March 28, 2024

Myron J. Francis PTO Playground Project

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After more than a year of planning and fundraising, Myron J. Francis PTO has completed their Playground Project! Until now, students at MJF were content with blacktop games like Wall Ball and Foursquare but now they are thrilled to have added an amazing play space that accommodates 100 students at one time with activities for all ages and abilities. Careful consideration went into the inclusion of climbing areas, swings, slides, spinners, stepping stones and peg boards. During recess and after school, students are active and busy with friends, burning energy and developing social skills while they navigate the newly constructed equipment.
The project, contracted with Ultiplay and their phenomenal foreman, Playground Mike (Mike Parody), took less than two days of the three day allotment for this community build. It was well-planned and organized and comprised of helpers and volunteers from all over the city. There were parents, teachers, school administrators, City of East Providence employees, city officials, Lowe’s employees and general community members all getting involved, getting dirty and working together to accomplish this goal. It was amazing to see so many people pull together, spending time and effort and pooling their resources to make this dream a reality for our students. This truly was a community build.
We would like to thank everyone who assisted in the Myron J. Francis Playground Project. We would like to acknowledge all of our volunteers who spent time during the weekend project as well as those that have been tirelessly planning, fundraising and organizing the efforts behind the scenes. We would like to give thanks to Outback Steakhouse of Seekonk, Hillside Country Club and Uncle Tony’s Pizza & Pasta for feeding our hungry volunteers. We would also like to recognize the financial contributors that made this build possible: Alan Shawn Feinstein Foundation, Navigant Credit Union, Pawtucket Credit Union, The Rumford Lions Club, The Major Alister C. McGregor Memorial Foundation, Stateline Insurance – Virgil Sales, Woods Heating Service, QML Inc., The Democratic City Committee of East providence Ward 1, The East Providence School Committee, John & Penelope Corcoran and Doug & Jan Hazlett. We would also like to express our gratitude to Lowe’s of North Attleboro for outstanding generosity in materials donations as the recipient of their Lowe’s Heroes Program.
We couldn’t have done it without all of you. Thank-you!

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