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 Editorials | Environmental | May 2008 
Building a Kid- and Eco-Friendly Park
 Nicole Swedlow - PVNN
In the past few years that entreamigos has been working in San Pancho we have done some neat stuff... creating a library, summer workshops, Planta San Pancho etc... but honestly, I have never been more excited about a project than I am about Recicla Parque.
Recicla Parque is an initiative to build a park/playground almost entirely out of recycled materials. It builds on the tremendous success that we have had with the recycling initiative at the elementary school and helps turn all of that amazing energy towards creating a safe, beautiful and much needed playground for children.
In the past 8 weeks, kids and parents collected more than 2 tons of glass, plastic, cardboard and aluminum - wow! Parents, teachers and children worked together in a way that we really had never witnessed before and to be honest, it almost completely overwhelmed our small recycling staff but what it really did was make us think... Wow, What can be done with all that enthusiasm and energy?
The elementary school has 203 children and not a single piece of play equipment, not even a pole with a rope, no tables to sit on at lunch time... nothing.
On May 24th, children, parents and the community will get together to create a Park for our children. It will be located on the elementary school grounds directly next to the soccer field. It will be open to the public in after school hours. This is not a small project (2000 m) but it will be built entirely in ONE DAY!
The one day Community Build and the collection of materials and supplies is being organized by the parents themselves. entreamigos is supporting their efforts and helping to bring sustainable building techniques and innovation to the park itself.
The Recicla Parque project is not intended to be a single project. We hope to be able to document our methods, innovation and success in such a way that it can be easily duplicated by any community with any resources. Already teams from Bucerias, Sayulita and Punta de Mita will be joining us at the event.
Recicla Parque is the best project we have ever done because it is able to do so many important things at once. Recicla Parque promotes environmental responsibility and sustainability, community leadership and empowerment and safe, beautiful places for children to play. These are all critical elements in the healthy growth of San Pancho.
How You Can Help:
Become a Park Sponsor $500 - $5000 USD
Support the cost of a bench, planter, slide, climbing toy, swing set or other.
Park Sponsors will be recognized on the Thank You Sign at the entrance to the park, at the Playground Toy itself and on Build Day T-shirts.
• Beautiful Mosaic Bench or Picnic Table - $500 USD donation
• Tiny Tots Child Play Area - $1000 USD donation
• Giant Swings - $1000 USD donation
• Amazing Swinging Bridges Play Toy - $2500 USD donation
• Covered Workshops Pavillion - $2500 USD donation
• Filtered Drinking Water System (6 fountains) - $5000 USD donation
Donate your "crew" to help us on Build Day
Build Day is a Saturday when many San Pancho parents will still be working. Bring down your "crew" to help us build a park for the children!
Purchase an engraved Brick to be placed in the park $100 USD
Engraved Pavers will carry your house name, family name or an "In honor of..." or "In memory of..." message. They will be placed forever in the park. 40 character limit.
Donate Materials and Supplies
We need your leftover building supplies, broken tiles for mosaics, car tires, wood etc..
Volunteer on Build Day, May 24th!
We are pre-registering Build Day Volunteers. We need every kind of help from serving food to playing with kids to building walls and mixing concrete. Sign up now!
As always, entreamigos depends on your commitment to make real changes for the children of San Pancho. We are always amazed by the generosity of this community. Thank you.
Below are details on how to make a tax-deductible donation to entreamigos.
1. To use a credit card, please visit PayPal.com, choose the SEND MONEY tab and enter entreamigos.sanpancho@gmail.com as the recipient.
2. Checks made out to entreamigos may be sent to:
entreamigos
c/o John Arner
P.O. Box 1373
Blue Jay, CA 92317
3. Your house administrator can bring a cash donation to entreamigos and we will provide them with a receipt.
All donations are Tax-Deductible in the US. Receipts will be provided.
To learn more about the Recicla Parque One Day Community Build event, Click HERE.
 Click HERE to download Park Sponsor information in Adobe Acrobat format. |
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