A's eagle project

Remember what the playgrounds consisted of when we were in elementary school? The chin up bars (I broke my leg falling off of them), the merry-go-round, swings and tire things. They sure have come a long way since then. Look how neat these playgrounds are. Kids scream and yell after leaving their classrooms for recess to be the first ones on them. (Until they discover 4 square)

But after taking a closer look while sitting on the benches during basketball practice one afternoon, I noticed myself disappointed that these really nice playgrounds had a lot of chipped paint. After studying them for awhile, I got this sick feeling that it may not be chipped paint after all. I got off the bench and walked over to inspect the playground equipment. I was sickened after realizing that the kids were playing on equipment covered in grime. The grime that you could scrape off with a key. (Ya, my nose just wrinkled up too.) I knew right then that I may have just found A's eagle project.

After patiently waiting over a month, we finally got the approval to move forward.

Not a lot of details here, but man did I just want to scream "Hallelujah" when he was done!

Mission/Project Accomplished! 37 volunteers and 2 1/2 hours later, the playground is ready for the kids to climb on again.