New Playground Popping Up in Morristown

More than 200 volunteers from MetLife, Morristown Neighborhood House, organizers from KaBOOM! and residents of the community will join forces on Saturday to build a new playground at Morristown Neighborhood House. The new playground’s design is based on drawings created by children who participated in a Design Day event in July.  

According to the CDC, kids spend less time playing outside than any previous generation in part because 4-in-5 children do not live within walking distance of a park or playground. This play deficit is having profound consequences for kids physically, emotionally and cognitively. Children need a place to play every day in order to be active and healthy, something KaBOOM! has been committed to since 1996.

The new playground will provide nearly 100 children in the community with a safe place to play. Currently, Morristown Neighborhood House does not have suitable playground equipment for the children served by its pre-school program. The new play space is being funded through a grant from MetLife Foundation and the project is one of more than 150 play spaces KaBOOM! will build across the country in 2013 in an effort to provide a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America. 

Event Day information:

·8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.     Kick off ceremony and volunteer deployment

·11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.   Best viewing of playground construction

·1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.     Final construction phase and adjustments

·2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.     Ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate new play area