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Donation Letter to Southside Senior Center

9/5/2016

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30 August 2016
Southside Senior Center
2215 South Fremont
Springfield, Missouri 65804

Dear Officers of the Southside Senior Center:

Thank you for the many ways in which you make our community a better place to live and work. The members of the Springfield Park Board Chess Club appreciates all that you do for the community and the necessary services you provide on a daily basis to not only Springfield, but the surrounding area by providing meals, activities, and a gathering place for our Seniors, some of which are members of our Club, to experience fellowship among those that share common interests.

As a long time organization ourselves, since 1972, founded by members of the News-Leader Newspaper and other community members, the Springfield Park Board Chess Club provides an activity to those who have a passion for chess not only in our community, but the surrounding area. Just last month, for instance, an older woman traveling from Texas to the east coast found our Club on the web and dropped by to play a few games. Often we have students from Drury, Missouri State, Southwest Baptist, and Evangel, as well as high school students, coming from as far away as Branson, who play at our Club. Such drop-ins happen several times a year and help promote our Club and the city's hospitality.

Over the years the Chess Club has met in various places in our community: Meador Park's Swim House, the YMCA, the Jenny Lind Center, Tom Watkins Center, Fassnight Park, and finally in the mid-1980's found its home at the Ray Kelly Park. With the development and building of the Southside Senior Center we were honored and humbled to be included in the use of the facility by the developer upon its expansion from the small Police sub-station it once was.

Recently, Ozarks Public Broadcasting recognized the value the Chess Club offers the community and ran public service announcements on KSMU and OPT during the months of May and June with a total value of $1,940. These announcements were provided free of charge to our small organization and for that we are most grateful. This not only promoted our Club, but also promoted the Southside Senior Center as a facility for the public good.

As a result of our long time association with the Park Board and the Southside Senior Center, we would like to take this opportunity to invest in the work you do by offering this cash donation in the amount of $250 (please find our check enclosed) and hope your organization can make good use of our investment in the Center.

Thank you again for all the good work you do and we look forward to many more years of us all working together to make our community a better place to live.

Sincerely,

Springfield Park Board Chess Club and it members
cc Springfield—Greene County Park Board—Miles Park
KSMU--Ozarks Public Broadcasting—Tammy Wiley


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Letter of Appreciation

9/5/2016

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30 August 2016

Springfield-Greene County Park Board
Attention: Miles Park
1923 North Weller Avenue
Springfield, MO 65803
Dear Mr. Park,
Please find enclosed a donation letter to the Southside Senior Center from the Springfield-Greene County Park Board Chess Club. Our Club dates back to 1972 and sometime in the 1970's we adopted the Park Board name as several venues run by the Park Board were made available to us in a variety of locations.

Since the mid-1980's we found our home at the Ray Kelly Park and upon the expansion of the building there we were included in its use and for that we are most grateful. Recognizing that, we recently ran a chess tournament to raise funds for the Senior Center and enclosed please find that donation letter to them. In addition, in May-June of this year, Ozarks Public Broadcasting ran several PSA's promoting our Club and for that, too, we are honored.

This letter is to acknowledge our gratitude to the Park Board, the Southside Senior Center and our local public broadcasting station and how working together makes our community a better place to live and thrive. Put simply, thank you.
Sincerely,
Roger Pagel
Springfield-Greene County Park Board Chess Club
Webmaster




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Letter of Appreciation

9/5/2016

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30 August 2016


Ozarks Public Broadcasting
KSMU
Attention: Tammy Wiley
901 S. National Ave.
Springfield, MO 65897

Dear Ms. Wiley,

Thank you for your letter of July 8, 2016 and the PSA's the station ran in May and June for the Springfield-Greene County Park Board Chess Club. The Club recognizes the contributions Ozarks Public Broadcasting provides the community and also recognizes the work done at the Southside Senior Center where our Club has met since the mid-1980's.

As a result of your station promoting our Club and in essence promoting the Southside Senior Center, we ran a chess tournament to raise funds for the Senior Center. Enclosed find our cover letter to them noting their value and the $250 we were able to raise. In addition, our Club, through our website, our Facebook page and at our meetings has encouraged everyone to become sustaining members of your station and I personally became a member a few weeks ago.

Again, thank you for the PSA's and I plan to continue my pledge and encourage others to pledge in the future.

Sincerely,

Roger Pagel
Springfield-Greene County Park Board Chess Club
Webmaster




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