More than 200 volunteers from Discover Financial Services and The Salvation Army and organizers from KaBOOM! will join efforts to build a children’s playground in ONE DAY at the Army’s Mayfair Community Church/Corps Community Center.
Playground’s design is based on drawings made by area children, who will be using the playground.
Discover is donating playground equipment and bringing many of the volunteers to the building event.
The best time to view the playground under construction — volunteers assembling brightly colored equipment — is 11am to 1pm.
When: Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009
- Opening remarks/start of construction – 8:30am
- Construction highpoints – 11am to 1pm
- Closing remarks/ribbon-cutting – 2:30pm
Where: Salvation Army’s Mayfair Community Church, 5040 N. Pulaski Road, Chicago
Who: Hundreds of volunteers; Representatives of The Salvation Army, Discover, and KaBOOM; VIPs
MEDIA CONTACT:
Jordanka Lazarevic, The Salvation Army, 773-205-3573; day of 773-885-3433
Matthew Towson, Discover, 224-405-5649
Michael Causey, KaBOOM, 571-271-9590