SUPPORT THE DREAM PLAYGROUND!
To purchase an engraved picket:
1. Click "Donate"
2. Each picket is $50.00
3. In the notes, please spell exactly how you want the picket to be engraved. 17 characters maximum. If we have questions, we will contact you via the email address you provide.
The Dream Playground Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation which has one focus: to support the maintenance and operations of the Dream Playground for the children of the community and for children who are visiting Port Angeles.
Your tax-free donation helps with our $5,000 annual maintenance costs, plus helps us build a fund to replace the playground when it has reached the end of its useful life.
You can donate to the Dream Playground Foundation in two ways:
1) Donate online using the Donate Button
2) Send a check to the following address:
Dream Playground Foundation
P.O. Box 416
Port Angeles, WA 98362
Please include your name and address so we may send you an acknowledgement letter for tax purposes.
Your tax-free donation helps with our $5,000 annual maintenance costs, plus helps us build a fund to replace the playground when it has reached the end of its useful life.
You can donate to the Dream Playground Foundation in two ways:
1) Donate online using the Donate Button
2) Send a check to the following address:
Dream Playground Foundation
P.O. Box 416
Port Angeles, WA 98362
Please include your name and address so we may send you an acknowledgement letter for tax purposes.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The annual Dream Playground Maintenance project occurs during the summer. The maintenance often requires the closure of the facility while maintenance is done and while fresh wood sealant and paint is drying.
Thank you very much to everyone who showed up and volunteered their time maintaining the playground.
According to the playground’s designer, the Port Angeles Dream Playground is one of the best maintained in the country. We can do that because we have such a dedicated volunteer group and a community that’s willing to pitch in every year to keep it maintained. Port Angeles can be proud of how well we’ve cared for our playground over the last 15 years.
- Former Foundation President Steve Charno
DREAM PLAYGROUND HISTORY
The Children of Port Angeles, Washington dreamed up something special, and our community pulled together to make their dream a reality.
The Port Angeles Dream Playground was built over five days in September of 2002 by more than two thousand volunteers with tools and equipment loaned by the community and is one of the largest volunteer projects Clallam County has ever seen. This amazing effort was akin to an old-fashioned barn-raising with people of all ages participating in the build. Over $185,000 was raised to pay for the construction. Most of the funds came from a host of local businesses and more than 10,000 individual contributors.
In 2009, the volunteers became restless and created an 800 square-foot pavilion adjacent to the playground.
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In 2016, the tasks we completed were:
-fence repair (wanted to keep those engraved pickets pretty)
-ground cover- added 120 yards of new material!
-painted tower tops
-miscellaneous small repairs
-general cleanup
Our thanks to the City of Port Angeles, which has also done inspections and repairs this year to keep it safe and fun!
The Port Angeles Dream Playground was built over five days in September of 2002 by more than two thousand volunteers with tools and equipment loaned by the community and is one of the largest volunteer projects Clallam County has ever seen. This amazing effort was akin to an old-fashioned barn-raising with people of all ages participating in the build. Over $185,000 was raised to pay for the construction. Most of the funds came from a host of local businesses and more than 10,000 individual contributors.
In 2009, the volunteers became restless and created an 800 square-foot pavilion adjacent to the playground.
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In 2016, the tasks we completed were:
-fence repair (wanted to keep those engraved pickets pretty)
-ground cover- added 120 yards of new material!
-painted tower tops
-miscellaneous small repairs
-general cleanup
Our thanks to the City of Port Angeles, which has also done inspections and repairs this year to keep it safe and fun!
FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP
2020 Directors & Officers
Steve Methner, President
Jennifer Swanson, Secretary/Treasurer
Justin Charon, Maintenance Director
Mike Newcomb, Maintenance Director
Steven M. Charno, Director Emeritus
Corey Delikat, Ex Officio
Rex Springer, Treasurer
Jamie Coburn, Director
Jo Johnston, Director
Kira Acker, Director
Tim Tucker, Director
Don Droz, Director
Laurie Szczepczynski, Director
Chris Szczepczynski, Director
Christian Fobian, Director
Founders of the Dream Playground Foundation
(April 13, 2003)
Jim Bolton
Steven M. Charno
Jim Drennan
Chuck Drysdale
Hank Gibson
Ray Gruver
Jo LeDuke Johnston
Steve Methner
Mike Newcomb
Nancy Prince-Fox
Anne-Marie Summers