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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.
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