March 4 - Insurance & the Dream

By now, our community has heard the news: insurance will pay for the supplies and materials required to rebuild the Dream Playground after it was burned on December 20, 2023. This great news caught the Dream Playground Foundation by surprise in the best way, and we are thrilled that plans for rebuilding can now move forward without hesitation. 

It's important that the community understands how critical public and business donations have been as well. Without the financial support of our community, we would not be able to rebuild the playground in time for the end of the 2023 - 2024 school year. These rapid donations gave us the immediate funds necessary to order the lumber, play elements, and other materials in time for them to arrive for a May 2024 build. ​

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Because that money will be reimbursed by insurance, we will be able to incorporate additional elements that were supposed to go into the 2021 build but couldn’t due to budget restraints, as well as the incredible heat that kept us from reaching the number of volunteers we needed to accomplish everything set out in the original design. 

Even better, the additional funds that have come in between December and February will allow us to reach back into the input we received from our community's school children when we began our discovery process for the 2021 build. The incredible support we've received from donors will allow us to make these kids' original dream even more of a reality.  The Foundation feels strongly about honoring every dollar donated so far by making the rebuilt playground even bigger and more awesome than before!

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View some of the drawings made by local schoolchildren during the input process for the 2021 build:

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From here on out donations received from the sales of stickers, beanies, pickets, pavers, or in cash will go into the Dream Playground Endowment,  which is tasked with the perpetual care and maintenance of the playground. However, financial donors or fundraisers are welcome to choose between improvements in the rebuild or helping build the permanent fund. 
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Build shifts are now available for rebuild, May 15 - 18. We need both skilled and willing workers to rebuild the dream!

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