NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY: Sterling Heights Kids Design Dream Playground for Delia Park as Part of National 'KaBOOM!'...Community Children 'Draw' Blueprint For New Community Playground To Be Built In One Day July 19, 2008Program Uses 'Power Of Play' To Build Stronger Communities And Children With Common Ground For 'Play'
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY: Sterling Heights kids will gather Wednesday night to design their "dream playground" which will then be built in one day on July 19, 2008 led by "KaBOOM," a national not-for-profit organization that seeks a great place to play within walking distance for every child in America. Chrysler Jeep Superstores and the Motor City Dodge Dealers, working with Chrysler LLC, The Chrysler Foundation, the City of Sterling Heights and KaBOOM! will host a "design day" for children at the Dodge Park Recreation Center at 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 21. Children from the area will put crayon to paper and draw their dream playgrounds. The drawings will be the basis for the final design for a new community playground to be built in one day on July 19 at Delia Park in Sterling Heights, Mich.
WHO: Chrysler Jeep Superstores, Motor City Dodge Dealers, Chrysler
LLC, The Chrysler Foundation, City of Sterling Heights, and
community children and parents.
WHAT: Children and community Design Day for construction of a new
play space at Delia Park in Sterling Heights.
WHERE: Dodge Park Recreation Center
40620 Utica Road
Sterling Heights, MI 48311
WHEN: 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 21
VISUALS:
-- Children drawing their dream playgrounds
-- Children dream playgrounds in their own hand
-- Chrysler Jeep Superstore and Motor City Dodge representatives
participating in planning meeting
-- Community volunteers participating in planning meeting
About KaBOOM!: KaBOOM! is a national not-for-profit 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 1,400 new playgrounds, skate parks, 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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