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| Wednesday, October 25, 2006 |
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KaBOOM! Featured in Sun Herald Editorial
By gmontefusco @ 2:43 PM :: 1045 Views ::
2 Comments ::  :: KaBOOM! in the News
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Recreation is a vital part of recovery and renewal
Coping with Hurricane Katrina is not child's play, but in order to cope, there must be places for children to play. That is why South Mississippians should be especially grateful for Darell Hammond's KaBOOM! organization and its Operation Playground: Rebuilding Playgrounds; Restoring Childhoods. |
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Virginia Reynolds @
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:53 PM
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The waters had barely receded and the finger pointing and name calling was just starting, when a very small voice called out and suggested that someone should remember the children after a storm as catastrophic as Katrina. KaBOOM! was happily humming along, doing great things all across the country. Puzzling over the complexity of the post-storm situation, a plea like this could have easily been ignored, without a second thought. This is what greatness is about I suppose, stepping up when the situation is at its most dire. I prayed for a single playground but Darell suggested 100. He and his team will do more for this generation of Katrina kids than we will ever know. Mississippi's next great leaders will emerge from the Katrina generation. As their loss is so complete, they have already had to be more creative, more considerate, more circumspect and more grateful for small kindnesses than those that came before them. They will remember Darell's courage and his generosity and how much it meant to them during a very difficult time. They will take his lesson forward...
Sincerely,
Ginny Reynolds
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tadams @
Friday, November 03, 2006 3:35 PM
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I had no idea that this was the first permanent structure rebuilt after the hurricanes. Wow!
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