   |
| (home) |
Mission Statement     .gif){kind=small} 
|
Current News (Looking for the news paper and TV articles? Click here)
Friends of Dorothea Dix Park Weekly
Newsletter
August 20, 2007
Hello Friends,
Welcome to the latest 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 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT #2 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR #3 DIX PARK SUPPORTERS TO BE FEATURED NEXT MONTH #4 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED THIS FALL ================================== #1 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Hello All, We areentering a new phase. We are again meeting with decision makers and stakeholders toward finalizing creation of our 306-acre, world-class destination park. YOU have made a difference with your voices and yard signs. Please keep it up! It is critical to keep focus. We need to keep ourmessage current; please talk to everyone about Dix Park,especially your friends and neighbors. With the new school year beginning, now is a great time to reach out to even more people in your community. We have fall fundraising plans in the works in order to maintain our community awareness campaign. Let us know if you can help in planning our Fall fundraiser. Please email: ccullen@fwv-us.com. Thank you for your continued support, Jay Spain President, Friends of Dorothea Dix Park =================================== #2 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Please continue to write and submit your Letters to the Editor forum@newsobserver.com supporting a 306-acre, world-class destination park on the Dix Campus. Our goal is to not let a week go by without a Letter to the Editor advocating for Dix Park! Dix Park discussed and supported in the Sunday Forum in the News & Observer: http://www.newsobserver.com/690/story/667822.html Update on Dix Campus in Bob Gearys Jones Street scorecard in The Independent: http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A158776 =================================== #3 DIX PARK SUPPORTERS TO BE FEATURED NEXT MONTH Three women who have worked very hard supporting the Dix Park movement were interviewed this month by the editor of Women in the Triangle. Keep an eye out for the Women in the Triangle article featuring some of the women behind the Dix Park movement that we expect to come out in September. Thanks again to all those who continue to work to support the creation of a 306-acre, world-class destination park! www.trianglewomenmag.com =================================== #4 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED THIS FALL This fall we are organizing community outreach projects where the Dix advocacy groups will be able tostaff booths and educate the community about our goal of creating a 306-acre destination park on the Dix Campus. We will need volunteers to sign up to help staff the booths. Please email ccullen@fwv-us.com if you are interested in volunteering this fall! Thank you! =================================== 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 www.dixpark.org 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, cafepress.com/dixpark. For yard signs and a list of pick-up points please visit www.dix306.org |
| Previous News from Friends of Dorothea Dix Park
|
|
