After two sunny Saturdays in May the Library Square daycare playgrounds have been completely transformed. We added a music centre, drama stage, art centre, planting station, several planters (filled with edible plants) and more to three floors of the daycare. CBC TV was able to capture some of the excitement of the day on the evening local news.
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Library Square Children’s Centre Outdoor Play Space
Friday May 23, 2014 / 1 – 5pm
Saturday May 24, 2014 and Saturday May 31, 2014 / 9:00am – 5:00pm
Please join Projects in Place and the Vancouver Society of Children’s Centres in their 2nd project together, this time to upgrade the Library Square Children’s Centre playground. Much like the Sapphire playground upgrades, we will be incorporating concepts of sustainability, food security and environmental conservation… but multiply the play and storytelling features by a factor of TEN.
What happens over two days when hundreds of pounds of lumber, soil, and plants are combined with dozens of amazing volunteers? You get a wonderfully rehabilitated playground in the heart of downtown!
Volunteers Needed
Sapphire Children’s Centre Outdoor Play Space
Sunday, March 2 2014 and Saturday March 8 2014 / 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Please join Projects in Place and the Vancouver Society of Children’s Centres in upgrading the Sapphire Children’s Centre playground. We will be incorporating concepts of sustainability, food security and environmental conservation with play and storytelling.
Recently Projects in Place started working in conjunction with the Vancouver Society of Children’s Centres (VSOCC) to re-design and enhance the playgrounds for some of their facilities thanks to the funding provided by Ausenco Foundation. The proposed enhancements to the playgrounds are meant to provide children and their families with opportunities to develop a sense of social responsibility, ecological awareness and sustainability skills and habits on a continual basis.