Fireworks Display - from the Town of Wallingford website

As originally posted at http://www.town.wallingford.ct.us/Events/eventView.asp?EventID=238

"In the event of inclement weather, the decision to cancel the display will be made by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Local television and radio stations will be notified of the cancellation."

We will also post it on the blog here as well.

Fireworks Display

Wallingford

Saturday, July 6, 2013
9:00 PM

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Sheehan High School
142 Hope Hill Road
Wallingford, CT 06492

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The Town of Wallingford will be hosting the Annual Fireworks Display near the grounds of Mark T. Sheehan High School on Saturday, July 6, 2013. The display is scheduled to start after 9:00 p.m. There is no rain date. In the event of inclement weather, the decision to cancel the display will be made by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Local television and radio stations will be notified of the cancellation.

Public parking will be available at Moran Middle School, Sheehan High School, Highland Elementary School, and in the paved parking lot of Our Lady of Fatima Church. Parking in fire lanes, on sidewalks, or on the grass is prohibited.

There will be no parking along Hope Hill Road and some of the side streets where posted. Through traffic on Hope Hill Road will be prohibited when all of the parking lots at the schools are full, or at 8:30 p.m., whichever comes first.

The fireworks will be visible from the grounds of any of the schools where public parking is available. Spectators should plan to arrive early; well in advance of dusk is strongly recommended.

Given the size of the crowd and the close proximity of spectators, the use of any type of fireworks, including the use of sparklers, is prohibited on any Town property. Please note that alcoholic beverages are also prohibited. In addition, the Police Department routinely receives complaints about the use of silly string and snappers by children in the crowd. Accordingly, we are requesting that parents supervise their children's activities so that the fireworks display remains an enjoyable family event.

At the conclusion of the event, there will be two NORTHBOUND lanes of traffic on Hope Hill Road from the northern most driveways of Sheehan High School and Moran Middle School to ROUTE 68. There will be two SOUTHBOUND lanes on Hope Hill Road from the southern most driveways of Sheehan High School and Moran Middle School to the intersection of PARKER FARMS ROAD. Officers will be on site directing traffic throughout the event.

The GRAND FINALE collections for the 2013 show cleared the $3,000.00 mark for the full Atlas match; we have $6,000.00 in value for the finale

If you have been following along you have already seen the blog post titled “An opportunity to increase the GRAND FINALE to the 2013 show and a chance to QUADRUPLE the impact of your donation” (but if not please take a quick look via the link).

Since June 6th we had engaged Atlas PyroVision Productions who the town had contracted with to do the 2012 and now the 2013 fireworks display.

In my discussions with them I told them The Fund tried to find a corporate sponsor last year to increase the size of the Grand Finale and we were unsuccessful. This year was the same too – no corporation came forward to be the Grand Finale Sponsor in 2013 so they decided to help out.

Atlas PyroVision Productions agreed to match dollar for dollar all the donations that came into the Fund as part of the Grand Finale drive up to $3,000.00.

I decided to help that effort to get us to that high water mark by matching donations on the spot up to my entire Town Council pay for the quarter (roughly $1,500.00).

As of yesterday with all the deposits in we sat at a little over $2,000.00; adding my $1,500.00 to that takes us to $3,500.00 so with that we will get the full Atlas match.

Congratulations Wallingford; in 2013 you have done the following:

-- Saved the 2013 4th of July Independence Day fireworks celebration

-- Restored the 2013 R Band musical performance

-- Added to the 2013 Grand Finale collection an additional $3,500.00 which gets us $6,000.00 worth of fireworks for the Grand Finale

-- Set the savings account of the fund with a $2,000.00 surplus for additional expenses (as they come - we are paid in full right now); the remainder will roll to 2014 (if fundraising is needed).

Wallingford - you should be proud four times over. I said "let's roll" at the end of February and you rolled and we have done more than ever before.  

