The Kiwanis Community Playground is our gift to the community. Built in 2009, it is located at Tracy Park in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Tracy Park is a beloved community gathering space where people of all ages come to relax and enjoy outdoor activities in the heart of the city.
Check out the YouTube video below to see the photos from the original construction of the playground.
We recently made our playground even better with the addition of ADA playground equipment.
This makes what we do all worthwhile! Elisha Duncan, 12, takes a turn on our new ADA swing. She is the daughter of Kimberly O’Madden, General Manager of FC Daehler Mortuary, a Diamond Donor for our new ADA additions to our Kiwanis Playground in Tracy Park.
Our playground formerly lacked adequate equipment for children with special needs, limiting their ability to participate fully in the park’s offerings. In early 2024, the club raised funds to purchase and install ADA-compliant swings to create a play area that can be used by all children. The Kiwanis Children’s Fund awarded a $12,000 grant to the Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth to support these improvements, and several organizations and individuals in our community also supported this project.
The Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth held a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, for our new ADA addition to make it accessible to children with disabilities! Thanks so much to our ADA Playground Committee Chair Misty Simco and our committee members (pictured above from left): Todd Medley, Dan DeLotell, Bill Ogg, Misty Simco, Kiwanis President Jamie Colley, Sharon Carver, and KC Rase. Autumn Dowdy is not pictured.
Special thanks to the following donors who made this playground addition possible:
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. We meet every Wednesday from noon to 1:00 p.m. at Shawnee State's Kricker Innovation Hub.
It’s Veterans Day, and we want to sincerely thank all of our veterans for the freedoms we enjoy today!
Our speaker today was Rev. Mike Simpson, assistant pastor of Rubyville Community Church. A former Marine, Mike served from 1991 to 1995. His service led him to places all over the world such as Spain, Tunisia, Greece, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Israel.
Mike said there are more than 176,000 active duty members overseas. He reminded us that when we sit down to eat Thanksgiving dinner with our families, to be thankful for the sacrifices of these men and women and their families here at home.
All veterans in attendance today are pictured below from left:
- Gary Albrecht, Army Reserves, 1961-67 - Roger Drake, Army Reserves, 1963-69 - Ralph Scott, Air Force, 1961-64 - Major Mike Morales of the Salvation Army, Air Force, 1990-97 - Mike Simpson, Marines, 1991-95. ... See MoreSee Less
Rev. Gowdy discussed the Foundation's latest project to restore two mausoleums, one constructed in 1900 and the other in 1928. The Greenlawn Mausoleum Window Restoration Campaign is the first step in an important multi-year restoration and preservation project. Donations may be made online at www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/P2HAFETQMJG26
The City of Portsmouth is funding roof repairs for the mausoleums, and the Foundation has committed $50,000 toward the cost of the window restoration. Proceeds from the recent Tombstone Trot 5K Run/Walk will benefit the project as well.
Organized in 2017, the Foundation has spearheaded the completion of $650,000 in restoration and preservation projects at the cemetery, the site of approximately 80,000 graves. They regularly apply for grant funding and are working to add the cemetery to the National Registry of Historic Places, a list that already includes the cemetery's chapel. This designation will make more grant funding possible.
Kiwanis Playground
The Kiwanis Community Playground is our gift to the community.
Built in 2009, it is located at Tracy Park in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Tracy Park is a beloved community gathering space where people
of all ages come to relax and enjoy outdoor activities in the heart of the city.
Check out the YouTube video below to see the photos
from the original construction of the playground.
We recently made our playground even better
with the addition of ADA playground equipment.
This makes what we do all worthwhile! Elisha Duncan, 12, takes a turn on our new ADA swing. She is the daughter of Kimberly O’Madden, General Manager of FC Daehler Mortuary, a Diamond Donor for our new ADA additions to our Kiwanis Playground in Tracy Park.
Our playground formerly lacked adequate equipment for children with special needs, limiting their ability to participate fully in the park’s offerings. In early 2024, the club raised funds to purchase and install ADA-compliant swings to create a play area that can be used by all children. The Kiwanis Children’s Fund awarded a $12,000 grant to the Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth to support these improvements, and several organizations and individuals in our community also supported this project.
The Kiwanis Club of Portsmouth held a ribbon cutting on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, for our new ADA addition to make it accessible to children with disabilities! Thanks so much to our ADA Playground Committee Chair Misty Simco and our committee members (pictured above from left): Todd Medley, Dan DeLotell, Bill Ogg, Misty Simco, Kiwanis President Jamie Colley, Sharon Carver, and KC Rase. Autumn Dowdy is not pictured.
Special thanks to the following donors who made this playground addition possible:
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Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. We meet every Wednesday from noon to 1:00 p.m. at Shawnee State's Kricker Innovation Hub.
It’s Veterans Day, and we want to sincerely thank all of our veterans for the freedoms we enjoy today!
Our speaker today was Rev. Mike Simpson, assistant pastor of Rubyville Community Church. A former Marine, Mike served from 1991 to 1995. His service led him to places all over the world such as Spain, Tunisia, Greece, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Israel.
Mike said there are more than 176,000 active duty members overseas. He reminded us that when we sit down to eat Thanksgiving dinner with our families, to be thankful for the sacrifices of these men and women and their families here at home.
All veterans in attendance today are pictured below from left:
- Gary Albrecht, Army Reserves, 1961-67
- Roger Drake, Army Reserves, 1963-69
- Ralph Scott, Air Force, 1961-64
- Major Mike Morales of the Salvation Army, Air Force, 1990-97
- Mike Simpson, Marines, 1991-95. ... See MoreSee Less
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Our club recently hosted Rev. John Gowdy from the Friends of Greenlawn Cemetery Foundation. He is pictured with Kiwanis President-Elect Makenzie Gruber.
Rev. Gowdy discussed the Foundation's latest project to restore two mausoleums, one constructed in 1900 and the other in 1928. The Greenlawn Mausoleum Window Restoration Campaign is the first step in an important multi-year restoration and preservation project. Donations may be made online at www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/P2HAFETQMJG26
The City of Portsmouth is funding roof repairs for the mausoleums, and the Foundation has committed $50,000 toward the cost of the window restoration. Proceeds from the recent Tombstone Trot 5K Run/Walk will benefit the project as well.
Organized in 2017, the Foundation has spearheaded the completion of $650,000 in restoration and preservation projects at the cemetery, the site of approximately 80,000 graves. They regularly apply for grant funding and are working to add the cemetery to the National Registry of Historic Places, a list that already includes the cemetery's chapel. This designation will make more grant funding possible.
Check out the Foundation's website at: www.friendsofgreenlawncemeteryfoundation.org/ ... See MoreSee Less
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