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 University's Morris University Center.
On June 10, our club hosted a surprise farewell for Past President Misty Simco. She and her husband, Dan, have faithfully served our local Salvation Army for several years, and they will be transferring to Newark at the end of June. They are pictured below with Kiwanis President Kara Tieman.
We greatly appreciate Misty and Dan's leadership and outreach to our community. They have led a very successful Red Kettle Bell project for several years during the holiday season. Misty also redesigned the Salvation Army's Angel Tree program by setting up a store where parents could shop for gifts for their children.
Misty has also served on our Board of Directors, and she is our club's Advisor to the Key Club at Sciotoville Community (East). As chairman of our Playground committee, Misty was instrumental in helping to add ADA-compatible swings to our Kiwanis Playground in 2024 so disabled children could also enjoy going to Tracy Park. She worked to secure a grant from the Kiwanis Children's Fund to sponsor this project and raised matching funds from the local community.
Misty has drafted our members to serve meals, sort donations at the family store, and ring bells at Kroger. She and the Salvation Army Band even once entertained at our Kiwanis Christmas Party!
Thank you to Misty and Dan for all you have done to serve the families and children of our local community. We will miss you, and we are very happy to know of your plans to someday return to the area. Until then, God bless you, and we wish you great success in Newark! ... See MoreSee Less
We want to extend a big Kiwanis welcome to our new member Rachael Montavon who was inducted into our club this week. Rachael serves as the Customer Relationship Manager for Kentucky Farmers Bank at the Wheelersburg office. Rachael is pictured with her sponsor, Wayne Kempf, and Kiwanis Membership Chair Jay Hash. Thank you for joining us to serve the youth of our community! #KidsNeedKiwanis#KiwanisNeedsYou... See MoreSee Less
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 University's Morris University Center.
On June 10, our club hosted a surprise farewell for Past President Misty Simco. She and her husband, Dan, have faithfully served our local Salvation Army for several years, and they will be transferring to Newark at the end of June. They are pictured below with Kiwanis President Kara Tieman.
We greatly appreciate Misty and Dan's leadership and outreach to our community. They have led a very successful Red Kettle Bell project for several years during the holiday season. Misty also redesigned the Salvation Army's Angel Tree program by setting up a store where parents could shop for gifts for their children.
Misty has also served on our Board of Directors, and she is our club's Advisor to the Key Club at Sciotoville Community (East). As chairman of our Playground committee, Misty was instrumental in helping to add ADA-compatible swings to our Kiwanis Playground in 2024 so disabled children could also enjoy going to Tracy Park. She worked to secure a grant from the Kiwanis Children's Fund to sponsor this project and raised matching funds from the local community.
Misty has drafted our members to serve meals, sort donations at the family store, and ring bells at Kroger. She and the Salvation Army Band even once entertained at our Kiwanis Christmas Party!
Thank you to Misty and Dan for all you have done to serve the families and children of our local community. We will miss you, and we are very happy to know of your plans to someday return to the area. Until then, God bless you, and we wish you great success in Newark! ... See MoreSee Less
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We want to extend a big Kiwanis welcome to our new member Rachael Montavon who was inducted into our club this week. Rachael serves as the Customer Relationship Manager for Kentucky Farmers Bank at the Wheelersburg office. Rachael is pictured with her sponsor, Wayne Kempf, and Kiwanis Membership Chair Jay Hash. Thank you for joining us to serve the youth of our community! #KidsNeedKiwanis #KiwanisNeedsYou ... See MoreSee Less
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