Important Playground Update

As you have probably noticed, the next phase of the playground renovation has been completed – we have three new picnic table and two new springboards! We are very thankful to a number of people/businesses who have made this new playground possible: • New England Greenscape (665-3493) installed the lovely brick walkway at cost (no profit for them); • Jim Rodrigue assisted with providing and pouring cement for the playground on three separate occasions; • Chris Rice Associates (427-7505), who handles precision excavation and materials handling, assisted tremendously with digging holes, leveling ground, and providing concrete; • Libby Stanforth and Hana Rivkin coordinated the Fort River Roasters program last year (which netted $1000) and Pam Rietkerk coordinated the Hillside Pizza fundraiser (which netted $800); • Alison Donta, Mike Jacques, Jon Kane, Mark Marasco, Steve Poulin, Nancy Reffsin, Steve Reynolds, Amy Rose, Catherine Sanderson, Patrick Schilling, Blake Spirko, Michele Spirko, Peter Venman, and Principal Ray Sharick assembled the picnic tables; • Mike Jacques, Matt Lewis, Kristen Lynch, Ray Mann, Cam Mann, Jim Rodrigue, Catherine Sanderson, Ray Sharick, and Peter Wood installed the picnic tables and springboards; We are nearing the final phase of the playground renovation, which will include work on planting and landscaping (thanks to a lovely design by Carol Pope) and painting games (hop scotch, four square) on the blacktop! If you’d like to be involved in this final phase of the playground, please contact Catherine Sanderson (casanderson@amherst.edu, 256-4977).