{"id":8032,"date":"2013-10-06T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=8032"},"modified":"2013-10-06T20:39:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T00:39:00","slug":"playground-volunteers-being-sought-for-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=8032","title":{"rendered":"Playground volunteers being sought for Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Help needed to carry equipment from Gordon Education Center to Ash Park<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8034\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_08722-300x264.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8034\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8034 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Assistance is being sought to help a volunteer crew move playground equipment across the street on Tuesday morning.\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMG_08722-300x264.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assistance is being sought to help a volunteer crew move playground equipment across the street on Tuesday morning.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An effort to rescue some unused playground equipment \u2013 an initiative that\u2019s had its share of ups and downs \u2013 will culminate on Tuesday at 9 a.m.,\u00a0 said Marie Hess, who heads the city\u2019s Park and Recreation Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Hess, who issued a plaintive plea on social media last month for assistance rescuing about $15,000 worth of playground equipment, is making one last pitch for volunteers to help with moving day, she said. \u201cThey need help carrying the pieces over to Ash Park,\u201d Hess explained. \u201cThank you to all of the volunteers who have persevered through all of the trials and tribulations to get this project done. Coatesville thanks you!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The setup, sandwiched behind the Gordon Education Center, was given to the city by the school district about three years ago, Hess said. Now that the building is being used by Lincoln University for college classes, the equipment was not only in the way but was in danger of being torn down. Hess said the playground equipment would be welcomed across the street at Ash Park, and she sought \u2013 and received \u2013 assistance from people with muscle, know-how, and heavy equipment.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Three companies \u2013 Keares Electric, The Coatesville Solar Initiative, and Mid-Atlantic Forestry Equipment \u2013 stepped up to help as well as David\u2019s Drive 831, an area nonprofit started in 2010 in memory of David B. Turner Jr. who died unexpectedly at the age of 20 and was committed to helping others.<\/p>\n<p>Hess said one glitch occurred a couple weeks ago when the volunteers arrived to do some dismantling and several pieces had been removed. Hess said a Lincoln employee who knew that the university wanted the city-owned equipment out of its way received a go-ahead to move it from someone who did not know that Coatesville already had a plan in motion. The equipment was returned, she said.<\/p>\n<p>As long as people show up on Tuesday, the only remaining ups and downs will be grateful children using the slide, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help needed to carry equipment from Gordon Education Center to Ash Park An effort to rescue some unused playground equipment \u2013 an initiative that\u2019s had its share of ups and downs \u2013 will culminate on Tuesday at 9 a.m.,\u00a0 said Marie Hess, who heads the city\u2019s Park and Recreation Commission. 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