The NWT Montessori Society and the NJ Macpherson School have partnered and have been chosen as a national award winner, a group of volunteers from Yellowknife will re-develop the park at NJ Macpherson School and the Yellowknife Montessori School on September 25, 2010. This initiative will receive strong support and leadership provided by Let Them Be Kids organization.
These “Playground Champions” will spend the next three months engaging their neighbourhood and all of Yellowknife in re-designing and improving the parks located on Range Lake Road and 5212 52nd Street. “We are very excited to be part of this project. These parks will provide accessibility to all children and families, so that everyone can participate and enjoy the fun that a park provides” says Tanya Murphy, Executive Director of the NWT Montessori Society.
The improvement plans includes the creation of a new playground for the Yellowknife Montessori School and an all accessible playground for NJ Macpherson.
Although the planning will occur over the next few months, on September 25th, it is hoped that hundreds of Yellowknife residents will volunteer to be a part of a one-day event that will see the communities dreams come together and the parks built!
Let Them Be Kids has partnered to help build stronger communities across Canada and help bring affordable fun and play to all children and families. Yellowknife is selected as one of the communities to receive the Let Them Be Kids-Helping Hands Award, providing support and resources to help make this community project a success.
“This is going to be an exciting and wonderful day for our community,” says Tanya Murphy. We are grateful to Let Them Be Kids for helping us get started and for their tremendous support in challenging us to do something good for the kids in our community.
“We are proud to award Yellowknife as one of the Let Them Be Kids-Helping Hands award recipients for 2010. It is clear that the organizing committee is passionate and driven, and it is also clear that the community of Yellowknife is a special place. We are looking forward to the awesome job that the community will do for the kids on September 25th” said Ian Hill Chairman of the Board of Directors for Let Them Be Kids.
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