Apr 11, 2011At the Annual General Meeting on April 4, 2011, we made the big announcement that HSCA has been selected as a recipient of a KaBOOM! playground grant. KaBOOM! (www.kaboom.rog) is an US-based charity that works with communities to build playgrounds. Their model is both simple and revolutionary; they partner with organizations who want to help build playgrounds and then act as a point of contact for any group who need a playground but are short the $100,000 – $150,000 required to get started. KaBOOM! believes in harnessing the power of community to build their playgrounds. They state on their website that “the process of organizing a community-built playground is just as important as the playground itself; that a community group that has successfully built a new playground is more likely to take action on other issues affecting their community.” They also believe in expediency, which is why all KaBOOM! playgrounds are scheduled to be built by approximately 200 volunteers on a single day! Our day, by the way will be Saturday, June 18, 2011!
But before all that, we do have another day that we need all interested folk to attend. We will be hosting a “Design Day” on Wednesday, April 20th from 4pm till 8pm at the community centre (in the Social Hall). Our KaBOOM! Project Manager, Kenny, will be on hand to work with kids and parents to plan and to envision what the playground might look like. We really hope for a good turnout on Design Day as it will be the last big planning session before the actual Build Day on June 18th!
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