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Kevin McNatt, Charm ,Fancy a.li juice -Chairman; Lorilee Fish, Secretary;
Charles Boehm; Rosemarie Sirois
Non -Profit Gift Fund Committee Meeting Minutes
March 28, 2012
Members Present: Kevin McNatt, Chairman; Nancy Wall, Vice -Chairman; Lorilee Fish, Secretary;
Charles Boehm; Rosemarie Sirois
1. Open Meeting 2:40PM
2. Election of officers:
Motion made by Chuck Boehm to nominate Kevin McNatt for Chairman, 2"d by Nancy Wall,
all in favor.
Motion made by Rose Sirois to nominate Nancy Wall for Vice -Chairman, 2"d by Chuck
Boehm, all in favor.
Motion made by Nancy Wall to nominate Lorilee Fish for Secretary, 2nd by Chuck Boehn, all
in favor.
3. Motion made by Chuck Boehm to accept the March 21, 2011 minutes, 2"d by Nancy Wall, all in
favor.
4. Update and Discussion of 2011 Grants — All Finalized
■ Beautification Committee - $2,200 — Finished
• Veterans'-$1,000—Finished
• Memorial Park — Girls Softball - $7,750 Finished
• Parks & Recreation: Asked for another extension for cemetery stone restoration (Stones still
need to be placed in the ground)
■ Extension requested for Documentation $1,500 finished (need second grant to finish project)
• Band Parents - $5,350. Finished — ($140.12 Returned)
• Booster Club - $1,600 asked for an extension - Approved
• Eagle Scout Anthony Milani - $140 - Finished
• Eagle Scout Mitchell Negus - $2,500 — Finished
• Food & Friends — soup kitchen - $4,920 — finished
• MIDS - $1,145 —Finished ($340.48 Returned)
• MMAS - $5,000 — Finished
• Natural Resources Trust - $3,000 Finished
• Motion made by Chuck Boehm to extend the Cemetery Restoration, Gravestone project, 2nd
by Nancy Wall, all in favor.
• Motion made by Chuck Boehm to grant the Booster Club an extension on their Trophy Case
project, 2nd by Rose Sirois, all in favor.
2012 Requests for Grants:
TOWN:
• Beautification Committee: Purchase outdoor plaque to "Key" the historic events shown in the
wall mural in the underpass at Route 106 and the train station $5,000.00
■ Parks & Recreation: Documentation of the Old Town Cemetery continued $1,500.00
SCHOOLS:
• Mansfield Educational Foundation: Marketing materials/brochure for direct
mailings/marketing plans and goals to increase membership and awareness of MEF.
$3,500.00
• Mansfield HS Robotics Team: Wish list of various equipment needed/requested for the club
(Letter requested and received March 26 listing equipment needed vs. entrance fees) $650.00
• Band Parents: Replace vinyl flooring, drum set, cymbals, color guard equipment
$5,375.99
Mansfield and Oliver Ames Girls Ice Hockey Team — Away uniforms for the players
$2,500.00
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• Natural Resources Trust: Build a boardwalk in Red Trail, Great Wood $5,000.00
• MMAS: Completion of the "green" lighting project $10,000.00
• UnCommon Theatre Company: Replace oil tank, fill and vent pipes and oil line in Hartwell
School $2,300.00
• Garden Club of Mansfield: Signs to identify the club's various projects $1,000.00
• Our Daily Bread: 6 wagons to bring foods to cars, new web design for the food pantry
$2,130.86
■ Doll E. Daze Project & Museum Inc.: Provide cultural programming to promote cultural
diversity. Share Kwanza w/Mansfield community through a music, arts, dance and food
event.
Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration $5,431.15
Kwanza celebration and education of $7,375.00
Total Requested: $51,763.00
Balance 2012: $30,481.46
After much discussion, the following requests and amounts were suggested for funding:
Town:
• Parks & Recreation: Documentation of the Old Town Cemetery continued
$1,500.00
Schools:
Mansfield Oliver Ames Girls Var. HS Ice Hockey Team: Provide "Away" uniforms
$2,500.00
Band Parents: Replace vinyl flooring, drum set, cymbals, color guard equipment
$5,376.00
Mansfield HS Robotics Team: Wish list of various equipment needed/requested for the club
$3,025.00
Other:
■ Natural Resources Trust: Build a boardwalk in Red Trail, Great Wood
$5,000.00
• MMAS: Completion of the "green" lighting project
$8,230.00
• UnCommon Theatre Company: Replace oil tank, fill and vent pipes and oil line in
Hartwell School
$2,300.00
Our Daily Bread: 6 wagons to bring foods to cars
$496.86
• Doll E. Daze Project & Museum Inc.: Provide cultural programming to promote cultural
Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration
$2,050.00
Total distributed: $30,477.86 Balance in account: $3.60
Rose Sirois left at approximately 4:OOpm and was not available for the final votes.
Motion made by Nancy Wall to accept the above recommended donations to be submitted to the
Board of Selectmen for final approval, 2nd by Chuck Boehm, all in favor.
Motion made by Lorilee Fish to clarify and edit the application to include a specific example of
detailed purchases, example 250 copies of a brochure in three colors to cost $?, 2nd by Chuck
Boehm, all in favor. Kevin and Lorilee will confirm changes.
Meeting adjourned at 4:566,pm.
Lorilee Fish, Secretary Date Kevin McNatt, Chairman Date
Kevin McNatt, Chairman; Nancy Wall, Vice -Chairman; Lorilee Fish, Secretary
Charles Boehm; Rosemarie Sirois