Volunteer Opps - KABOOM

Volunteers needed for designing new playground at School #31

School #31, on Lincoln, in the Southeast has been selected as a location of the national playground program called KABOOM. This program builds a state of the art playground in one day - May 20th. The first step is a DESIGN DAY, where kids, parents, and community leaders design the park.

Design Day for School #31 will be Thursday, March 19th. The students will design from 2:30 - 3:30; and, the parents and community members will meet from 4:00-6:00 p. m. School #31 will order pizza and soda, since this is around dinner time for most. The design group will be conferencing on a regular basis until the build.

KABOOM! Help with School 31's playground

Please Help with School 31's playground

This is a request from Mr. George Ginder, the Principal at IPS school #31. School 31 is located at 307 Lincoln street; north of Raymond and east of Meridian streets.

Mr. Ginder shared School 31’s great need for an expanded and up-to-date play ground for the students to learn and grow through physical activity. In 1988 School 31 was destroyed with fire, to be rebuilt and re-opened in 1989. Yet, the playground was somewhat overlooked in respect to using older playground equipment instead of updated safer materials used currently. In the attached letter you will see an aerial photograph, from Google Earth, showing the sparse area hosting 4 pieces of playground equipment currently available. These are set between the building and a large paved area…conducive to skin scrapes and the need for a fully stocked first aid kit. J In essence, the schools newly formed Soccer team does not have an ideal practice area or playing field.

Through the efforts of Mr. Ginder and the sponsorship of the Lilly endowment, School 31 now has the great fortune of partnering with KaBOOM a not-for-profit organization that builds community play grounds. On May 20^th a single day transformation of School 31’s play ground will take place and community volunteers are welcome to participate, and well-wishers to observe the process. As is with most community projects, funded through grants and endowments, part of the terms of this fortunate opportunity requires community contributions, or matching funds, to help support the project. School 31 is being asked to generate 10%, or $7,500.00 in matching funds for their playground by the end of March; $1,500.00 having already been raised.

Please consider contributing anything that you can to this project…the future of our community lies in the health, welfare and educational opportunities of our youth.

Priscilla
F.S.M.A. Secretary ~ 2009
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