Friday, October 28, 2011

What Kids Want in a Playground

In KaBOOM! language, the Children's Halloween Fun Run was actually our "Design Day" where we try to gather as many volunteers and ideas as possible. 

In the post-race celebrations we had a space set up for the children to design their dream play space by choosing pictures of different playground equipment straight from the vendor's catalogues  (BigTRecreation).  The hope was that there masterpieces would give us an idea of what the kids want to see when we build their new playgrounds coming up in May 2012.

 We ended up with designs from 10 different children, with great ideas from all of them.  Over the next couple of Fridays, we will highlight 2-3 designs on the blog.  
What trends do you notice?

Adelyn's dream playground is so large, she had to use both sides of the paper!

Page 2 of Adelyn's playground

Diana's playground - she's incorporated a little bit of what we already have and then brought in some of the best BigTRecreation has to offer!  I love it!

BigTRecreation has given us extra catalogues for anyone who is interested in seeing what our options are.  If you'd like to take a look through a catalogue please email us! 
phoafriends (at) gmail (dot) com


Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Fun Run Recap

October 15th we held our first ever Children's Halloween Fun Run/Walk.  We had a great time and were so pleased with all our runners - the young and old, the princesses, X-men and all the families who came out to support everyone.  Thank you to all who participated, you've helped us get closer to our goal of restoring the playgrounds in our community.









It was awesome to see neighbors and friends running through the beautiful streets of the Pheasantbrook community.  We had a lot of fun and felt the event was a great success.  We will definitely hold the event again next year...so keep your running shoes ready!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Our Fun Run Sponsors

We are really excited about the Fun Run this Saturday!  Have you registered yet?  Sign up now, from our blog.  Do it now so your sure to get your free breakfast!

Our Fun Run would not be successful without the generous support of the following businesses who have agreed to be our partner in supporting healthy, balanced lifestyles.  Huge thanks to these "Friends" of Pheasantbrook:


1K Fun Run Sponsor


Runner's Breakfast Sponsor




 Grant Sponsor

Thanks to the Bountiful Lion's Club for their support in helping us receive our grant from KaBOOM! & DrPepple/Snapple


Prize Sponsor




The Bounce House Sponsor




 The UPS Store in Bountiful