Rotarians and representatives of the Sussex Elementary School and Home & School Association gathered on June 8, 2016, with kindergarten to grade 5 children to present a check for $10,000 as Rotary’s contribution toward the Discovery Park.
The Club raised funds at its annual Charity Dinner and Auction held on April 7, 2016.
In total, the Park will cost $300,000, and the Home & School Association will be breaking ground the week of June 20, 2016, with completion expected two weeks before children return to school in September...
“I think any significant investment in the community’s youth is very beneficial,” Rotary President Rob Driscoll said. “We have always grabbed onto local opportunities that allow kids to be kids and also, at the same time, have an impact on the community in general.”
“I am amazed and proud of the way our team and community have come together to make what was really a dream become a reality in only a year,” Mary McNair said. Mary is a member of the Home and School Association – the driving force behind Discovery Park- and a Sussex Rotarian.
The idea of Discovery Park is to transform the current urban schoolyard into a greener and more inclusive space suitable for students of all mobilities.
Rotarian Mary said in an email to the Club membership:
“WOW! What a great photo – thank you to everyone who attended the photoshoot and helped raise funds to allow the Rotary Club of Sussex to give back to our community!”
The playground is primarily for children in kindergarten to Grade 2, but it will be open to the community on evenings, weekends and in the summer.