Volunteers have built a new community playground in North Philadelphia.
Over 300 employee volunteers from utility company PECO, and the organisations the Lighthouse and KaBOOM! have teamed up to build a new community playground at The Lighthouse Field in the Juniata section of North Philadelphia.
Designed in July via local children with crayons the new playspace includes several giant slides, a rock climbing wall, tic-tac-toe activity wall, ladders, swings and more.
The new $95,000 playground, which was funded mainly by PECO, will provide more than 700 children in the Juniata community with a safe place to play.
“It’s an amazing feat to take an athletic field and public park that previously had no playground equipment and completely transform the space in less than a day...” says PECO President and CEO Craig Adams.
“I am extremely proud of our employee volunteer support and the community partnership displayed today to construct a place for families to come together to have fun and enjoy quality time.”
PECO is an electric and natural gas utility subsidiary of Exelon Corporation.
The Lighthouse offers communities educational, recreational and economic improvement programmes to families and individuals to affect positive change and improve the quality of their lives.
KaBOOM! is a non-profit promoting outdoor play, which has proven benefits for children.
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