Let Them Be Kids-Bell Island

July 23rd, Saturday at 8:30am the street hockey asphalt area will be installed. Dedication ceremony for the Wabana Volunteer Fire Department to follow later in the day.


Cancelled due to rain forecasted for the morning - July 16, 2011 at 8:30am will see adult volunteers come together to see the installation of 84x50 asphalt area for street hockey, 3 horse shoe pits, soccer nets, 20x15 asphalt hopscotch area, picnic tables and garbage containers. NOTE - Sept/Oct. will see the installation of a basketball court in the lower park area.

Dedication Ceremony - 4:00pm dedication of the lower park area to the Wabana Volunteer Fire Department will take place. Come show you support.

Anyone wishing to help can drop by to see what they can do, should you like to drop by with snack for the volunteers that would be great. See you at the Helping Hands Park.

Build Day is scheduled for July 16, Saturday and once again the playground needs help for installation of equipment and asphalt. If you are able and can help out with this type of work for a day for a great cause please let us know. You can contact us at bellisland.playground@gmail.com. We have many volunteers to help but a few more would not be unused. Hear from you soon. Thanks.

Phase 2 of the Helping Hands Park will see the installation of outdoor street hockey, basketball, soccer nets, old fashion play area, horseshoe pits, picnic tables, and garbage cans. The majority of this is scheduled to take place on July 16.

Anyone wishing to make a donation to help this great cause please do so with the link on this site. All funds will be used for phase 2 and towards phase 3 in 2012.

Should you wish to donate in any way please do not hesitate to contact a committee member.

Thank you once again everyone for all you support and help with this wonderful project.

Now that phase one of the Helping Hands Park is done it will soon be time to start phase 2. Should you like to make a donation, or help out please let one of the committee members know. Helping hands coming together to bring our community together as one - standing proud and strong.

UPDATE PHASE 1 - the final funding has come through for the playground and we can all proudly say everything is paid for and there is even a few dollars for the next project. Thank you everyone for all your support.

Thanks to everyone once again for all your support in our Helping Hands Park. At this time it was hoped that all finances would be received. The committee is still awaiting for the go ahead on some funding requested - which we should know soon. As soon as the final amounts are in we will let everyone know. From our calculations (should this funding come through) as a community we have reached our goal. Postings will be soon.

Final updates to the playground project will be posted by mid-September. How much funds were raised, final donations, thank you's, etc. Please check the site to see the updates of this project and what is to come.

The Bell Island Playground Project Committee and every resident thanks those that contributed in any way, shape or form to this project.
- To those who spend hours on end the past few days building the park - THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- To Ian Hill and the Let them be Kids Organization - this would not have been a possibility without your help.
- For choosing Bell Island as a recipient of a Let Them Be Kids - Kool-Aid Smiles Award as one of ten across Canada - Thank you so much.
- Thank you to the Town Of Wabana - without your staff, equipment, support, etc. this project would have been more difficult to achieve.
- To all the donors - Thank you.
- Everyone that supported this project in any way shape or form - Thank you.

This is the end of the beginning.
Donations are still needed if anyone would still like to donate - until the end of August.

Bell Island Playground Project

August 7 is build day.  Should you like to see how our project is going please go to www.ltbk.ca/kids and see how we are doing during the day.   Thank you to everyone for your support and should you still like to donate please do.  Donations will still be graciously accepted all August month.

Thank you to all those who participated in the Bike-A-Thon. Great to see all the children and families help out with this great project. Thank you to The Jessica Campaign for providing the helmets for todays event.

BELOW IS A LIST OF JOBS REQUIRING "HELPING HANDS" ON BUILD DAY. PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN ASSIST WITH. PLEASE EMAIL BELLISLAND.PLAYGROUND@GMAIL.COM OR CALL A COMMITTEE MEMBER ASAP.


Registration & Welcoming 7:00 am - 2:30 pm Ball Field Entrance TASKS: Welcoming, greeting Handling pre-registered (collect waiver,direct) Handling drop-ins (waiver,assign&direct) Giving out T-shirt, wristbands Nametags Keeping track of tools brought Traffic Control/Parking (drop-off area) Running tools & equipment to areas
Playground Build 7:30 am - 2:30 pm Play site TASKS: Moving pea gravel Assembly - different areas/structures Roof & slide last Inspection Min.Age 16 yrs
Set Up 7 am - 8 am (Thursday - Saturday) TASKS: Gathering & storing material in gym Fri (pm) Get sponsor banners & signage up on fencing Help getting tents up Help getting fencing, rope up Tables

Waste & Aesthetics7 am - 4 pm Close to food TASKS: Set up waste handling… (garbage bags, garbage bins, recycling bins) Assist people in putting stuff in correct bins


Snacks / Lunch / Beverages (Lunch: 11 am - 1:30pm)
TASKS: Set-up refreshment station Grill/BBQ hot dogs Lunch set-up & serve Clean up

Kids Activities 9:30am-2:30pm (prog.10am-2pm) Field
TASKS: Teddy Bear Triage Mash Unit Activity Stations Floaters to monitor/supervise (2)
(Catering to ages 4-10 yrs approx.)

