Women Giving for Spartanburg grant helps fund new playground obstacle course
July 12, 2017
Students at the SC School for the Deaf and the Blind will soon have an obstacle course to encourage fitness and promote healthy lifestyles. A grant from Women Giving for Spartanburg will help make the course a reality. Women Giving recently made a contribution of $39,876 toward a new playground that will include a “fitness loop,” an accessible obstacle course designed to promote healthy lifestyles. The loop will be used during school day recesses and physical education classes as well as after-school programs.
“Fitness can be a challenge for our students,” said Ann Akerman, chief executive officer of the school’s fundraising arm, The Walker Foundation. “We wanted to build a playground that could be used by students who are deaf, students who are blind, and students who are physically disabled. And, thanks to our generous donors, that goal will soon become a reality.”
The new playground will be the third and final playground to be replaced on the campus of the SC School for the Deaf and the Blind. The Walker Foundation has worked with community organizations throughout the state to fund a school plan to update and replace all of its playgrounds with new, accessible play areas.
About Women Giving For Spartanburg
Women Giving for Spartanburg is a group of passionate women who have joined together to enhance the quality of life in the Spartanburg community through collective giving. For the past ten years, this women’s giving circle has pooled its money, energy, and ideas in order to create a measurable impact on the organizations it funds annually. Women Giving for Spartanburg was founded in 2007 and is a special project of The Spartanburg County Foundation.
