By JON-MARC LARSON
Mississippi Press
July 26, 2008

GAUTIER -- More than 100 volunteers from the community gathered Friday to help assemble a playground next to the Boys and Girls Club.

Led by nonprofit organization KaBOOM!, volunteers worked from 8:30 until 2:30 p.m. erecting brightly colored pieces of equipment, pouring concrete and laying sod to give Gautier a safer, more entertaining spot for local children.

"We did not have anything like this when I was a kid, so it is great that our children here in Gautier will have something like this here," Gautier Mayor Pete Pope said. "We are especially thankful to all of the organizers and volunteers who helped make this day possible for the city of Gautier." [More]

Learn more about KaBOOM! efforts in the Gulf Coast.