March 28, 2024

Hennessey School Playground Celebration

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On June 15th, Agnes B Hennessey School held an end-of-the-year school celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony for their playground. Mayor Jim Briden, Assistant Superintendent Celeste Bowler, School Committee members Tony Ferreira and Joel Monteiro and major sponsors of the playground unveiled a permanent plaque and cut the ribbon. Hennessey faculty, students, families, donors, and volunteers were on hand to celebrate and count down for the ribbon cutting.

A group of Hennessey families started the playground effort in 2014 and received overwhelming support from the community. Hundreds donated or helped to raise funds. Major corporate sponsors included Platinum Hero Sponsors: Capitol Properties, Collette, SUEZ; Silver Hero Sponsor: Grieco Toyota; and Bronze Hero Sponsors: Aspen Aerogels, Inc., Creative Auctions, East Providence Firefighters Local 850, Guardian Pest, Miller’s Roast Beef, and Providence Bicycle. The City of East Providence awarded funding through a HUD Community Development Block Grant. The School Department allocated $25,000, and Senator Dan Da Ponte and former Representative Helio Melo secured additional funding.

The playground committee will be adding monkey bars and a buddy bench to the playground in mid-July. The committee continues to raise funding for trees, benches and resurfacing the school basketball court. For more info or to help out, please contact Hennessey Playground Project member Dan Gordon at dgordontext@yahoo.com.

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