Cunningham Park is located in Joplin, MO right across from St. John’s Hospital and was one of Joplin’s best parks. This park was destroyed and leveled by the May 22nd tornado. Cunningham Park became Joplin’s first city park in 1892 so not only is it important to the community to restore the park for our enjoyment, but the park is a huge piece of Joplin history that cannot be forgotten. 159 were killed, thousands were injured and 1/3 of the city was totally destroyed by this F5 tornado. The tornado is said to have the highest dollar amount of insurance claim payouts in Missouri history. Clean up is expensive, FEMA doesn't cover it all, the city only has so many resources to pull funds from for the city's restoration. We need all the help possible to ensure that this park is restored back to the wonderful park it was (or even better) so that our children can have something beautiful to enjoy again and so that our history is retained.
Here’s how you can help:
Coca-Cola is having a contest to vote for your favorite park. They're giving away prizes to the top 3 parks. 1st Place wins $100,000, 2nd Place wins $50,000 and 3rd Place wins $25,000. You can vote over and over again, back to back, as many times as you want. As of the moment I'm writing this we are in 4th place. Voting ends September 6th so we have enough time to take 1st place if we spread the word and vote as much as possible.
Please vote for Joplin’s Cunningham Park (zip code 64804) and help us win $100,000 towards restoring our beautiful park by continually voting for us until it comes to an end.
Forward this email to your home email address so you can check out the links later, also forward this email to everyone you know so that we can work our way up to #1 and hold it until the end.
There's a facebook page you can like so that you can get status updates to remind you to vote. They also hold “voting marathons” and “power hours” that are great to join in on.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coca-C...53812004645715
Here’s the direct link to Coca-Cola's voting site. Joplin's zip code is 64804 or you can search for Cunningham Park.
http://www.livepositively.com/#/americasparks/vote