!
Purdy’s Easter Chocolates Are Back!
Buy your Easter chocolate and support our playground… does it get any sweeter? We’ve teamed up with Purdy's Chocolatier to bring you all your easter chocolate needs. Orders will be available for pickup at the school on April 9 (at our spring bottle drive), just in time for Easter!
Click the link below and pop in your email to join our campaign and start shopping or check out the Easter Catalogue to see what’s available (hot tip: the Himalayan Pink Salt Caramels are where it’s at)! Thanks for your support!
Order Deadline: March 27th
Order Pickup: April 9, 2022 from 10am-2pm at Briar Hill School Parking Lot
2022 Silent Auction
Last year’s auction was a huge success (we raised over $10,000 for our project) and we are now accepting donations for our 2022 silent auction (coming this spring). This is a great opportunity to promote your business. Your item or service and business will be showcased on our auction site, social media and in our newsletters! It is a perfect way to reach out to new customers and show off your product (and help a good cause).
Please feel free to reach out to briarhillplayground@gmail.com with questions or to donate an item.
Don’t have a product or service to donate? Consider teaming up with some friends and put together a gift basket to donate and auction off.
We are also looking for volunteers to help reach out to local businesses and collect items for the silent auction. Get in touch if you’d like to join our auction team!
Thanks for a Successful Wine Raffle
Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets for our Holiday Wine Raffle… it was a big success. Four lucky winners took home the amazing prizes just in time for the holidays and we raised $4,310 for the playground!!
Congratulations to our winners:
1st Prize - Michelle Geddes
2nd Prize - Carla Pysh
3rd Prize - Kathryn Stadnyk
4th Prize - Shelly Bhayana
5th Prize - Carla Pysh
How else can I help?
Does your company have a community outreach program? Many corporations offer volunteer grants or will match your personal donation. We need everyone to reach out to their companies and seek these opportunities out. The playground committee is here to help fill out forms and answer any questions you may have.
Questions? Email us anytime at briarhillplayground@gmail.com. As always, thank you so much for your support!