Agenda 

Attendees  

Board Members – Amy Ciancarelli, Rebecca Froncki, Jocelyn Marchand, David Pabisz 

Community Members – Bob DiPietro, Ashley Bivens, Sarah Gagnon, Sammy Fay, Robert DeCristoforo, Joni Pesola, Mike Trainor, Lisa Cole, Meghan Prentice, Crystal Brennan, Jennifer Shanbar-Ward, Jim Morose, Melanie Little 

Minutes 

Respectfully submitted by David Pabisz 

Welcome – Amy 

• Welcome any new volunteers, visitors, ..etc. 
• Member appreciation event 1/23/24 at Berry Tavern!  6:00pm start time.  Email soon to come. 

Fireworks Spectacular – Dave 

• August 11, 2024 
• Gave description of the development of the Fireworks Spectacular event and what we have planned so far. 
• We need to have the detailed planning complete 3 months in advance (May 2024)! 
  • We would like to have the fundraising done by then as well 

Fundraising Needs and Strategy – Rebecca 

• $40,000 for fireworks 
• $25,000 for other events 
• Comedy Night, Light Up Danvers bring in some, but we need about $50,000 from corporate sponsors. 
• Please help us with outreach to potential corporate sponsors. 
  • Talk to Rebecca if you have some leads: [email protected] 
  • Go to https://danversfalconfest.org/sponsorship/ 
• We have not done a mass mailing out to all Danvers residents, but that would cost $7000, doesn’t seem like a responsible use of funds at this time. 
• Social media presence needs to grow. 
• Other fundraising ideas 
  • Have volunteers walking through crowds at events with cans asking for donations. 
  • Have sandwich boards with QR code sign with suggested donation at entrances to events. 
  • 50/50 raffle at events. 
  • Pay to have someone’s lawn “flocked” with pink flamingos or something like that. 
  • Interactive fundraiser, pay to have Freddy the Falcon appear in different surprise places. 
  • Call-A-Thon, sit in room as a group and call numbers out of the yellow book 
  • DCAT telethon?  Simulcast on cable and YouTube?  Have people call in. 
    • Sponsorship opportunities for businesses, have them sponsor an hour of the telethon. 
    • Have some kind of entertainment. 
    • Need a phone system, a calling queue. 
    • 12 hours of material, pre-recorded 
    • 20 minute segments 
  • Auto-dialer, to do quick robo calls, or mass texting 

Comedy Night – Rebecca 

• March 21, 2024 (Thursday) 
• Prince Pizza 
• Can we request Christine Hurley? 
• Tickets for sale 
  • Get pizza, 
  • There will be raffle baskets, many provided by smaller businesses 
  • Buy your own drinks 
• If anyone knows someone or a business that would like to donate a raffle basket please reach out to Jocelyn ([email protected]) 
• We sold out last year. 
  • We made $3300 last year 
• We need to get a save the date post out by Sunday 1/14 

Bonfire – Jocelyn 

• January 13, 2024.  This Saturday. 
• Town will make a call on Friday morning by 10am on whether we need to execute the rain date or cancel due to weather conditions. 
• Question: does the carnival games trailer from Noonan need power? 
  • Light tower is about 150’ away 
• Walked through all the event details. 
• Fire is lit at 6:00pm 

Open – All 

• Should we do Easter Bunny pictures for fundraising again? 
  • Easter coming up quick this year, 3/31. 
  • Need to move on this soon, we’d want to do this on 3/23-3/24 
  • Where would we do this? 
    • YMCA is still under construction 
    • Gazebo at the library? 
    • Danvers Art Association? – Melanie reaching out to her contact 
• Spring fun run? 
  • Could this be at Prep during April vacation? 
  • Rail Trail? 
    • Try to avoid crossing streets 

Next Meeting – 02/13/24 at 7p at the Danvers Fire Headquarters