Contact Greg Lewis or Darla Rhodes if you're interested in helping out.
OR go to our Signup Genius
Here is a list of areas we need volunteers to help with!
All volunteer hours spent on these projects count towards our grant match!
Each hour you donate to the project generates 20$ in grant funds!
Playground Fundraising Event/Auction
*We already have a growing team of volunteers for this project!
*If you would like to help this plan this fun event, or if you have items to contribute to the auction, contact Darla Rhodes or Julie Wittman.
Dump Run fund raiser
*Lead coordinators for this project are Julie Wittman and Janel London
*Advertise to neighborhood and community
*Sell tickets
*Obtain Truck(s) and coordinate food and beverages for volunteers
*Organize Volunteers and track matching hours
Coordinate choosing new play equipment
* Meet with SPS staff to determine allowable choices of equipment
* Meet with Vendors to evaluate choices of new equipment
* Coordinate meetings with community to solicit input on new equipment
Communication Coordinator/Lead
* Help design flyers or posters for fundraisers and community meetings
* Write blog posts to Wallyhood and other information sites.
* Coordinate printing of flyers.
* Distribute flyers to residents around the neighborhood
* Distribute flyers/posters to area businesses for posting
Community outreach Organizer/Lead
* Assist with scheduling and organizing public meetings
* Coordinate meeting set-up & clean-up
* Coordinate food, beverages, and materials for meetings
Work party for dismantling old play equipment Coordinator/Lead
* Organize a team of volunteers to dismantle and dispose of old play structure
* Coordinate transportation and disposal fees.
* Track volunteer hours for Grant matching
Work party for Site preparation and assembling new equipment.
* Organize a team of volunteers to prepare site, assemble/install new play structure
* Coordinate delivery of new equipment and disposal of packaging.
* Coordinate with Vendor for onsite professional supervision of assembly
* Provide food and beverages, and clean up
* Track volunteer hours for Grant matching
Create a small Tori Gate
* Design and build a Tori gate over one of the entrances of the play area like this
* Solicit reduced cost or donated materials.
* Coordinate with SPS to ensure Tori meets safety standards and fits site specifications.
*Organize work parties for assembly and installation.
Add international themed tiles
*Explore options for student created tiles to be installed along raised border of play area
*Develop fundraising plan for families to sponsor creation of tiles
*Recruit artist or SPS staff to guide classrooms in creating tiles
*Coordinate work party for installation of tiles
* Fleur De Lis garden Art in Fremont has indicated they are willing to create cast concrete tiles made from student sculpted plaques at reduced cost! Details of this project would need to be worked out!
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Monday, July 20, 2015
WE GOT THE GRANT!!!!
I am very pleased to announce that we have been recommended for a $100,000 matching grant from Department of Neighborhoods!!!
This is an amazing opportunity to improve our playground!
These grants are extremely competitive. We were one of 12 approved out of a pool of over 30 applicants. There are many many worthy projects in the city. Because of this, the Department of Neighborhoods would be unlikely to approve our school for another grant like this for quite a long time.
Did you know Seattle Public Schools does not provide any funding for Playground improvement?
Did you know JSIS has one of the smallest playgrounds in the district?
Our playground is used by over 450 children per day.
Our older playground equipment is now 20 years old and has required many repairs.
Our older playground equipment is designed for children 5-8 years old and does not meet the needs of our older children.
The design of our raised play area creates barriers to access, takes up valuable space on our crowded playground and has been a source of injuries.
Did you know the children circulated a petition to improve the playground and obtained over 300 of their classmates signatures!
Did you know JSIS has one of the smallest playgrounds in the district?
Our playground is used by over 450 children per day.
Our older playground equipment is now 20 years old and has required many repairs.
Our older playground equipment is designed for children 5-8 years old and does not meet the needs of our older children.
The design of our raised play area creates barriers to access, takes up valuable space on our crowded playground and has been a source of injuries.
Did you know the children circulated a petition to improve the playground and obtained over 300 of their classmates signatures!
This Grant represents a once in a decade opportunity to improve the playground.
Lets make the most of this!!
The next step will be fundraising!
To make the improvements needed, our goal is to raise at least $50,000 by November 30th of this year!
