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Monday, October 15, 2007
$150K Raised For Accessible Playground In Wisconsin
By amylee @ 8:21 AM :: 683 Views :: 0 Comments :: General News About Play, Community Projects, Fundraising News, Accessibility News

Boy holding a wooden painted flowerMENOMONIE, WI -- The Menomonie Community is coming together this week to build a playground the size of three houses put together. In the next four days that's what's happening at the River Heights Elementary School in Menomonie.

“I'm very excited about it and never thought Menomonie of all places would get something like this,” said Arla Falk a parent.

A huge playground is being built so children like Arla's seven year old daughter, Kathy, can experience some outdoor fun. Kathy has Rett Syndrome--a neurological disorder.

“There's no place I can take my kids to anymore. She's too big for the infant swings and she can't do the adult swing by herself,” she said.

Arala says the new playground will let Kathy feel more like a kid. She says Kathy can’t do anything by herself but she loves to play on the slide.

Kathy's future playground memories are financed by fundraisers like Bryan Beamer.

“It’s been built for the children of the community but also for children with disabilities and we're really proud of that and are excited to see kids play on it,” said Beamer.

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