CA_Scouter Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Boy Scout turns 'mud pit' into a $60K playground Alex Griffith, 16, was adopted as a sickly baby from a Russian hospital To give back to his birthplace, he raised $60,000 to build a new playground The project was part of Griffith's quest to become an Eagle Scout The top 10 CNN Heroes will be announced on October 1 http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/09/10/cnnheroes.alex.griffith/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle92 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 As i said on this thread http://www.scouter.com/forums/viewThread.asp?threadID=251042 OUTSTANDING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GKlose Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Whew! I know how much work this is -- I was part of a playground committee for a preschool back around '01, and my wife just finished a 3-year, 3-phase project (as a volunteer) to get a playground rebuilt at one of our local elementary schools (budget cuts in our district have forced elementary school PTOs to fend for themselves, fundraise and arrange for construction). We both were faced with a lot of "helpers" that really just wanted to look through the catalogs and pick out something cool-looking, but there is so much more to building a playground than that (site prep, federal safety regulations, etc). $60k sounds like a lot of money for a playground, but it isn't. It takes real talent to make the money stretch that far to make a usable playground. It's impressive what Alex has done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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