** News **
June 2009

Around the Neighborhood Celebration
July 18, 2009

Enjoy delicious appetizers and cocktails from around the world, as you meet new neighbors, support our community park and have a fun night out!

A charter bus will pick you up from a designated Palm Beach Country Estates bus stop and drive you to four neighbors homes. Homes will have a theme with corresponding appetizers and cocktails. Onboard the bus there will be games and activities.

Pick up time from designated PBCE charter bus stop between 5:30 and 6:00 pm
Drop off to designated PBCE charter bus stop between 10:00 and 10:30 pm
***a chauffeured minivan will be available to drop people off who need to leave earlier than their scheduled drop off***

Tickets are $50 per person
Non-PBCE residents are welcome to attend and join us at one of our bus stops.
Contact Sheri at 601-1647 or sherirmurray@gmail.com for tickets and information.
Many neighbors are available for babysitting on July 18. For a list, please contact Sheri.

Didn't get a chance to adopt-a-tree for the park yet?
Contact Sheri at 601-1647 for information or to give your donation.

Tree donations start at $100 and will fill our park with county mandated landscaping.

PBCE Community Park
County Commission and Zoning Approved!

OFFICIAL GROUNDBREAKING EVENT
Saturday, May 30
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Everyone invited - there will be lots of food, games and fun.

The official site plan for the Community Park has finally passed its last hurdle! After a brief discussion at the April 23rd. Palm Beach County, Board of County Commissioners meeting the Palm Beach Country Estates Community Park was approved.

The site plan for the park was approved with a 15 space parking lot, the Twisty Pines Playground, one large pavilion, two small pavilions, half basketball court, racquetball court, fitness station and jogging trail.

Come meet your neighbors and celebrate the beginning of our new park.

New Park Fundraiser

Do you shop online? Do you buy things from Home Depot, Target Macy’s and Circuit City?  We have recently partnered with ShoptoEarn.com to make money for our Community Park and Playground.
Here’s how it works: before you shop online go to www.ShopToEarn.net/twistypines or www.shoptwistypines.com and every time you shop from one of the 700 online stores, the park and playground will receive cash from a percentage of your purchases.  After you go to www.shoptwistypines.com it will ask you to "Enter the User ID of the person who referred you in the box below and press the "Go" button", type in "twistypines " and press "Go". Some of these retailers, such as Home Depot and Sports Authority, allow you to shop and pay for merchandise at home and pick them up at the store with no shipping fee.  Do this and you’ll certainly save yourself time and money.
As the holiday season approaches, consider logging on to our Shop-to-Earn website first.  It won’t affect the cost of anything you buy, but it will certainly help our park and playground get built more quickly.

Future and current fundraising activities for the
Twisty Pines Playground Foundation

Over the next few months you will have many opportunities to meet and mingle with neighbors to support this community-built park and playground. Here are a few fundraisers we have planned over the next few months.

Saturday, May 30th, Official Groundbreaking Event: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., food, games for the kids and lots of fun!

July18th, Around the World Event: A charter bus, or the party bus as we like to call it, will pick up and drop off passengers to four homes within the neighborhood. Each home will feature food from a particular part of the world. We will have auctions on baskets, which fit the theme of each home, and there will be a 50/50 raffle. The bus will begin picking folks up after 5 and dropping folks off between 10 and 11. Tickets are $50.

6:00 Applegate home, POLYNESIAN
6:45 load bus and head to next home
7:00 Webster home, MEXICAN
7:45 load bus and head to next home
8:00 Angelo home, AMERICAN FIREHOUSE
8:45 load bus and head to next home
9:00 Yedinak home, ITALIAN
10 - 11 drop off
For info, please contact Sheri Murray at 561-601-1647

Shopping Bags: We are selling large reusable shopping bags with the Twisty Pines Playground logo on the front. These bags are great for taking to the grocery store as well as the beach. You can purchase these bags form Sheri Murray for $10 at 561-601-1647 to show your support for the playground.

Online shoppers: Link to www.ShopToEarn.net/twistypines before you make purchases at your favorite stores. A portion of each sale will go to the playground!

Business Owners: Remember to check the playground website to find out how to sponsor a playground component so your name can be seen at the playground for many years to come.

Personalized Fence Pickets: Routed with your name or message, these pickets will surround the playground. Individual or family pickets $30 each. Business or corporate pickets $50 each. Check the website for order form.

Personalized Bricks: Laser engraved with your name, message, stock clip art, or company logo. These bricks will pave the entryway to the playground. Check the website for prices and available sizes and order form.

Aluminum Collection Drive: Aluminum Drop Off Sites--
Debbie’s: 16432 77th Trail N. PLACE CANS IN BAGS AND LEAVE BESIDE GARAGE fgavin0829@bellsouth.net
Chris’: 15610 73rd Terr. N PLACE CANS IN BAGS AND LEAVE ON THE SOUTH CORNER OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE reinharm@bellsouth.net
Barry’s: 14731 67th Trail North PLACE CANS IN BAGS AND LEAVE IN THE BLUE RECYCLE CONTAINER BESIDE THE GARAGE DOOR barryjbenjamin@yahoo.com
Duane’s: 15087 80th Dr. N. house is on the Corner of 150th and 80th. PLACE CANS IN BAGS AND DROP OVER THE FENCE ON RIGHT SIDE OF DRIVEWAY dlongphoto@aol.com

For info on any of the fundraisers or if you have ideas to share, please contact Sheri Murray at 561-601-1647