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posted Aug 17, 2004
Ever since we found out on August 4 that we overspent the summer staff budget for the park for this year, we've been scrambling to get out of the hole. Good news: by the end of this past week (August 15), we had taken in a total of $7703.22 ($2627.25 in direct donations and the rest in other fundraising activities). So we were able to pay the staff for running the park last week, and we also paid down -- by $3690.17 -- the debt to staff for wages owed from before.
Although the staff are still owed $3252.55 in back wages, that's much less than before.
In the 11 years that the "Friends of Dufferin Grove Park" have been in existence, we never had to ask for donations from park users, and we'd like to return to that state. People already pay for parks through their taxes, and they shouldn't have to be passing the hat as well. However, since we got into this hole and had to ask for help, the response from the neighbourhood has been wonderful. (Not only in money donations either -- park friend Michelle Webb organized a picnic-table/bench/park chair painting day on August 15, and as a result the park now has a fresh coat of paint on over half the park furniture.)