Meeting 9/7/2016

September 7, 2016

 

Members in attendance: Don, Laurie, Janet, Julie, Cameron, Mike, Heather, Steve, Karen, Carol, Brenda, Ralph, and Franziska. Guests:

 

Guest Speaker: Trisha Potts, LEOs Haven at Chanticleer Park

 

President Karen opened the meeting with the flag salute, introductions and Thought for the Day.

 

Announcements: October 22 is the Avenues of Service from 9:00-3:00 – venue TBD. Barrel Wrap sign-ups next week. First Interact meeting happened yesterday.

 

Detective: Cameron entertained us with Pop Culture. Thanks for the multiple-choice questions!

 

Speaker: Trisha Potts

In June of 2014, Santa Cruz Playground Project Partners went to the Board of Supervisors and asked if they could fundraise the playground portion of a new park in Santa Cruz. They were looking to build a fully inclusive playground, the first in our county. Trish shared a video with us that detailed the work of Shane’s Inspiration. This has been the inspiration of over 100 community-funded parks in California. LEOs Haven will be the first fully inclusive playground in Santa Cruz and will be located mid-county. Trisha has advocated a 0-5 year old play area along with a 5-12 year old play area. It is her hope that parents will also meet other parents at the park dealing with similar challenges. The Playground Project is tasked with raising $1.9M. They hope to raise the money in 2 years and the design portion will take another 6 months. Some of the other partners are: Santa Cruz County, Sunrise Rotary Club, SC Lyons, Kiwanis Club, Shane’s Inspiration, Community Foundation, and private individuals.

 

Drawing: $1757? Poor Steve—he found the 9 of diamonds. Darn!!

 

The meeting was adjourned at 8:30am.

 

Minutes respectfully submitted by J. Haff