1. Silverdale, WA A community that built a Playground

3. Paid for through fundraising Built by 2000 volunteers
Imagine a playground…
Designed by kids
Paid for through fundraising
Built by 2000 volunteers

4. All built in SIX Days !

5. It started as an idea… January 11th,2001
Silverdale Rotary members decided to do a major project for the community.
Rotary member Paulette DeGard proposes a playground.

6. …and so it begins
The next couple of months are spent by Paulette building a working relationship with Leathers and Associates. These guys make playgrounds for a living.

8. March 8, 2001 Leathers & Associates comes on board with project.
Informs Paulette that subcommittees need to be established
Silverdale Rotary establishes
$ 25, start up money.

9. Subcommittees are established
Volunteers
Public Relations
Children’s
Donated and Purchased Materials
Fundraising
Tools
Food
Childcare
Captains
Commercial
Sponsorship

10. Leathers gives us an idea of what we can accomplish

11. Imagine…Kitsapkids is created on
April 12,2001
The subcommittees need to have
chairpersons
Due to my position with the local base I am asked to take a position

12. Playground Timeline July 27-29 2001 Whaling Days- Kick off
First public information booth
October 18th Design Day
January 12th 2002-Dedication Day
March 30th Mall Tile Event
April 20th 2002 – Mall Tile Event
May 5th Rock the Playground fundraiser
May 28th-June 2nd Build Week

13. All through fundraising and donations.
Amount of $ needed…
$250,000.00
All through fundraising
and donations.

14. Volunteers Responsible for…
collecting names and numbers and interested areas of work.
getting large groups of volunteers from businesses.
setting up volunteer schedule during build week

15. Public Relations Responsible for…
all printed materials ie: balloons, shirts,
flyer, banners, and newspaper articles.
Press releases
Coverage during fundraising events
Photo coverage of build week

16. Children’s committee Responsible for…
Children’ s activities prior to build
Design Day organization
Kid’s Parade
Fundraising attendance
Opening Day activities

17. Donated and Purchased Materials
Responsible for…
Collection of donated materials from various companies
Purchase of materials that are not donated.

18. Fundraising Responsible for… Community fundraisers i.e. Tiles
Fence Pickets
Bricks
Rock the Playground Concert

19. Tools Responsible for… Collection of public tools Tool Shed
Tool Distribution System
Makita tools

20. Food Responsible for… Collection of food for build week
Sponsorship of lunches and dinners for build week

21. Childcare Responsible for…
Childcare from 7:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. during build week
Securing facilities for child care
Clearing caregivers through state security checks
Equipment and activities for the week

22. Captains Responsible for all captains prior to and during build week

23. Commercial Sponsorship
Responsible for…
Selling components of the park
Recruiting support through donations of money or materials

24. Whaling Days July
First public forum to talk about playground
Kids march in parade and hand out balloons (3000 in all !)
Collection of volunteer names start
11 months before build

25. Design Day October 18,2001 All local elementary schools participate
Two classrooms per school
Kids are asked to draw their perfect playground
All drawings are given to architect from Leathers & Associates
By 6:00 p.m. a composite drawing of playground is complete.

26. Dedication Day January 12th,2002
Park Department settles on land for park
Sign is erected with build week advertised.
Parks Department signs on as major contributor of staff and equipment
Land is donated to committee.

27. March 30th 2002- & April 20th 2002 Mall Tile Event
First Major fundraising with public.
Held at Mall
Tiles are sold for $25.00 a piece
Pickets and Bricks are also available
Between two events $ 10, is raised
(400 tiles sold)

28. May 5th 2002- Rock the Playground fundraiser
Local Musicians donated their time for a ten hour concert
Cover charge is raised for the playground
$ raised

29. Build week May 28th-June 2nd
Day 1

31. Cutting tent

32. Site on Day 1

34. Day 2

35. Final Poles in Place

36. Something for everyone

37. Young and old volunteer

38. Cutting and Drilling Area

39. Day 4
Starting to come together

40. Fun at Child Care

41. A lot of gravel! We shoveled gravel for 11 hours

42. And then we shoveled just as much bark if not more.

43. It’s all about the kids

44. At this point…
Over $225,000.00
has been collected

45. And the tops go on
Day 5

46. Local Artist donated time and materials

47. Day 6

48. Only One major injury
The first aid lady!

49. A crowd starts to gather about 5:30
Park opens at 6:30

50. Hand Tiles Displayed

51. The official ribbon cutters. Twin sisters confined to wheelchairs
The official ribbon cutters. Twin sisters confined to wheelchairs. Our park is the most handicapped assessable within 100 miles.

52. Park opens at 6:40 p.m. on Day 6

54. What started as a dream 18 months ago…
Became a reality

55. Just
What you can do