A Chara, after years of hard work and dedication, Shannon Gaels GAA have recently signed a contract securing a long term Lease for the use of 7 acres within Frank Golden Park as their home grounds. This development will secure the future of GAA for our children and future generations in Queens and the Greater New York area.
We ask that you join with us and help us in achieving our goal.
Shannon Gaels GAA was founded in 2002 and to date we are the only Minor GAA club serving the children of Queens. For our first seven years we had no regular field to train on. After reaching out to the New York City Mayor’s office and the Queens Parks Department, we were accommodated with Frank Golden Park in College Point. We subsequently signed a long term lease with the City of New York for the use of over seven acres within this park. We must now raise a significant portion of the funds needed to turn this area into our “Field of Dreams”.
This project represents something special and something different. We believe it will provide an anchor for Gaelic Football and Hurling here in New York that will run right through the 21st century. The following will tell you about the project. It will also tell you how we intend, with your help, to fund it. We believe we have a funding strategy which is practical, but we do need your help to make it happen.
Our “Field of Dreams” is a huge challenge to all of us. But it is one that is necessary and achievable. We look forward to you working with us to deliver something that is very special indeed.
Trína chéile a thógtar na caisleáin.
In our togetherness, castles are built
We have put in place a Shannon Gaels GAA family wide strategy to fund our Field of Dreams project. It’s based on the tried and tested GAA ethos of depending on everyone and having a place for everyone.
We are commited to sharing our work and its benefits; and of putting in rather than taking out. Just as we will all benefit from our Field of Dreams in our own ways, so can we all help make it happen in our own ways.
Who is our field
of dreams for?
What will
it contain?
Why do
we need it?
What will
it deliver?
Mól an óige agus tiocfaidh sí
Praise the youth and they will come
There are three avenues to our funding strategy. This is a deliberate approach, to make sure there’s a way for every past, present and future Shannon Gaels GAA member to contribute in a meaningful way to this unique project. Our three avenues are
Donate $100 to become a Field of Dreams Supporters Club Member, then Frank Golden Park will be part of your gift, not just to Shannon Gaels GAA but also to all other Gaels right across the Greater New York area.
Being a Shannon Gaels Patron represents a major commitment to both the GAA and to Shannon Gaels GAA.
We will mark that commitment in modest but meaningful ways as listed in the level guide.
For those who make a major financial contribution for the Field of Dreams project, we in return may offer naming rights, either of the entire project or specific parts of it, for example one or more pitches.
Tada gan iarracht
Nothing is done without effort is done without effort
On behalf the entire Shannon Gaels community - we sincerely thankyou for your interest in the Field Of Dreams intitiative - a bold & brave step forward. We hope you can help turn the dream into a reality.
Shannon Gaels Gaelic Athletic Association is a 501(c)(3) organization. All charitable contributions are deductible to the full extent allowable under IRS regulations.
© 2015 Shannon Gaels GAA
Shannon Gaels Gaelic Athletic Association is a 501(c)(3) organization. Charitable Contributions are deductible to the full extent allowable under IRS regulations.
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