We Did It!!

Well, after a mind bending four month flurry of activity, our playground has been built. It was such an inspirational day I don't know where to begin. I spent a sleepless night taking care of last minute details and as we all do I was starting to worry whether enough people would show up for Build Day. The day dawned crisp and clear, a beautiful fall day, the trees in the park were spectacular. Tony was already busy at the park when I took a moment to look outside. I was overwhelmed at the site of a steady parade of people walking towards the park, pushing wheel barrows with rakes and shovels on their shoulders. Everyone was excited and happy despite the cold. They were eager to get to work and indeed they actually finished the job hours ahead of time. It was a tough job to keep the kids off the equipment until the actual dedication ceremony. One of the gentlemen we were honouring, Lorne Fuller , was there at the crack of dawn to help put the playground together. Why does that not surprise me?? That dedication to doing things for the kids is the reason we chose to honour Lorne in the first place. Several items were not completed as we had to locate the correct hardware and one item required more concrete poured. The rest of that week, Tony, Pete Heck and Garth McIntosh completed the work including the installation of the Super Nova that was won earlier in the summer.We were back ordered on about 6 pieces of the exercise equipment and 5 picnic tables which will be shipped in the spring along with the skate park equipment.
It has been exciting to watch how many families have been using the park, many whom I do not recall ever seeing in the park before!!
I would like to thank all of the Volunteers who helped with this phenomenal project. You guys rock!! We have met many of our neighbours whom we had no contact with before and have created many new friendship bonds. It is our sincere hope that this camaraderie will continue to bond us together as a community and that this is only the beginning of the improvements to our village.
Many thanks to all of the donors which are listed below on the website with a special thanks to the A.C.E program that started us on this journey, Let Them be Kids who has funded half of the equipment, Legacy Oil and Gas, Fortis, Suncor Energy, Sogo Active and the Lions Club who all gave substantial donations to our playground build and all of the other donors who gave to our project as well. 
We did it and Together We Can Do Anything!!!