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KaBOOM! playground to be built at Oak Park facility
A new playground at Oak Park. The before (top) and conceptual images of 2nd and Alhambra.
Hundreds of volunteers from CaliforniaVolunteers, The Salvation Army of Sacramento County, organizers from KaBOOM! and residents of the community will join forces on Saturday, April 25 to build a new, safe playground at The Salvation Army Oak Park campus (2nd and Alhambra).
In less than eight hours, hundreds of volunteers will build a playground to serve thousands of children in the community every year. The new playground’s design is based on drawings provided by children who attended a “Design Day” event in March. Currently, the children have only outdated equipment to play on, which will be removed to make way for the new playground.
The kick off ceremony for the event will take place at 8:30 AM before a ribbon-cutting ceremony will dedicate the new playground at 3 PM. In between, volunteers from the community will assemble playground equipment, mix concrete, move more than a ton of mulch and paint a mural dedicated to Cesar Chavez among other activities.
This playspace project is one of six sponsored by CaliforniaVolunteers to celebrate the legacy of Cesar Chavez. Since 2007, CaliforniaVolunteers has sponsored more than 20 playspace builds constructed by more than 6,000 volunteers and supported 77 afterschool service clubs in Title I middle schools across the state. To learn more about this initiative or to sign up to volunteer at the playground builds visit CaliforniaVolunteers.org.
CaliforniaVolunteers
CaliforniaVolunteers is the state office that manages programs and initiatives to increase the number of Californians involved with service and volunteering, including the state AmeriCorps program, California Citizen Corps and the Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning. Through the innovative Web site, CaliforniaVolunteers.org, individuals and families can find more than 45,000 volunteer opportunities throughout the state involving the arts, education, animals, disaster preparedness, the environment and other areas of interest. Karen Baker, the nation’s first state cabinet secretary of service and volunteering leads the organization and First Lady Maria Shriver serves as the honorary chairperson. For more information, please visit www.CaliforniaVolunteers.org.
KaBOOM!
KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit organization that envisions a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America. Since 1995, KaBOOM! has used its innovative community-build model to bring together business and community interests to construct more than 1,500 new playgrounds, skateparks, sports fields and ice rinks across North America. KaBOOM! also offers a variety of resources, including an online community, regional and national trainings, grants, publications and the KaBOOM! National Campaign for Play, which includes Playful City USA and the Playmaker Network – a national network of individual advocates for play. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., KaBOOM! also has offices in Chicago and San Mateo, Calif. For more information, visit www.kaboom.org.
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