“It’s quite the undertaking and a whole day event, but it’s a really fun thing to get to kind of talk and hang out with everybody and see our customers and just have a beautiful day like today,” said Anne Dunbar, intake support services coordinator. “We usually have about 80 to 90 volunteers. We have about 40 people who are delivering dinners over lunchtime to area businesses, and then that’s not including all the people that are putting all the dinners together.”
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - A local family cementing the legacy of a beloved special education teacher.
Tuesday, the group donated $250 to the Marimor Legacy Foundation to help with the building cost of the project. But the students have always been supporters of the project, even coming out to help assemble the playground next to Marimor School, which was dedicated in the fall of last year. Throughout the school year, they have been finding ways to raise money to help all Allen County kids have a special place to have fun.
The Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities is in need of help for the last step of the construction of the All-Ability Playground at Marimor Legacy Park. They are in need of 20 to 30 volunteers, 18 years of age and older each day on Thursday, September 9th, Friday, September 10th, and Saturday, September 11th. No building experience is needed but they do need firm commitments to make this community build work.
The All Ability Playground project through the Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities and The Arc of Allen County has been in the works for a few years now, but is nearing its completion. The first playground at Camp Robin Rogers in Spencerville has been open since last fall. Children and families from all over have been enjoying it this summer, especially at The Arc's day camp. The Arc of Allen County Executive Director, Brad Perrot, says people of all abilities and ages have been able to enjoy the project because of the new and unique equipment.
The All Ability Playgrounds project broke ground on Friday for its second location at the Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities. It will be called the Marimor Legacy Park, and will include accessible equipment, picnic tables, and a path connecting to the Ottawa Metro Park. The $1.5 million project has been in the works for three years, but the end is in sight. Esther Baldridge, the President of the Marimor Legacy Foundation and Fundraising Chairperson says it's very exciting to see this dream come true, despite many roadblocks.
Athletes on one local football team raise an impressive amount of money for playgrounds that will soon benefit children with developmental disabilities. Sunday was World Down Syndrome Day, and the Bath High School football team wanted to contribute to the awareness. They decided to hold a "Lift-a-Thon" to raise funds for the All Ability Playgrounds the Allen County Board of Development Disabilities and the Arc of Allen County are building. Each player set a weight goal and asked the community for donations toward each pound lifted. The team collected a total of $10,095.
In 2019, The Marimor Legacy Foundation joined with the Kiwanis Club of Lima, Allen County Board of Developmental Disabilities, and The Arc of Allen County to build an All Ability Playground at Camp Robin Rogers. The playground has slides, games, and a merry-go-round that a person in a wheelchair can ride.
Marimor School hosted a Family Fall Fest on Saturday for families looking to have fun. The Family Fall Fest was held due to a need to raise money for a key project. That project is the All Ability Playground, a playground that will allow kids of all abilities to play together.
To commemorate their 100-year anniversary, the Kiwanis Club of Lima decided to take on their biggest project yet, and team up with multiple organizations to build two all ability playgrounds. The first one is now complete.
