For the Reporter
More than 200 volunteers from Delta Air Lines, the City of Auburn, the Auburn Food Bank, organizers from KaBOOM! and Auburn-area residents will join forces on Saturday to build a new playground at Brannan Park, 611 28th St. NE.
The new playground’s design is based on drawings created by children who participated in a design day event in August.
The new playground will provide hundreds of children in the community with a safe place to play. The existing playground at Brannan Park is more than 30 years old and in need of replacement.
The playground – the first built by KaBOOM! and Delta Air Lines – is one of more than 150 playground builds KaBOOM! will lead throughout the country this year in an effort to fulfill its vision of a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America.
Saturday’s program kicks off with a ceremony and volunteer deployment at 8:30 a.m.
Construction is expected to be completed around 2:30 p.m. A ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate new play area is scheduled for approximately 3 p.m. Mayor Pete Lewis and Mike Medeiros, Delta vice president, Seattle, are scheduled to talk.
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