Calgary Playground Comes to Puerto Vallarta from Angels for Mexico Christina Callaghan - Calgary Herald-Vancouver Sun-CBC | |
April 14, 2013 |
Calgary Playground bound for Mexico (VancouverSunOnline)
A new playground is built next to Monsignor Neville Anderson School in Sandstone.
Perhaps more noteworthy is what happened to the old play structure in the schoolyard.
A Calgary charity, Angels for Mexico, tore down the slide, tire swings and climbing structure.
The playground was then sent to Puerto Vallarta to be refurbished and installed in an impoverished area outside of that city.
Christina Callaghan organized the teardown as part of her non-profit group Angels for Mexico. The organization focuses on improving the quality of life for people in Mexico.
"It's like Disneyland down there to those children because there is nothing like this," Callaghan said. "It just means the world."
Jordan Christopher-Shah, a Grade 6 student at Monsignor Neville Anderson School, said he's happy the playground is going to those who need it.
"I have a lot of good memories on this park," he said. "We're very lucky to be able to have parks like this, so that we're giving that luck to other people who don't have stuff like this."
This move will make it the third time the organization has sent a playground to Mexico.
The relocation of the playground was funded by donations. The total cost of the project is about $7,000.
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