Another wonderful weekend with people near and far supporting our playground in a variety of ways! The ' Peninsula Memorial Park' is not just a playground or a park. It will be a place of honor and rememberance of those loved ones who are no longer with us, both war veterans and civilians. Our playground will be donated to the fallen veterans who onced called this Peninsula home. Those who served in WWI, WWII and the Korean War will have their names displayed on a storyboard in our park so that as children play they may also learn a little about our community history and perhaps their own families legacy. The park will not only allow our children to have a safe and beautiful place to interact with eachother but with people of all ages, thus creating a greater sense of community. As parents, teachers and adults we are always looking for ways to teach our children values and by displaying the names of loved ones throughout our park we are creating many wonderful oppourtunities to talk with our children about the heros from our very own community and who they may aspire to be like one day. Not only will our children beneifit from these lessons but everyone who visits the park will have remembered and reflected, if only for a moment. So you see, this is more than just a playground or more than just a park, it's
our community legacy!
We will have in our park a 'Memory Wall' which will display the names of loved ones who have had a donation made in their honor. If you would like to donate something to be placed in our park or to make a donation in memory of someone please contact us.
Over the weekend we recieved the following donations:
- Craig Welsh donated $50 to our Memorial Park.
- A $100 donation was recieved in Memory of Mabel Oldford from her grandchildren, Abigail & Heidi Gordon and Noah and Kyla Oldford. Thank you for your donation and a memory plaque will be placed on the Memory Wall in her honor.
- Linda Newhook kindly donated $80 to our playground and park!
- The Gander & Area Community and Family Coalition generously donated $200 to our playground!
- A $100 donation was given by Robert and Lisa Babstock. Thank you!
- A donation of $60 was given in Memory of Lloyd Ralph from Kim, Kayla and Shawn. Thank you for your donation and a memory plaque will be displayed in his honor.
- A $100 donation in Memory of Charles and Edna Dyke from children Joyce, Joan, Roseanne and Carl was recieved today. Thank you and a memory wall plaque will be placed on the Memory Wall in her honor.
- Robert and Caroline Handcock also made a donation of $100 in honor of their parents Wilfred & Marion Handcock and Thomas & Rachel Hapgood. Thank you for your generous donation and a plaque will be placed on the Memory Wall in honor of your loved ones.
Thank you everyone again for the amount of support you are giving this project, it will be a place we will all be proud of and more importantly, a part of! :-)
