Wilkes-Barre City Mayor George C. Brown Meets with Wilkes-Barre Special Needs Playground Committee
On Thursday, February 25th, Mayor George C. Brown met with volunteers interested in raising necessary funding, through eligible grants and donations, to install playground equipment for use by community members with Special Needs.
The committee plans to begin these improvements at the Kirby Park playground and then expand the installation of special needs playground equipment to other parks in the city.
An example of possible equipment—a wheelchair accessible merry-go-round:
Those who are interested in donating to the Special Needs playground improvement project, can send a check made payable to Wilkes-Barre Special Needs Playground Fund to:
Wilkes-Barre Special Needs Playground Fund
Care of Wilkes-Barre City
40 East Market Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711
A Facebook page and a PayPal donation link are currently being created. The public and the media will be updated when both are launched.
Pictured from left to right are Mayor George C. Brown, Past Craig Gommer, Leana Pande, Carol Mirin, Jacqueline Deutsch, Audrey Gowan, Jodi Olenginski, Mona Pande and Christine Kurash.