WOW!

20,000 lbs. of Concrete
155 cubic feet of mulch
320 adults
60 kids
$75,000 worth of donated material =
a playground full of happy people!

Before:
After:

For the last two months I've been on a committee to build a playground for Bella's elementary school. This is only the 2nd year they've been operating, and because they are a charter school, have many needs. So, many conference calls, meetings at the school, and various other phone calls have been made during that time, so that this could happen. The top photo was taken about 7:30 this morning. The bottom photo was taken about 2:00 this afternoon. Pretty amazing huh?

It was all made possible by a grant from Jet Blue Airlines and American Express. A company called KaBOOM!, a non-profit organization that builds playgrounds all over the country, and Central America, organized the "build day". My day started early, I had to be there by 6:30 a.m., to get things ready for the volunteers to start showing up at 7:30 a.m. I'm exhausted, but it was a great day, and I can't wait to have the kids play on it come Tuesday afternoon (concrete curing time). Bella is so excited to have swings at school.

Here's a look at some other features of today "build day".

Outdoor classroom:
Garden boxes, and mosaic tiles the children made today:
Notice the benches on the right of the photo with garden boxes on either end:
How would you like to move this pile?

The ribbon cutting ceremony: