Belhaven’s KaBOOM! playground goes up in one day, Oct. 26
Published 6:24 pm Saturday, October 26, 2013
- Lisa Woolard, the organizer behind the playground build, takes a break from work on Oct. 26.
- Alex Vasquez and Scott Jones of Reese Construction, KaBOOM!’S construction team, piece together playground equipment.
- Barton Horne, of T.A. Loving Construction, came from Swansboro to take part in his company’s service project.
- Walter Green and Douglas Cogdell, pastor of White Plain Church Ministry.
- Greg Sattherwaite and another volunteer paint the concession stand KaBOOM! blue.
- Ella, team captain for the mulch division.
- Volunteers made numerous trips to haul mulch back from the big mulch pile.
- Kimberly Ange, Laura Whittington and Megan Elks, from the Southside High School Key Club, paint checkerboard tables.
- Annie Mills, Kimberly Ange, Megan Elks and John McCormick, from Southside High School Key Club, paint checkerboard tables.
- Malveata Collins, area director for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Beaufort County, oversaw the kids’ activities on build day.
- Artists at work painting outdoor chalkboards. The other side features artwork.
- Team captain Scott Vandenbussche, with T.A. Loving Construction, came from Greenville to work on the project.
- Team captain Chris Meyers, from Goldsboro, gets a little help digging holes from Trey Ferrell.
- Round two of Trey Ferrell helping to build post holes.
- Noah Barnes volunteered to sweep dirt between painted pavers in a new playground pathway.
- Greg Sattherwaite takes a break from painting the concession stand.
- An overview of Belhaven’s volunteerism.
- Volunteers were treated to lunch and music.