READI 1.0 Project: Longfellow Park All-Inclusive Playground

READI Amount: $150,000
Matching Amount: $204,013

Lead Organization: Comforting Hearts – Washington IN Free Methodist Church, Inc

Counties Directly Impacted: Daviess

Comforting Hearts/Washington Free Methodist Church, in partnership with the Washington Parks Department, used READI funding to construct an all-inclusive playground at Longfellow Park. The playground features a protective rubber surface to allow those with wheelchairs and mobility devices to access new inclusive play equipment, including sensory panels and activity walls, a seesaw, slides, crawling tubes, climbing pods, swings, and a whirl spinner.

• August 2023 Project Update: ‘They are all just kids here’: All-inclusive playground ready for play in Washington.