Chrysler Financial – News
DESIGNED BY KIDS, BUILT BY VOLUNTEERS: Chrysler LLC Representatives and Denver Area Dealers Team Up with KaBOOM! to Build New Playground at Johnson Elementary
Denver, Colo. -
June 5, 2008
What:
More than 200 volunteers from the Denver Front Range Chrysler, Jeep® and Dodge Dealers; The Chrysler Foundation; Chrysler Financial; Johnson Elementary; organizers from KaBOOM! and residents of the local community will join forces on Thursday, June 12, 2008 to build a new and secure playground at Johnson Elementary School in Denver.
Why:
The new playground will provide more than 400 children who attend Johnson Elementary with a safe and enjoyable place to play. Currently, Johnson Elementary is the only school in the district that does not have an updated playground. The new playground’s design is based on drawings provided by students, who attended a Design Day event in April 2008.
The project is the second of 25 playgrounds scheduled to be built by KaBOOM!, The Chrysler Foundation, Chrysler Financial and Chrysler, Jeep or Dodge dealerships across the country to provide more than 12,000 children with a great place to play each year. The playground is also one of more than 225 builds KaBOOM! will lead across the country in 2008, in an effort to provide an enjoyable place to play within walking distance of every child in America.
Who:
- Fred Hoffman, Director - State Relations, Chrysler LLC
- Fred Diaz, Director - Denver Business Center, Chrysler LLC
- Jeff O'Leary, Principal - Go Chrysler Jeep West
- Cora Gonzales, Principal - Johnson Elementary
- Approximately 200 volunteers from the local community
When:
Thursday, June 12, 2008
8:30 a.m. – Kick off and volunteer deployment
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. – Best time to view playground under construction
3 p.m. – Ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate new play area
(Note: all times approximate)
Where:
Johnson Elementary School
1850 South Irving Street
Denver, CO 80219
Visuals:
- Before and after shots of the site
- Volunteers assembling brightly colored playground equipment
- Volunteers hauling approximately 290 cubic yards of mulch by hand in tarps
- Volunteers mixing approximately 24,000 lbs of concrete by hand in wheelbarrows
- Ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate the playground