THE CONTEST ENDED 8-24-09 &
WE CAME IN THIRD!
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
IT IS TRULY AMAZING!
ACCORDING TO MARKAHM MARK OF DISTINCTION OFFICIALS THERE WERE OVER 120,000
VOTES WORLD WIDE FOR THE TEN FINALISTS. PITCHER PARK RECEIVED 20,000 VOTES DUE TO THE HARD WORK AND EFFORTS OF ALL THE SUPPORTERS FROM LITTERALLY AROUND THE WORLD.
FROM MALAYSIA'S, PETER PEK TO THE PRESIDENT OF PITTSBURGH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE THE EMAILS WERE FLYING AND FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND MY SPACE WAS A BUZZING! :)
WE ALSO WISH TO THANK KDKA TELEVISION FOR HAVING MARY PITCHER AND JONATHAN PITCHER ON THEIR SHOW, PITTSBURGH LIVE AND FOR FOLLOWING US ON OUR JOURNEY TO BUILD A SKATE PARK STEP BY STEP.
CONSIDERING WE HAD FOUR DAYS TO WRITE THE ESSAY AND SUBMIT IT, WE ALL DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND DUE TO THIS CONTEST, PITCHER PARK HAS GAINED ATTENTION TO THIS SMALL GRASS ROOTS EFFORTS AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT NO AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN BUY!
AGAIN, WE WISH TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THIS CONTEST......FROM EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS SMALL COMMUNITY WE APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP!
HEY THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR! :)
VOTES WORLD WIDE FOR THE TEN FINALISTS. PITCHER PARK RECEIVED 20,000 VOTES DUE TO THE HARD WORK AND EFFORTS OF ALL THE SUPPORTERS FROM LITTERALLY AROUND THE WORLD.
FROM MALAYSIA'S, PETER PEK TO THE PRESIDENT OF PITTSBURGH TECHNICAL INSTITUTE THE EMAILS WERE FLYING AND FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND MY SPACE WAS A BUZZING! :)
WE ALSO WISH TO THANK KDKA TELEVISION FOR HAVING MARY PITCHER AND JONATHAN PITCHER ON THEIR SHOW, PITTSBURGH LIVE AND FOR FOLLOWING US ON OUR JOURNEY TO BUILD A SKATE PARK STEP BY STEP.
CONSIDERING WE HAD FOUR DAYS TO WRITE THE ESSAY AND SUBMIT IT, WE ALL DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND DUE TO THIS CONTEST, PITCHER PARK HAS GAINED ATTENTION TO THIS SMALL GRASS ROOTS EFFORTS AND FRIENDSHIPS THAT NO AMOUNT OF MONEY CAN BUY!
AGAIN, WE WISH TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THIS CONTEST......FROM EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS SMALL COMMUNITY WE APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP!
HEY THERE IS ALWAYS NEXT YEAR! :)
PITCHER PARK ESSAY NOMINATED AS
ONE OF TEN FINALISTS NATIONALLY
FOR MARKHAM VINYARDS,
MARK OF DISTINCTION GRANT OF $25K
Please read more on the website and vote every day until August 25 for Pitcher Park, so that we may build a community skate park for the youth and young adults to keep them safe off the streets,physically active and to memorialize Vincent & Stephen Pitcher in a community that they loved so dearly.
It is an honor to be chosen as a finalist for this award and we thank Markham Vinyards and their associates for giving us the opportunity. It is appreciated by all the community members involved who are extremely passionate about this project and are working very hard to make this happen. This grant would be a Blessing for us.
Please click on the logo above to go directly to the site.
It is an honor to be chosen as a finalist for this award and we thank Markham Vinyards and their associates for giving us the opportunity. It is appreciated by all the community members involved who are extremely passionate about this project and are working very hard to make this happen. This grant would be a Blessing for us.
Please click on the logo above to go directly to the site.