A brand new playground for Glenella School

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Published on Thursday, June 9, 2016

Photo by Kira Paterson. Grade 11 students Britney McFayden (far left) and Hannah Ginter (far right) held the ribbon for the cutters. Between them, from left: Tammy Dafoe, chair of the playground committee; Paul McDonald, principal of Glenella School; Trena Mitchler of Glenella Nursery School; Ginny Collins of BPCF; Richard Funk, for the RM of Glenella-Lansdowne; Debbie Rusk of Blue Imp; and Gordon Wilson, for Turtle River School Division.

By Kira Paterson

Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press

After four years of fundraising and planning, Glenella School has a brand new play structure. They had the official ribbon cutting to unveil the new structure on Tuesday, June 7.

The playground committee applied for grants from Hometown Manitoba and the Beautiful Plains Community Foundation to help pay for the $40,000 structure. They also got large donations from Neepawa Royal Bank, Glenella Nursery School and Turtle River School Division. The committee also organized many fundraising events over the past few years. 

The playground went up over the first weekend of May, with members of the community and the playground committee volunteering their time to help set it up. The structure itself came from Blue Imp Recreational Products. 

At the ribbon cutting, representatives from the organizations that supported the project had the honour of using one of the pairs of scissors. Only representatives from Neepawa RBC and Hometown Manitoba were unable to attend. 

After the official playground opening, Glenella School principal Paul McDonald announced phase two of the playground project. The next addition to the playground will be a volleyball court for the high school students.