Tear Down / Clean Up 1 - 6 pm Everywhere… TASKS: Banners back to sponsors Tables, chairs, tents stored/back to owners Waste/recycling Tools left stored & owners contacted

Photo/Videographer 8 am - 4 pm Everywhere… TASKS: Video and stills Ceremony 2 pm - 3 pm (approx) Playground area TASKS:

Sound/Music/DJTASKS: live and recorded music throughout the day Broadcast 8 am - 4 pm central area, roving TASKS: Live web broadcast via laptop & webcam Children ages 6-17 needed for enthusiastic reporting

Tuesday, July 27th at 8:00pm at the Legion - Kelly Russell will perform an evening of Tunes & Tales with all proceeds in aid of the Playground Project. Tickets are $10.00 at the door - and you will be truly entertained with story and song of true Newfoundland tradition. Prizes/ticket draws.

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Thank You to the Boys and Girls Club for hosting this event and to all those who attended. The community support has been just wonderful. Thank you all!!!!!!!

Thank you to the community for your support to the Playground Project and the Wabana Boys & Girls Club. Your support is greatly appreciated by both these groups. Also thank you to the Wabana Boys & Girls club for hosting this event and willing to support the Playground Project by splitting the proceeds of the fundraising event with us. It was a great evening had by all.

The community park will soon be a reality - your help is needed. The park need signage stating the name of the park and a memorial stating the dedication of the park. A story book display would be great for this.

Hey everyone, for all those who plan on helping out on build day we need a little more of your help... If anyone could bring tools of the sort listed below and inform us as soon a possible via e-mail or in person that you will do so, it would be greatly appreciated. We really need all the help we can get, so please anything you could contribute would be a big help!

- Pea Stone

- Delivery of Pea Stone

- Underlay for the Pea Stone

- Volunteers to act as security over night as equipment is being installed.

VOCM Cares Foundation - has committed to being the exclusive media sponsor for the Bell Island Playground Project, providing 2 weeks of advertising; live liners and representatives present the Build Day, August 7, along with The Road Show. K-Rock will also provide media information through our own "Big Tom". Thank you VOCM for supporting this project and our community to help make the dream come true.

The Jessica Campaign has become a supporter of the Bell Island Playground Project. This year Bell Island is also included in the annual "The Jessica Campaign Safety Week" which is August 1 to 7. As part of safety awareness there will be a bike-a-thon on Sunday, August 1 at 10:00am starting from the RCMP station. Helmet must be worn during the bike-a-thon. Every $10.00 in sponsors received a ticket will be given for a chance to win 1 of 50 helmets. One win per entrant. Great way to get a new helmet and show support for the Playground Project and The Jessica Campaign. Sponsor sheets can be obtained from any committee member or call 488-3505 or www.thejessicacampaign.com.

- July 20 - Bingo at the B&G Club - in aid of Playground and B&G Club

What a great success. We had several booths. Thanks to The Tucker Family, Rhiannon, Emily, Nicole, Ashley, Lori, Stephanie, and the committee for helping make the day great. Thanks to everyone for helping set things up. Close to $3000.00 was raised today from booths and donations from Extreme DJ Services, Walter Dicks Ltd., Bell Island Sr. Blue Hockey team, Bell Island Wanted hockey team, and various community people. Thank you so much for everyone giving from the heart and showing spirit. The community support all day and evening long was overwhelming with pride in our community. Thank you everyone.

Thanks to Tim, Sarah, West Mine's Sports Bar and all who supported us at the sports bar last night, it was a success!

Today's Car Wash was a huge success!! Thank you to all who showed up to support the cause! A big thanks goes out especially to Ronnie Barnes, Ashley Neary, Don Neary, Kianna Clarke, Tyler Newell, Scott Kitchen, Johnny Taylor, Fred Butler, Jim Pendergast, the committee, The Volunteer Fire Department for hosting this event, and Marty the Pine Martin for making this day special!

Ok everyone here's what's going on this weekend!

Fish & Brewis being sold throughout the island by various people in aid of the playground project.  $7.00 per tub to be picked up at St. Augustine's School on July 13 between 1:00pm and 5:00pm.  To order yours see a committee member, call 488-2111 or email bellisland.playground@gmail.com.  Support the cause and have a little bit of Newfoundland tradition.  If you do not get your ticket before hand please drop by the school and pick up a tub on Tuesday.

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Fish & Brewis is now available for sale. Please call Andrea Clarke for more information or drop us a line at bellisland.playground@gmail.com.

Hey Everyone! This is the first rendition of our new playground! Some minor tweaks will be made in the coming weeks but this is it! We can't wait to see it for real and see the children having fun. There is a swing set but it is just not in the picture so no one panic. Don't forget we still need many more volunteers and you can help us out by clicking the button on your right.

All Donations TAX deducatble. In regards to anyone who wishes to make a donation to our cause, you can send a cheque (payable to "The Bell Island Playground Project") to:

P.O. Box 549,
Bell Island, NL,
A0A 4H0
Canada

Online donations link available above through Pay Pal.  Thank you for all the support in our community.

Today we had our Dot-Mocracy at St. Augustine's Elementary School and it was a huge success! It was pure joy to see the excitement on these children's faces when they saw all that they could now have to be free and play on!

Our Media Release was on May 21st. We had a wonderful turnout and everyone was quiet excited about our project! The video that appeared on the NTV Evening News Hour is featured at this link: http://ntv.ca/video/?p=2730.

The whole community is excited and ready to go - a community project is just the thing our Island family needs. Should you like to support the cause, or/and lend a hand please Volunteer Via the Button to the right or contact a committee member. More updates will follow in the upcoming days.