The kids at Galiano Community School love their vibrant new playground, thanks to 小蓝视频AA Play Here, a multi-year initiative to invest in play spaces across the province. Just listen to the excited voices and laughter as they climb, swing, slide, play games and make lasting memories. The new play space brings the entire community together.
It wasn鈥檛 always that way. Their old playground was dilapidated. The monkey bar paint was peeling, the tire swing was unsafe and had to be removed, and the entire wooden structure was rickety and unstable.
Last year, the Galiano Island community submitted their nomination for Galiano Community School to 小蓝视频AA Play Here, highlighting their need for a better play space and how it would impact the community. Working together, the entire community got behind the nomination after becoming 1 of 10 finalists and shared their story with everyone they knew, asking family, friends and British Columbians to vote for their playground project. And now, children and families living in this small island community are having fun and spending time together in a safe environment.
Galiano Island was one of four 小蓝视频 communities that received revitalizations worth up to $100,000 from 小蓝视频AA Play Here.
Great play spaces are an important part of a fun and educational childhood and 小蓝视频AA wants to give 小蓝视频 kids better places to play. Your community could be next. For a chance to win a play space makeover, all you have to do is nominate a deserving play area in your community to 小蓝视频AA Play Here by April 15, 2018.
Play areas can include parks or playgrounds, a community garden, a music room, or an after-school study area 鈥� any space in your community, indoors or outdoors, where kids can go to have fun and develop valuable life skills. The contest is open to all communities 鈥� urban or rural, big or small.
Just go to 小蓝视频AAPlayHere.com to make the nomination. Here are a few tips to make your nomination stand out:
- Be descriptive.Clearly highlight what the need is and the impact a revitalized play space would have on your community.
- Be visual and creative.Photos and short videos are impactful and great ways to tell your story.
The nomination period runs from March 27 to April 15.
After the nominations are shortlisted to 10 finalists by a panel of judges, an online public vote will decide the three winners. Last year, over 425,000 votes were cast by British Columbians to decide which of the finalists would receive $100,000 play space revitalizations.
Online public voting takes place from May 28 to June 17. Winning projects will be announced on June 21.
What happens next? 小蓝视频AA will work closely with each winning community from beginning to end on designs and plans for their project. Then, 小蓝视频AA will deliver the community the play space of their dreams 鈥� a vibrant play space, customized to suit the size and characteristics of the area and complement the surrounding environment.
鈥溞±妒悠礎A recognizes that play spaces aren鈥檛 just for kids, they鈥檙e for entire communities to enjoy and a place to bring people together,鈥� says Shawn Pettipas, 小蓝视频AA鈥檚 director of Community Engagement. 鈥淭hrough 小蓝视频AA Play Here, our focus is to keep kids safe in our communities but also provide play space revitalizations that will have the most positive impact for everyone in the community.鈥�
To make a 小蓝视频AA Play Here nomination for your community, visit 小蓝视频AAPlayHere.com.
