Engineering students from MSOE stopped in for a few volunteer hours, liked it so much, they came back everyday! Building a playground is addicting.
Right Hand Man Ryan says "Is it plugged in?"
Painting with a smile:)
Slide anyone? (Hey, I saw one of our crew bosses sneaking a trip down the slide, but I won't say who.)
Everybody rakes, and most do it with big smiles.
The Navy is back, this time in cammo fatigues, can you find them behind the bouncy bridge.
Lee gives some instructions to some of our regulars. Just what is it that keeps them coming back?
Ozaukee Press Sam takes his regular stroll through the playground to capture all the changes for our favorite newspaper!
Pickets, Pickets, Pickets......Yeah!
Today's crowd as of 3:00 p.m. 600 people, who gave up the last perfect day of summer to build our playground. That's a lot of people for lunch. Three cheers for the food committee and all the donated food!
Build Captains gave up 6 days of work just to build Possibility Playground.
Volunteers from JH Findorff & Son take a team photo.
Measure Twice, Cut Once. A bench gets ready to go in.
How many Navy sailors does it take to build a playground? About 40 today.
Chicks rule with power tools. See, black tags can have fun too.
Mike and my brother Richard build a wall.
What windows?
Alex sands the lighthouse.
Jumping and digging, that's one way to dig a hole.
Sue's special activity panel comes together.
Curtis and the ladies sort pickets.
When our artist wanted complex shapes, Jeff had to put in another call to DeWalt for special jig saws.
Here is a group of volunteers doing the wave playground style for the Pirate Ship.
Snack Time at child care.
While the rest of us are having fun with tools and rakes, Cindy and Heidi are making sure our kids are too at child care. Thank you Port Washington Yacht Club for making that happen!
Whoo, Whoo, the Fire Truck Comes to Child Care.
Kids are making a paper chain long enough to encircle the playground for our opening ceremony.
Looking through the castle window I spy a Pirate Ship.
Castle are made of stone right?
Castle and sand box almost ready for little
princes and princesses (and the knights and dragons)
in the Tot Lot.
New dirt needs a wheelbarrow brigade.
So the shovel brigade can fill the tree boxes.
Alex and mom paint the lighthouse base.
Because the top is already painted, and first thing tomorrow morning the crane with bring them together.
Doug are you sure you're wearing a red tag?
Router me what?
Half of the rock climbing wall with mural goes up.
Here comes the rest.....
"But Dad, I think in the big picture it's just a bench," Jack said. "Anyway, it's better than a bee sting."
Thanks for the Panera Sandwiches, Yum!
