04/03/2024
The Tenakee School Playground is up! We finished installation of our new-to-us playground.
Thanks and appreciations for
Andrew and Judy Campbell for donating the playground equipment and many sacks of shredded rubber. Mark Millea for leading the construction team, figuring out the design, planning the site, leveling the site, building wooden molds for concrete, heavy equipment operation, site cleanup, and troubleshooting & solving unexpected problems. Dan Kenedy for days of heavy equipment operation, including leveling the site, digging holes for concrete work, and relocation of large boulders and debris. Rudy Ziel for many hours of forklift work and days of tree removal. Isabel Saeta and Google for paying for most of the shipping costs for transporting the equipment and shredded rubber from Juneau to Sitka.
Chichagof Conservation Council for accepting a pass-through grant from Google for shipping costs. Sea Level Transport for shipping equipment from Juneau to Tenakee. All the donors from our GoFundMe campaign who contributed over $5,000 to the cause. Playground Leadership Committee (Megan Moody, Rick Petersen, Nikita Chase, Flint Allred, Kevin Allred, Deena Hand, Frances Ziel, Gordon Chew) for planning and preparations. Kevin Allred, Flint Allred, Ben Taylor, and Ray Hand for volunteer labor during construction. JT Chase for woodcutting.
Gordon Chew for removal of a small mountain of garbage from the site. Chris Mertl for advice. The City of Tenakee Springs for contributions of 3 pallets of cement, several loads of crushed rock, and for loaning heavy equipment including a forklift, backhoe, cement mixer, and soil compactor.
