Partnership with Broken Wall Community Church, and Baltimore Children and Youth Fund and others creates safe place to play for Baltimore school children
Ascension Saint Agnes, together with the Baltimore Children & Youth Fund, Baltimore City Public Schools and Broken Wall Community Church, will join KaBOOM! to build a new playground at North Bend Elementary/Middle School on August 31, 2019. The new state-of-the-art playground installed by community members replaces the school’s previous rundown playground and provides a safe place to play and have fun.
“Today’s event showed the power of communities coming together to support the health and happiness of our children and families,” says Christopher A. Chekouras, President & CEO, Ascension Saint Agnes. “Saint Agnes is proud to support our communities, ensuring they have access to positive options to live, work and play.”
The playground was built by community members who partnered with KaBOOM!. Over 200 people, including Saint Agnes associates, came together to build the new playground in one day. Saint Agnes also contributed breakfast and lunch for the hungry and hard-working volunteers. The project is funded by Baltimore Children & Youth Fund, a fund designed to support Baltimore’s kids, youth and young adults.
“Safe opportunities to play and exercise are important for the physical, emotional and developmental needs of children,” says Olivia Farrow, Esq., Director, Community Engagement, Ascension Saint Agnes. “Saint Agnes is committed to enhancing the social and physical environments that promote good health for all.”
The initiative supports Saint Agnes’ ongoing work to meet the needs of the community, particularly those that extend beyond the traditional definitions of health care. Through expanding outreach and community integration services our dedicated team strives to enhance the social and physical environments that promote good health for all. Saint Agnes associates have held other park revitalization days in the nearby Violetville neighborhood. Additional services target other social determinant factors like food insecurity, behavioral health and substance abuse, transportation and more.
