Picking up the playground from Port City Church in Wilmington, California on Wednesday April 2nd.
Picture of playground years ago.
Fred and Maling Messick
Below is the first of 7 Church Work Days
Church work day 2 of 7
We had to tear down the weeds and rake everything into a pile and burn it.
You can see the playground towers need paint and repairs. They were painted around three years ago. The wind and sand tear the paint off.
Fred and Gloria Messick (Center) came to see how we were coming along with the playground. On the left is Carol who is part of the Messick’s team and her brother Ernie (Far right).
The playground is now sitting on ground ready to be installed.
Below: We got a skid steer so we can prepare the property and get the area ready for the playground.
Patched up the road with the stones that were taken out of the playground area.
Work Day 4 of 7 - Fence Around Playground Area
The goal is to put a fence around the playground area so we have more control. The playground area will be for younger children.
We unloaded a donation of Astroturf from an old football field. We laid it out so we could inventory it. The Astroturf has 2” rubber padding that goes underneath.
We inspected the playground towers and removed the old swingset because it was rotted.
It looks like we have to do repairs to the playground towers. Next week we will install fencing to enclose the playground. This week we will be using a skidsteer to dig down a few inches in preparation for the Astroterf. In a few weeks the new playground should be up and we will start placing the Astroterf under it.
