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| Thursday, August 02, 2007 |
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BABW: Toronto Celebrates Its New Playground
By KaBOOM! @ 1:50 PM :: 304 Views ::
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 So here we are, the night before our big build. It’s hard to believe that by this weekend our community will be able to walk to a brand-new playground in our neighbourhood.
Our group is made up of five mothers who got tired of driving to other great parks in our town. We were frustrated that in order for us to get together with our kids, we had to pack them all in a car/ van and drive out of this great neighbourhood that we live in. We knew that other communities had organized themselves to fundraise and purchase new playground equipment and we were inspired by them. So we decided to do the same and it's been great!
Our goal has always been to raise $80,000 by December 2007. We applied to KaBOOM! on a bit of a whim, not really thinking that we would be successful, afterall, they are an American organization that as far as we could tell, had only done a handful of Canadian projects. We were thrilled to get that initial phone call and from there things happened very quickly!
This project has helped our community build on what is already a very strong community spirit. The families in our neighbourhood are looking forward to having safe and stimulating place for our children to play and gather.
Thank you, KaBOOM! & BABW for helping us reach our goal! We are proud to be the only Canadian build helping to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of BABW. It has been a blast!
We will continue our fundraising efforts in order to add a few other elements to our new park and invite you back to come and play with us!
Danielle Eveleigh
The Friends of Bloordale Park
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