Audubon Area Community Services, Inc.

Foust Community PlayPark

KIMBERLY-CLARK SPONSORS PLAYPARK

Free To Grow, Foust and Their Partners Build “Playpark”

On Saturday, August 9th, after months of planning local residents along with many volunteers throughout the Owensboro Community celebrated the completion of the Foust Community Playpark! Kimberly-Clark, Texas Gas, OMU, Target, Owensboro Board of Education, Free to Grow and many more employees from local businesses along with community residents transformed a lot in back of the Hager Preschool into a community play park.

Kimberly-Clark, Owensboro Schools’ Foust Elementary School and Audubon Area’s Free to Grow did an incredible job of orchestrating in-kind donations for the park by tapping into companies for tents, food, children activities material, tools, cement and much more. An amazing Children’s Committee kept hundreds of little ones entertained for the entire two days, far away from the site. Safety precautions and coordination working on the site allowed the days to be injury-free. Photo to left: Immediate Past AACS Board Chair Jimmie T. Bush, Sr., joins those working on the construction of the PlayPark.

Pictured above, part of the Hager Preschool section of the PlayPark

The new playpark is approximately 12,000 square feet. A three color scheme [blue, red and yellow] demands a child’s attention. The park houses balance beams, a tunnel, bridge, slide, swings and other equipment.

The old Foust playground, made out of wood, had to be dismantled in 1995 due to children receiving numerous splinters while playing.

More than a playpark was built that day. Volunteers left the site having established new friendships, all the children shared a glimmer of hope in eyes that sparkled much brighter than before and everyone involved felt their heart grow a little bigger and warmer.

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