Lincoln Elementary Technology Academy feels privileged to work with such fine volunteers who took time out of their busy schedules to participate in our Build Day on a Wednesday. We are so appreciative of partner KaBOOM!, our funding partner Build-a-Bear Workshop and everyone who made the LETA Playground Project possible. The students at LETA were thrilled to make their own bears thanks to Build-a-Bear Workshop! They were fascinated by the creation of the playground, taking a glance as they made their bears and helped with side-projects and children activities. The impact on the children will be phenomenal. LETA students finally get to play on their very own custom playground during recess. Everyone did such an awesome job and we had a terrific turn out. Thank you for making our dream of building a safe place for our children to play come true. The heart ceremony was touching and we will always remember all the hearts and hard work that went into our Build Day at Lincoln. You've not only touched Lincoln but you've touched our surrounding community.  

So, what did the children think of the new playground? I got a lot of its "cool, awesome, good, great and nice." Second grader Keyon thought the playground was fantastic! One second grade student said, "I like climbing the wall, it was soooo much fun." Another students exclaimed, "I love going down the twirly slide and going woooooooo!" A first grader at LETA said, "My favorite part of the playground is the money bars because I like hanging upside down." There you have it from the critics, they absolutely loved their new playground and could not be happier that you made it happen.  

On Friday, June 29, LETA children patiently waited to run out onto their playground for the first time. It was such an incredible sight to see their smiling faces laughing and watching them have such a marvelous time. My heart filled with such happiness and I could not stop smiling and thinking about each of you who helped create this "pawsome" playspace for our students. We are all so appreciative that you helped make our dreams of building a playground for our children into a reality.  

Please visit our KaBOOM! website to view more pictures at http://projects.kaboom.org/lincolnlionsplayground.

- Jennifer Lyman