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Playgrounds built, repaired, and opened so children have somewhere to play. 9 verified stories. Stories come from Derby, Grand Rapids, and Bentonville. Each one is checked and linked to the original report.
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CommunityThe second phase, paid for by a local sales tax, adds nine ballfields, including an adaptive field, plus two playgrounds and a concession building.
Verified · The Wichita Eagle
CommunityResidents helped design the $2.23 million park, which includes inclusive play, a rain garden, and a place for vendors.
Verified · WWMT
CommunityThe Ozark Discovery Canopy on the Bentonville campus is open dawn to dusk, with a flowing creek, a spinning boulder, oversized hanging benches, and a family-sized slide.
Verified · Axios Northwest Arkansas
CommunityGroundworks volunteers and the Roc Solid Foundation built a backyard playset for 8-year-old Chase, who is being treated for leukemia, and hid Spider-Man gifts in it for his family to find between appointments.
Verified · Amarillo Tribune
CommunityKingsford Middle School set out to raise $500 for the Lake Antoine playground and finished with more than $8,000. With other gifts, the campaign passed its $40,000 goal.
Verified · WLUC TV6
CommunityAssociates from the Arden Lowe's put up money and labor to repaint the playground fence and lay patio pavers under a shelter at the Salvation Army's West Asheville community center.
Verified · WLOS
CommunityAddy's Playground of Possibility opened Oct. 13 at Connections Education Center, with a communication board and signs for practicing real-world safety.
Verified · WPTV
CommunityIndividual donors beat the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum's $25,000 Children's Library goal in a few months, and the Friends added $3,000. The money is for new nonfiction, a sensory-friendly space, and an outdoor playscape.
Verified · North Star Monthly
CommunityOklahoma State's Construction Management Society built a purple-and-white playhouse in Perkins for Alaina Hammer, who has finished her last round of chemo.
Verified · News On 6