Whitmore School is hoping to win a contest and get a new playground.
The school is taking part in the Aviva Community Fund and hopes to be one of 50 projects chosen to receive 10 thousand dollars.
Whitmore School has been putting a lot of effort into fundraising for their new playground.
A new playground is expected to cost 100 to 150 thousand dollars. Fundraising is done by the school’s Parent Partnership Council members as there is no divisional or provincial funding set aside for the project.
The playground designs they are looking at are more inclusive of people with special needs. They include Fibar Surface for the ground, which allows wheelchair access to the structure. They also chose some low rise equipment for people in wheelchairs to access with ease. All other play structures in Dauphin use pea gravel as surface, which is not accessible to wheelchairs.
Their current playground isn’t up to code and will be torn down.
Voting begins today and goes till next Thursday, October 4.
You can vote ten times per email.
You can read more about Whitmore School and their new playground project by going here.
