- Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:14 am
#324813
New Playground in Chester Park on Thursday
DESIGNED BY KIDS, BUILT BY VOLUNTEERS:
PECO, CITY OF CHESTER, CHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION, CHESTER COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND KaBOOM! TEAM UP TO BUILD NEW PLAYGROUND IN JUST ONE DAY FOR CHILDREN
WHAT: More than 250 volunteers from PECO, the City of Chester, the Chester Education Foundation, the Chester Community Improvement Project, organizers from KaBOOM! and residents of the local community will join forces on Thursday, Oct. 28 to build a new, safe playground at Chester Park. The new playground’s design is based on drawings created by children who participated in a Design Day event in September.
WHY: The new playground will provide more than 700 children in the Chester community with a safe place to play. Currently, the children who go to Chester Park only have old, out-dated equipment to play on, which will be removed to make way for the new playground.. The playground is the second built by KaBOOM! and PECO, and one of more than 180 KaBOOM! will lead across the country in 2010 in an effort to provide a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America.
WHEN: Thursday, October 28
8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Kick off ceremony and volunteer deployment
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Best viewing of playground construction
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Final construction phase and adjustments
2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate new play area
(Note: all times approximate)
WHERE: Chester Park
143 Elkinton Blvd
Chester, PA 19013
WHO: Hundreds of volunteers from the community
VISUALS: Before and after shots of the site
Volunteers assembling brightly colored playground equipment
Volunteers moving 43,740 square feet of safety surfacing by hand
Ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate the playground
To volunteer email gwrease.ccip@gmail.com
DESIGNED BY KIDS, BUILT BY VOLUNTEERS:
PECO, CITY OF CHESTER, CHESTER EDUCATION FOUNDATION, CHESTER COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND KaBOOM! TEAM UP TO BUILD NEW PLAYGROUND IN JUST ONE DAY FOR CHILDREN
WHAT: More than 250 volunteers from PECO, the City of Chester, the Chester Education Foundation, the Chester Community Improvement Project, organizers from KaBOOM! and residents of the local community will join forces on Thursday, Oct. 28 to build a new, safe playground at Chester Park. The new playground’s design is based on drawings created by children who participated in a Design Day event in September.
WHY: The new playground will provide more than 700 children in the Chester community with a safe place to play. Currently, the children who go to Chester Park only have old, out-dated equipment to play on, which will be removed to make way for the new playground.. The playground is the second built by KaBOOM! and PECO, and one of more than 180 KaBOOM! will lead across the country in 2010 in an effort to provide a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America.
WHEN: Thursday, October 28
8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Kick off ceremony and volunteer deployment
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Best viewing of playground construction
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Final construction phase and adjustments
2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate new play area
(Note: all times approximate)
WHERE: Chester Park
143 Elkinton Blvd
Chester, PA 19013
WHO: Hundreds of volunteers from the community
VISUALS: Before and after shots of the site
Volunteers assembling brightly colored playground equipment
Volunteers moving 43,740 square feet of safety surfacing by hand
Ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate the playground
To volunteer email gwrease.ccip@gmail.com
