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Tasting soups while supporting a cause »
Congregation’s culinary talents used to raise funds for Possibility Playground A crowd of people spent their Sunday afternoon enjoying soup at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Port Washington and helping raise funds for Possibility Playground. The public was invited to …
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They awed audiences all summer long as they participated in a Guitar Hero contest and fund-raiser for Possibility Playground, and on Friday, Aug. 8, a group of dedicated youths participated in the finale at IE Franks in Saukville. Ryan Weckerle …
Continue readingFollow Us to Possibility Playground »
By Carol Pomeday Ozaukee Press staff May 15, 2008 When hundreds of people come together in September to build Possibility Playground in Upper Lake Park in Port Washington, no one will be happier than Mardy McGarry and Sue Mayer. The …
Continue readingNot Just Any Playground »
About the size of a football field and designed with all children in mind,Possibility Playground will require an army of volunteers to build next week How hard can it be to assemble a playground? If it’s Possibility Playground, a universally …
Continue readingThe Can-Do Playground »
The relentless volunteers who drove Possibility Playground to success showed what amazing things this community can accomplish –Ozaukee Press OPINION Editorial, September 19, 2008 Children will be thrilled by the playground being built this weekend in Port Washington’s Upper Lake …
Continue readingPlayground volunteer a real lifesaver »
Paramedic happenedto be at Possibility site when man’s heart stopped Kyle Demler hadn’t planned to volunteer to build Possibility Playground in Port Washington, but after reading about the project in the paper, he decided to spend his day off helping. …
Continue readingThe playground volunteers built »
About 500 people a day of all ages and abilities worked six long days to make Port’s Possibility Playground a reality Hundreds of people stood in Port Washington’s Upper Lake Park Sunday stunned by the finished product but even more …
Continue readingGrand Opening October 11: Realizing the possibilities »
Children who fidgeted nervously during the obligatory speeches stormed Port Washington Possibility Playground in Upper Lake Park during the official opening of play area Saturday, Oct. 11. Leading the way were Sue Mayer (right in bottom left photo), a project …
Continue readingPlayground visionary honored by magazine »
Reader’s Digest chose Mardy McGarry for its ‘Make It Matter’ series By CAROL POMEDAY Ozaukee Press staff When Mardy McGarry of Port Washington turned to page 41 of the September issue of Reader’s Digest, she was amazed and pleased. There …
Continue readingMake it Matter: A Playground for Kids with Special Needs »
She always dreamed of a playground for all children. Thousands helped her make it real. By Sally Schultheiss
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