Parent Memo - 5/6/2020 - Dancing Grounds' Youth Programs Update! Looking forward + Parent Survey
Greetings Dancing Grounds families!
Mr. Randall here, doing another check-in as we continue our new normal at Dancing Grounds. I wanted to do a follow up with all families to give updates on what is going on at Dancing Grounds currently, and share our thoughts moving forward regarding the summer season.
As you know, we are currently offering virtual programming to adults and youth in both live and pre-recorded formats. This has been an amazing way to keep connected as we keep our distance to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in New Orleans. It’s been so great to be able to stay connected with our amazing students at Dancing Grounds. These classes will continue through May, if you need help getting connected, please let me know!
We have also stopped charging families for tuition, considering the unprecedented and difficult times we felt that was the right course of action at this moment. Thank you to those families who have offered to continue payments as donations, every little bit helps us stay afloat in such a difficult time. And thank you to ALL of our families for staying flexible & understanding as we navigate these transitions and for always being such supportive, valued members of our DG family.
2019 - 2020 Parent Survey
An important way you can help Dancing Grounds right now is to fill out our year-end parent survey. Your responses provide crucial data that we use to inform our funders of DG’s impact in our community and through our programs. This survey contains questions about our programming before the pandemic, during COVID-19 distancing measures, and to inform future planning. Your responses will be essential to us as we continue making plans on summer youth program offerings. Even if your child has not taken an online class, please complete the survey below. It should take no more than 10 min to finish.
GiveNOLA 2020
GiveNOLA Day is one of Dancing Grounds most important fundraising events each year. While we are extra sensitive to the financial hardships as a result of Covid-19, we must move forward with this fundraising campaign in order to sustain future DG Youth programs. Each year our parents are amazing champions for DG and play a big role in our fundraising success. (Thank you!!)
This year we are facing an uphill battle for the now month-long GiveNOLA initiative, as we know many people’s giving priority and capacity have shifted. This year’s GiveNOLA donation period kicked off May 5th and will continue until June 2nd (the actual GiveNOLA Day). We are asking for our parents support, in whatever capacity they are able.
Here are a few ways you can support our GiveNOLA efforts!
If you are currently donating via tuition for May, please consider paying your tuition through the GiveNOLA platform as a pre-scheduled donation, BY CLICKING HERE.
NOTE: If you are planning to do this, you must let me know, so I can stop charges to your card on file and prevent a double payment.
Anyone else, if you are able, please consider pre-scheduling a donation of $10. Every donation, no matter the size, counts towards our goal and will be matched by the Starseed Foundation. You can make your donation BY CLICKING HERE any time between May 5 and June 2.
SHARE, SHARE, SHARE on Social Media! If you cannot give, a great way to support is through re-post any GiveNOLA related communications to your networks. We will be following up later this month with language and images you can use to make direct asks to your community. Until then, re-posting our social media pushes is a great way to share & support.
THANK YOU! We love our DG Families!!