Development Updates from Development Committee Co-Chair, Nina Kaufelt

“Development Developments” from Development Chair, Nina Kaufelt Dear Friends, At the Community Meeting on April 16, we announced a Spring Drive with the goal of raising $175,000 by June 1.  It was both ambitious and necessary. Today, to our delight, we have $110,325 in hand. ($121,000 as of May 26th!) We thank all of you who have given generously and we thank you for asking your friends and family who have also given generously. Families who have long been generous have been generous again.  Pretty new families have been generous. Brand-new families have been generous, too. Every gift is touching in its own way, because, as Lynne Wu taught us, all money, but especially charitable money, has meaning, a story, behind it. We need to raise another $65,000 in the next two weeks. This, too, is a tall order. But the momentum is with us! A generous alumni family has offered to double its first gift to the Spring Drive of $10,000 – with a challenge!  If the rest of us can raise $10,000 by June 1, this donor will give another $10,000. We can do it. There are three ways you can help: by sending your own new gift; by asking your families and friends to give; and by fulfilling your recent or past pledges. We are very keen that 100% of current families give. Twenty-five families have yet to give. If those families each gave $100, that’s $2,500. If each gave $200, that’s $5,000.  So you see that solidary in giving is not only a gesture of respect and thanks to the donors who can and do give more, but it also amounts to considerable money.   When you sit down to write a check to New Amsterdam School for the Spring Drive, please pause and consider what New Amsterdam and Waldorf education mean to you.   With thanks, Nina Kaufelt Development Chair (Mother of Julian, Jacob and Rose)

Free Puppet Shows at New Amsterdam School

We will be opening our doors and hosting community children for two free puppet shows:

• Friday May 15th, 4pm for 3 & 4 year olds
• Monday, May 18th, 4pm 5 &6 year olds

Please join us!! And please help spread the word! Invite friends, neighbors and colleagues. Share our event on facebook. And please do come and enjoy these beautiful tales and exquisite artistry.  

Thank You to Action Outreach Members who Hosted a Booth at Hester Street Fair!

Here are some picture of the day!

Our team worked hard but they had a lot of fun! And they earned almost $300 for the school! And best of all, they got to share information about New Amsterdam with neighborhood families.

We will be organizing another booth this Saturday, May 16th. Join the fun! volunteer for a shift at the New Amsterdam Booth at Hester Street Fair!

Email Cherish, cherish.pratt@newamsterdamchildhood.org if you are able to help!!

Seven Year Cycles and the Biography of the Soul Foundational Studies Workshop at Green Meadow

A workshop in Foundational Studies at Green Meadow with Jennifer Brooks Quinn.

5 classes September -November 2015

Thank You For Making This Year's Spring Fair a Day to Remember!

Dear New Amsterdam Community,
 
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making this year’s Spring Fair a day to remember. It was a truly magical event, one that delighted our children, intrigued newcomers, and solidified our feelings of connection to our school and to one another. It was just what we needed. The Spring Fair was the pinnacle of our year together, the culmination of our work to help the school grow and flourish, and an auspicious inaugural event for 62 Avenue B!
 
Thank you to everyone who supported the fair by showing up and enjoying it!! Thank you to those who invited friends, and shared the word. To those who shopped in the amazing market and bid on the beautiful auction items. Thank you to those who donated the items—from knitted animals and silks to delicious things to eat and wear!—and to those who worked tirelessly to price, display, organize and log everything. Thank you to those who crafted flowers and ladybugs and gnomes and other treasures for our pocket fairy and angels share. Thank you to the angels, thank you to the fairies. Thank you to the gnomes in the crystal cave and the mysterious cave they created. Thank you to the farmers in Mother Nature’s Garden who sorted eggs and harvested root babies. Thank you to the crafters who patiently helped little fingers navigate difficult crafts. Thank you to our puppeteers for their mesmerizing artistry. Thank you to the ticket takers, the ticket sellers and the greeters, those who organized the guest list and the token sales. To the alumni families who showed up and supported this event with such love and graciousness. To the underwriters, those who generously gave in-kind and cash donations. Thank you to the designers for the beautiful postcard and our first ever Spring Fair map.Thank you to the peat pot planters, the flower arrangers, the branch trimmers, the garland makers.Thank you to the gardeners and those who planned the glorious picnic in the garden. To the bakers and lunch packers and chefs. Thank you to the setter-uppers at the school, too. It was a monumental task to transform our school into such a magical, beautiful place. Thank you to the clean up crew who put it all back together as quick as can be, as if by magic (but we know it was through strength and hard work). And thank you to the universe for blessing us with such a beautiful, warm day... and such a beautiful, warm community.
 
It takes strength and hard work to build a school. It takes love and devotion. It takes our annual Spring Fair to show the world that we can do it, with kindness, fun, and grace. Thank you to everyone for your kindness and grace. And thank you for making it fun.
 

With grateful hearts,
 
New Amsterdam Spring Fair Committee
 

New Amsterdam Partners with Doma Na Rohu Restaurant

Enjoy a delicious meal at Doma Na Rohu (you will remember their delicious spread at our Benefit Reunion Party!!) and support New Amsterdam!!

Doma Na Rohu will give you 10% of your bill

And give New Amsterdam 30% of the proceeds!!

It's win win!

Bring a coupon to participate in this amazing offer! Coupons are available below and also at the front desk. For use between April 28th & May 28th.

27 & 1/2 Morton Street at Seventh Avenue in the Village
212-929-4339 ~ www.domanyc.com

Thank You for Coming to our Garden Work Day

A big thank you to everyone who came to help out at our garden work day!!

Many of you were able to become members of the garden. It is important to increase our membership at the garden so that we can ensure a smooth relationship with the school. The board of El Jardin del Paraiso will set up a booth at our Spring Fair, so you will have an opportunity to get to know them and maybe join the garden too!