If you are receiving this update you either a member of SkateNelson.org or have expressed interest in our project. More money has been pledged since the last update, most by way of Margaret Clair and her initiative to build a playground at RVCC. She was very successful at raising funds (and the playground is installed and looks great), and with the approval of the RVCC board of directors, excess funds raised for the playground will be transferred to our skate ramp project. It is not possible to give an exact value of this donation at this time as the playground isn’t totally complete, but it is significant. Thank you Margaret and everyone who supported the playground! This combined with some other generous private donations means we are within $1300-$1800 of the $8400 goal.We really are closing in on this goal and ramp construction will start as soon as we have raised the money. Hopefully we’ll have a public skate ramp up and skating for the majority of the summer. Still, we DO NOT HAVE ALL THE FUNDING YET. I have been truly impressed by the pledges we’ve received so far, but honestly, there has not been as many pledges as I’d hoped. Five $20 pledges are as good as one $100. Lots of you still need to pony up. Even a few dollars at this point will be significant. Really. I bet many of you have parents wondering what you’re going to do this summer. Tell them how close we are to building this big, high quality ramp. Get them to pledge some support, too.I know it is a tough time to ask for cash so I have another option for us all. The RVCC Consignment Sale is set for June 6 and 7. If you have anything that you no longer want and think will sell, let’s try to turn it into cash for the ramp. Simply bring the item or items by RVCC starting Sunday, May 31, during the week before the sale and mark it “SK8.” Or email me and I’ll come by and pick it up. They’ll try to sell the items. We’ll make 50% on the sale and RVCC will get the other half… win/win. Of course, you can choose to consign items yourself, then you’d make half the money if it sells… there are rules. I’ll attach info. This is primarily a fundraiser for RVCC so it’s good for everyone. on June 6, come, do some shopping, maybe help fund a skate ramp. So, in short, we’re close. Just pledge right now. I’ll collect when we have enough funds to complete the ramp. And think about donating some items for consigment, skate related or totally random, doesn’t matter. — Tim