WABASH – The South Side Park Project Committee is seeking volunteers for its volunteer work day, which is scheduled on Saturday, July 15th from 9 a.m. to noon.
Jordan Tandy, the Co-Chair of the South Side Park Committee, said “we’re hoping to get a good number of volunteers, because we’re going to have a lot of work to do. And we’ll have jobs for people of all ages and capabilities.”
Volunteers will be able to choose from a variety of jobs. The Committee plans to repaint the pavilion, spread mulch around the new playground area, do landscaping, repaint existing play equipment, and collect and haul away trash and debris, among other tasks.
The playground equipment will be installed the week of July 10th, weather permitting, by the Wabash Park Department.
To entice people to volunteer, the committee will be offering free t-shirts to the first 50 who sign up. “Melissa Denney at denneycreative is going to print some t-shirts for us with a South Side Park logo on the front,” Tandy said. “We thought it would be a nice small token of appreciation for anyone who comes out and does their part to improve the park.”
“If volunteers want to make sure that they get a t-shirt, we’re asking that they contact us ahead of time to give us their name and shirt size,” Tandy said. “We’ll hold back a t-shirt for anyone who signs up, but we expect to run out at some point.”
Some improvements to the park have already been made. “The basketball court was repaved a by Gaunt & Son Asphalt free of charge to us,” said Co-Chair Mitch Figert, “and the new basketball goals were just installed last week.”
“The community has been very generous in supporting this project. Randy Wendt is picking up and delivering the playground for us, Sam Frazier at Big City Paints is donating all the paint, and Linda Karlin at Replicade LLC is creating a sign to recognize all of the individual donors,” said Figert.
The South Side Park Project was spearheaded by the Wabash Kiwanis Club, and its volunteer committee is made up of Jordan Tandy, Mitch Figert, Adam Hall, Jay Vandeburg, Beth Miller, Judy Ward, Elvin Tack, Jennifer Scott, April Nicely, Pat Brekke, and Brian Scramlin. If interested in volunteering on July 15th, please contact Jordan Tandy at (260) 330-3604 or jtandy@wabashlaw.com, or send a message through Facebook to the South Side Park Project.