See you Saturday July 6th for the fireworks.

 

Collections for Saturday June 15th - Wayne and Steve will be at the Recycling Center and the Landfill to about noon. Let’s increase the GRAND FINALE to the 2013 show and right now you can QUADRUPLE the impact of your donation

You may have already seen the blog post titled “An opportunity to increase the GRAND FINALE to the 2013 show and a chance to QUADRUPLE the impact of your donation” but if not please take a quick look via the link.

In summary, I have pledged my entire Town Council pay for the quarter – up to $1,500.00 – as part of a donation matching effort and at this point we are sitting just a hair over $1,000.00. With that I am committing an additional $1,000.00 to The Fund so out total to date for the Grand Finale for the Campus at Greenhill 2013 Wallingford Fireworks Independence Day Celebration is $2,000.00

There's more to the story - Atlas PyroVision Productions who the town had contracted with to do the show has offered to The Fund to match whatever additional amount we send them towards the Grand Finale so they are currently pledging an additional $2,000.00 against this planned donation at this point.

As we keep moving the needle over this weekend I will continue my matching and they will as well. We can very easily get the total up to $1,500.00 which adds $6,000.00 to the GRAND FINALE.

We have until June 21st. We’ll be out from 8AM to Noon (or a little after that) at the Wallingford Landfill and the Recycling Center to collect the additional donations for the Grand Finale to the Campus at Greenhill 2013 Wallingford Fireworks Independence Day Celebration – we hope you can stop by.

Otherwise please feel free to mail those donations in or donate via Paypal.

Below is the link to Paypal or you can mail your tax deductible donation to:

Wallingford Fireworks Fund
c/o Jason Zandri
35 Lincoln Drive EXT
Wallingford, CT 06492

 

The Rock Hill KKids donation takes the weekend totals to the edge of $1,000.00 for the GRAND FINALE push

Cheryl DiBennedetto and Angela Buccheri co-advise Rock Hill's K-Kids which is a group of third, fourth, and fifth graders. This year the group has done many projects including: a Pennies for Patients campaign, a book drive for Read to Grow, Inc, and a Relay for Life team.

The final project of the year was an ice pop sale for the Wallingford Firework Fund.

In the weeks leading up to the sale students made posters and announcements. The day of the sale students counted and delivered pops to classrooms. The suggested donation was a dollar but many families exceeded that with very generous donations. The advisors assumed the money raised would go towards next year's celebration since the fundraising goal had been met. They were not aware of the Grand Finale campaign until fourth grader Hadley Rogers told them excitedly in school Friday morning.

With that, they made their $273.00 donation Saturday morning at the collection station I was working at the Wallingford Landfill and helped push that total and the total collected at the Recycling Center by Wayne Montefusco to $718.00.

With Paypal donations sitting at $243.00 the current balance toward the Grand Finale is now $961.00.

I pledged last week that I would match up to $1,500.00 all donations made to The Fund out of my Town Council pay for Q2 (that is the entire amount I earn for the quarter). So that adds an additional $961.00 for a new total of $1,922.00

In discussions I had with Atlas PyroVision Productions, who the town has contracted again this year to do the show, they agreed to help us with the effort - they are willing to match The Fund donations toward the add on to the Grand Finale dollar for dollar as well (up to $3,000.00) so right now the add on to the Campus at Greenhill 2013 Wallingford Fireworks Celebration sits at $3,844.00.

I am really excited over the response since we just got started Friday morning!

I am setting the bar - Wallingford can hit $1,500.00; that taps out my entire match at $1,500.00 and Atlas' for their $3,000.00.

So the reality is - we have "just" $539.00 to go to make a set target. (But we'll keep collecting above and beyond that).

Weather permitting this will be our best show ever!

So with that let's mail those donations in or donate via Paypal.

