Thornton Veterans Memorial Email Newsletter - April 20, 2007
Greetings to our supporters!
We have a few noteworthy items to report this month:
Thornton Veterans Memorial Nominated for YourHub.com Community Giving Award – Your Vote is Needed. The veterans memorial project is one of three projects in the north metro area to have been nominated for a $1,000 award from YourHub. The winner of the award will be selected from among the three choices by a vote of YourHub users. Only registered YourHub.com users can vote, and anyone can register. Simply visit http://denver.yourhub.com/Administrative/Register.aspx to get signed up. Then go to http://denver.yourhub.com/communitygiving and vote for the veterans memorial. When you go to the voting page, the three choices for our area are about 2/3 of the way down under a heading called Adams County. We need your vote to help us win! Voting ends on May 3rd so please vote as soon as possible! As always, your support is greatly appreciated!
Resolution Asking Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) to Fund Veterans Memorials to be Introduced in State Legislature. We are pleased to announce that working with our Legislative Steering Committee, a resolution in the legislature will be introduced within the next two weeks asking for Colorado Lottery funds to be used for the construction of veterans memorials. This resolution is being introduced by Senator Lois Tochtrop (District 24) and Representative John Soper (District 34) with support from the rest of the committee including Mike Coffman, a combat veteran and Colorado’s Secretary of State, as well as Representatives Judy Solano (District 31) and Representative Edward Casso (District 32). The Foundation views this as a very important way to ensure our veterans are properly recognized and believes it is consistent with GOCO’s mission of helping to fund outdoor recreation projects. A press conference will be held at the state capitol on the day the resolution is introduced in both sides of the legislature. We will be sure to send another email out as soon as we have confirmed the date and time.
See what is happening on our event calendar!Car washes, fundraising dinners, Thorntonfest and more are coming soon! Be sure to watch our event calendar that shows all of our meetings and TVMF related functions. We will also keep it up to date with other veterans’ related events. To view the calendar, just click the Event Calendar link in the Action Center section of any page on our web site. If you have an event that you think should be listed, please let us know!
Make a contribution or shop online! We have setup an online donation system - contributions of any size are appreciated! We also sell a wide variety of Thornton Veterans Memorial merchandise, the proceeds of which all go for the memorial. Also do not forget the paver bricks! These 4" X 8" and 8" X 8" paver bricks can be purchased and engraved with a message from a citizen or veteran and will be used to make up the walkways at the memorial. They will serve as a perpetual reminder of how much the contributions of veterans meant to this country and the city. These bricks are a great way to say thank you to our veterans and are a great gift idea as well. To get started, simply go to our website and click on the “Online Store” link.
The next TVMF meeting will be Monday, May 7, 2007 at 7:00pm. Public attendance is welcome and encouraged! We are dependent on the community to help us make this memorial a reality. Our members include regular citizens, veterans, city leaders, civic organizations and more and we would love to have you join us! For more information on where we meet please click here.
As always, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please don’t hesitate to contact us! Thank you for your continued support!
Thornton Veterans Memorial Foundation
To Honor Those Who Have Sacrificed For Us All
http://www.thorntonveteransmemorial.org
info@thorntonveteransmemorial.org
