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Sign up for playground build day! View this email in your browser The Inspired Teaching School at 200 Douglas St is getting a new KaBoom! playground, and we need YOUR help! Greetings from the Inspired Families Association! The Inspired Families Association (IFA) is the PTA / PTO organization of the Inspired Teaching School, and we are THRILLED to move to our permanent home in the Edgewood community. We recently got word that our school has been chosen as a site for a brand new KaBoom! playground, and we are looking for volunteers to help make Build Day a success! Our KaBoom! build's sponsor, the National Corporation for National and Community Service, will provide us with the bulk of the day's volunteers, but we are looking for ONE HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS to help out on Build Day. Volunteers do not to be skilled in construction or have any special tools; they just have to be enthusiastic, energetic, willing to work, and have fun, fun, fun! (And be at least 16 years of age). What are some of the jobs you might do on build day? Mix cement, put together playground equipment, direct volunteers, paint, build benches, help with side projects, and haul mulch... LOTS of mulch :) We also have a limited number of volunteer slots available on the Planning Committee for people who want to help with volunteer recruitment and registration, food, public relations, and logistics. Join us as an individual or come with an entire team. Ask your company if they will give hours worked credit for volunteering on this day as part of the September 11National Day of Service & Remembrance. We are looking for 100 volunteers for this project, and everyone must be pre-registered. We’ll provide breakfast, lunch, beverages, and music, along with an opening and special closing ceremony at 2:30PM. The build will happen RAIN or SHINE!   SIGN UP FOR BUILD DAY NOW! http://bit.ly/itsbuildday OTHER VOLUNTEER NEEDS BUILD PREP DAYS On September 8, 9, and 10 we are looking for 20 volunteers to help to prepare the site for Build Day. Can you volunteer on one of those days? PLEASE SIGN UPFOR PREP DAYS http://bit.ly/itsbuildprep BUILD CAPTAINS 3-4 skilled builders are invited to become Build Captains to take on a leadership role on September 11. If you can serve as a Build Captain, please contactallison.acosta@gmail.com   PLANNING COMMITTEES We need volunteers to serve on the following committees. If you interested in helping with any of these, please contact allison.acosta@gmail.com FOOD (help secure food, beverage, paper goods, and develop plan for serving food) LOGISTICS (transportation, electricity source, tables, tents, chairs, signage, recycling plan, etc) PUBLIC RELATIONS (recruit DJ & photographer, invite media & VIPs, send press releases, etc) RECRUITMENT & REGISTRATION (recruit volunteers, build captains, create registration process) We look forward to getting to know our neighbors & working together for many years to come!   BUILD DAY SEPTEMBER 11 8AM-3PM PREP DAYS SEPTEMBER 8-10 8AM-3PM OTHER VOLUNTEER ROLES CONTACT allison.acosta@gmail.com Share Tweet Forward Facebook Website BUILD DAY IS LESS THAN 3 WEEKS AWAY!  Please make your plans to be there on Build Day and REGISTER NOW! Copyright © 2014 Inspired Families Association, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have a student at the Inspired Teaching School. Our mailing address is: Inspired Families Association 200 Douglas St NE Washington, Dc 20011 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

New Playground in Edgewood!

Thanks to Inspired Teaching School, Kaboom and AmeriCorps a new playground is coming to Edgewood next to the Shaed school building.  On September 11, 2014 the National Day of Service hundreds of volunteers will come together and complete a playground, garden and mural to make a new play area for the charter schools and the neighborhood.  After school hours and the weekends the space will be open for the neighborhood to enjoy.  

There will be three prep days as well prior to the build day.  Volunteers are requested so if you can please come out!  All volunteers must be 16 or older and more information will be coming on times for each day.  They need about 20 volunteers for the prep days and 75 volunteers for the build day.  Let me know if you can volunteer and I will keep you in the loop.