Below is the link to Paypal or you can mail your tax deductible donation to:
Wallingford Fireworks Fund
c/o Jason Zandri
35 Lincoln Drive EXT
Wallingford, CT 06492

Rock Hill KKids make a donation towards the Campus at Greenhill 2013 Wallingford Fireworks Independence Day Celebration Grand Finale

The Rock Hill KKids made a donation this AM. I’ll have more on this in another post over the weekend but in short it was a $273.00 donation that I am going to match so that makes the donation $546.00 and with Atlas matching the donation from The Fund this donation is $1,092.00 in total going towards the Campus at Greenhill 2013 Wallingford Fireworks Independence Day Celebration Grand Finale!

Rock Hill KKids, what can I say? You do in fact, ROCK!

The sun is out; Wayne and I will be at the Recycling Center and the Landfill to about noon. Let’s increase the GRAND FINALE to the 2013 show and right now you can QUADRUPLE the impact of your donation.

I put up a blog post Thursday night titled “An opportunity to increase the GRAND FINALE to the 2013 show and a chance to QUADRUPLE the impact of your donation” and in that time we have already collected via Paypal $220.00.

I have pledged my entire Town Council pay for the quarter – up to $1,500.00 - as part of a donation matching effort so that makes the total $440.00.

Atlas PyroVision Productions who the town had contracted with to do the show has offered to The Fund to match whatever additional amount we send them towards the Grand Finale so they are currently pledging $440.00 against our donations.

In basically 24 hours we have moved the needle $880.00.

We have until June 21st. We’ll be out from 9AM to Noon (or a little after that) at the Wallingford Landfill and the Recycling Center to collect the additional donations for the Grand Finale to the Campus at Greenhill 2013 Wallingford Fireworks Independence Day Celebration – we hope you can stop by.

Otherwise please feel free to mail those donations in or donate via Paypal.

Below is the link to Paypal or you can mail your tax deductible donation to:

Wallingford Fireworks Fund
c/o Jason Zandri
35 Lincoln Drive EXT
Wallingford, CT 06492

An opportunity to increase the GRAND FINALE to the 2013 show and a chance to QUADRUPLE the impact of your donation.

I spent some time exchanging emails with Atlas PyroVision Productions who the town had contracted with to do the show. This is the same vendor that the town used last year. The emails lead to a phone call and a conversation regarding the Grand Finale.

The Fund tried to find a corporate sponsor last year to increase the size of the Grand Finale and we were unsuccessful. This year was the same too – no corporation came forward to be the Grand Finale Sponsor in 2013.

With that, we ended up this year as we did last year with what I will call a packaged grand finale. It is a nice finale and it fits within the constraints of the cost of the overall budget of the show - $11,600.00

So working with Atlas PyroVision Productions to see what we could do about upping the end of the show they came up with the following offer: whatever we can drum up in donations from now to June 21st (as Monday the 24th is the last day they can make program changes) they will match donations dollar for dollar.

In the spirit of that effort I am personally going to do the same out of my own pocket so that your donation has FOUR TIMES THE IMPACT. I will match your donations dollar for dollar.

If you go online today at the Paypal link below (or mail in your donation) and donate (as an example) $25.00, the end result of your donation becomes $100.00. As you donate $25.00 I will put in a matching amount into the Fund for a total of $50.00. When that donation is sent to Atlas PyroVision Productions as payment on the upgraded Grand Finale, they will add their $50.00 to it and the total donation will become $100.00.

I have a maximum of $1,500.00 to do this with but I would love to have a problem of running out of money to match with; at that point alone the finale would be $6,000.00 worth of fireworks as your donations and my match would be matched by them to total $6,000.00 (in this example).

So let’s do this Wallingford; we have 15 days. Let’s see just how much more we can drive into the Grand Finale for the 2013 event!

Below is the link to Paypal or you can mail your tax deductible donation to:

Wallingford Fireworks Fund
c/o Jason Zandri
35 Lincoln Drive EXT
Wallingford, CT 06492