Waverly Park playground upgrades thrill students
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It’s playtime — two years after fundraising began, Waverly Park School officially opened its new play structures.
A grand opening was held at the school on Friday during its annual Family Barbecue.
Watching the kids play on the equipment made all the hard work worthwhile, said playground chairwoman Barb Jones.
"It’s been a long road, two years of raising money," said Jones, who has three children who attend the school. "Actually getting it in the ground was wonderful.
"It’s so rewarding."
The new equipment replaces aging wooden structures which had to be removed due to regulation changes that now require steel structures.
Students, their families and staff raised about a third of the $123,735 bill. They ran a wide variety of fundraisers such as food sales, plant sales, a walk-a-thon, spelling bees and the sale of a Waverly Park Cookbook.
There was also a total of about $28,000 in grants from the Manitoba Community Services Council, the Community Places Program and the Brandon Area Community Foundation.
The Brandon School Division chipped in $15,000 and individuals and businesses also made donations.
The structures were installed last weekend with the help of more than 100 volunteers.
On Friday, dozens of children slid, swung and climbed all over the multi-coloured playground equipment.
The smaller of the two structures includes wavy slides, a climbing ramp and monkey bars, just to name a few features.
A larger structure at the other end of the school included a climbing wall and numerous slides and other thrills.
Seth Popadynetz, 10, and his brother Cayden, 5, gave the equipment a good review.
"I think it’s awesome to have it here and it’s quite fun to use. It’s got so many slides and stuff," Seth said.
"It’s good and it’s fun," added Cayden, whose favourite feature was the wavy slide.
Parent Jill Lennon said the new structures are bigger and better than the old ones.
"It’s a nice play structure, the kids are pretty excited about it," said Lennon, who has three young daughters, Scarlett, Paige and Ivy.
One parent, who asked not to be named, said he supported the community-driven project but the cost of the play structures charged by the supplier was too high. If play structures in general were cheaper, money could be used for other school projects and equipment, he suggested.