Mechanicsville Elementary is participating in a competition to win money for a new playground that will be built in honor of a kindergartner who died Sept. 2.
Mechanicsville Elementary's playground was placed off limits last week as it was deemed unsafe for children, according to the school's PTA president. The PTA plans to raise money to build a new playground this year, and a national contest, Dannon Rally for Recess, may help the group reach that goal faster. The contest requires that people purchase Dannon yogurt products (Danimals and Danoninos) and then enter the product code on the contest website. For each code entered for Mechanicsville, the school earns points. At the end of the contest, each winner in five categories (based on school sizes) will win $30,000 towards building a playground. People can also write to Dannon to get a free code. As of Sept. 19, Mechanicsville Elementary is …
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A $140,000 grant was used to make the pool area and playground ADA compliant.
The Westminster Municipal Pool will offer more than just swimming this summer and the fun will be accessible to children with disabilities. Last spring Ron Shroers, director of Westminster Department of Parks and Recreation, secured a $140,000 grant from the State of Maryland Project Open Space Fund. "About five years ago the Council and Department of Parks and Rec made a commitment to make all the parks in Westminster ADA accessible," Shroers said. "We have to make sure that we are getting people from the parking lot to the equipment." A new state of the art playground replaced an old wooden playground, all of the woodchip surface has been replaced with a rubberized surface, a new merry-go-round has been installed, there is a new …
