FUNdraising Snapshot
For the past several
years, Dragonfly has
been blessed to have
wonderful Friends who
create and host
incredible events to
benefit The Forest.
Event fundraising
currently accounts for
55% of our annual
operating budget, making
it enormously important
to us. Obviously, we
cherish our now
'traditional' events and
we welcome, encourage,
cheer on, and hope that
new Friends will add to
our support by
championing new events.
Here are highlights of
our 2007 fundraisers.
CAMPtail PARTY
A huge thank you to Anne
and Matt Hamilton who
hosted our CAMPtail
Party 2007 at their
beautiful home. Guests,
wearing their finest
camp attire, entered the
festivities through a
welcoming arch of
balloons and convened on
the lawn for cocktails,
hors d'oeuvres, and
games, lots of games!
'Sumo-wrestling', relay
races (on a Velcro
track), spin art, and
pit crew competitions
led to some pretty
ridiculous situations
and lots of laughter! A
live auction emceed by
guest John DiBella
contributed greatly to
the success of the
evening. And the news
just gets better and
better! Anne and Matt
are going to do it all
over again for us on
June 6, 2008. Plan to
join us for what is
Dragonfly's premier
fundraising event.
THE SATURDAY
CLUB
If you have a little
girl in your life, then
you surely know what the
American Girl Dolls are.
Recognizing the powerful
pull of the dolls,
Wayne's The Saturday
Club began a fashion
show with the girls and
their dolls wearing
identical outfits. The
fashion show has become
the most successful of
its kind in the country.
Dragonfly Forest was
lucky enough to be
chosen by The Saturday
Club to be the 2007
beneficiary of the very
significant proceeds.
Thank you to all of the
members of The Saturday
Club for honoring
Dragonfly with the
proceeds from your
Herculean effort.
And The Saturday Club
chose us again for their
2008 show! The six shows
have sold out each year,
so mark your calendar
for March 7-9, 2008 and
get your tickets early!
DRAGONFLY CUP
On Monday, April 30th, a
full field turned out
for the third annual
Dragonfly Cup. It was a
wonderful afternoon of
great people, great
golf, and beautiful
weather at The Concord
Country Club. Thank you
to John Colburn for
going 'above and beyond'
putting it all together
once again. Of course,
it was a rousing
success.
The Dragonfly Cup 2008
will move to the
historic St. David's
Golf Club, with a new
leader, Doug Shroer.
Thank you Doug for
stepping up for
Dragonfly. The date of
the Cup is Monday, April
28. Golfers, mark it
down!
CRAIG DRAKE
JEWELERS
Who knew that such a
large amount of money
could be raised so
quickly? Thanks to
Craiger Drake and the
friends and staff of
Craig Drake Mfg., Inc.,
Dragonfly Forest was the
very lucky non-profit
asked to be the
beneficiary of the funds
raised at their annual
holiday dinner. As far
as Dragonfly is
concerned, it was the
best dinner ever! Thank
you!
HAMPSHIRE FAMILY
FUND
Believe it or not, Jean
Friend was surfing the
net last year looking
for an organization to
be their family's
beneficiary of their
annual gift. She found
us, liked what she saw,
presented it to the
extended family for a
vote, and we won!
Ten years ago, this
wonderful family (now
standing at forty two
voting members) decided
that instead of buying
gift upon gift for each
other every year, to
donate that money and
other monies raised in
fundraisers throughout
the year, to a
non-profit that they
found worthy. Thank you
Hampshire Family for
finding Dragonfly!
Tredyffrin-Easttown
Middle School
These enterprising
middle schoolers decided
that they wanted to send
a child to Dragonfly
Forest this past summer.
So they set about
planning how to achieve
their goal and achieve
it they did! Thank you
Tredyffrin-Easttown
Middle School!
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