Friday, December 5, 2008
2008 Playground Effort Blog: Playground update
Our new playground design was presented to the Wallingford Community Council on Tuesday, Dec. 3rd. Daniel Winterbottom and Jennifer Szabo described the entire plan, including public amenities and the cultural themes of creative play. Kelly Aramaki, members of the steering committee and a JSIS parent and student attended the meeting to show support. The presentation ended with the topic of fundraising and community building in this area of Wallingford. The council praised the plan and recommended advertising our project at Wallingford Park and on the Council's website.
On January 7, 2009 Seattle Parks Superintendent, Tim Gallagher, will attend the next WCC meeting. The Hamilton/Wallingford Park interface 65% design will be presented. The intent of Gallagher's attendance is to gather community input on how the Parks and Recreation Department can work successfully with the neighborhood in the future. This will be an ideal opportunity to show our support for the playground upgrades. Our playground is a pocket park for the neighborhood and should complement Wallingford Park. With support from city departments such as Parks, our fundraising options expand. Please consider attending this meeting.
The new Master Site Plan will soon be posted on the playground blog site which is accessed via the JSIS website at jsisweb.com. The design team will be meeting independently with Gretchen Dedecker at Seattle School District to gain her explicit approval. Landmarks Board will also review the plan. Finalization of the plan with these approvals should occur in early January. The steering committee will be completing our grant obligations with the Department of Neighborhoods by the end of January. Our hope is to apply for the large grant in February to enable us to begin the playground renovation later this year. Stay tuned for opportunities to make the playground a reality.
On January 7, 2009 Seattle Parks Superintendent, Tim Gallagher, will attend the next WCC meeting. The Hamilton/Wallingford Park interface 65% design will be presented. The intent of Gallagher's attendance is to gather community input on how the Parks and Recreation Department can work successfully with the neighborhood in the future. This will be an ideal opportunity to show our support for the playground upgrades. Our playground is a pocket park for the neighborhood and should complement Wallingford Park. With support from city departments such as Parks, our fundraising options expand. Please consider attending this meeting.
The new Master Site Plan will soon be posted on the playground blog site which is accessed via the JSIS website at jsisweb.com. The design team will be meeting independently with Gretchen Dedecker at Seattle School District to gain her explicit approval. Landmarks Board will also review the plan. Finalization of the plan with these approvals should occur in early January. The steering committee will be completing our grant obligations with the Department of Neighborhoods by the end of January. Our hope is to apply for the large grant in February to enable us to begin the playground renovation later this year. Stay tuned for opportunities to make the playground a reality.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
2008 Playground Effort Blog: Playground Update
On Thursday, November 6th, Daniel Winterbottom and Jennifer Szabo presented the final master site plan for the entire JSIS school site. Their plan is packed with active play structures, dynamic slides, seating, quiet refuges, games, trees and picnic tables. The plan addresses three distinct areas on the school grounds; the southern playground, the kindergarten play area with the northwest garden and the eastern building entry with the northwest school sign. In each of these three areas the design team incorporated themes and elements that were preferred in the public design workshops. The plan successfully reflects the diverse cultures and creative minds that participated in the design. It also incorporates many opportunities for artist and student participation in construction.
About 20 adults attended the unveiling and applauded the completion of the master plan. Questions regarding safety, lighting, grading, construction timing and funding were discussed. The design team presented rough construction costs for the three areas of the site as well as phasing plans. The rough grand total cost for all improvements came in at $1.3 million. This cost can be broken out into many mini-phases of construction depending on funds available and interest from parents and community members. Gretchen DeDecker with the school district attended the meeting and contributed to the brief brainstorming session regarding funding sources. The Department of Neighborhoods, the school district, Vulcan and Starbucks were all mentioned as possible funding sources for construction and final design. There is also the possibility of developing a safer pedestrian connection between our school and the Burke Gilman trail by linking the playground improvements with the Lake Union Loop trail development by the City of Seattle. There are currently no playgrounds along the the new Lake Union Loop trail.
About 20 adults attended the unveiling and applauded the completion of the master plan. Questions regarding safety, lighting, grading, construction timing and funding were discussed. The design team presented rough construction costs for the three areas of the site as well as phasing plans. The rough grand total cost for all improvements came in at $1.3 million. This cost can be broken out into many mini-phases of construction depending on funds available and interest from parents and community members. Gretchen DeDecker with the school district attended the meeting and contributed to the brief brainstorming session regarding funding sources. The Department of Neighborhoods, the school district, Vulcan and Starbucks were all mentioned as possible funding sources for construction and final design. There is also the possibility of developing a safer pedestrian connection between our school and the Burke Gilman trail by linking the playground improvements with the Lake Union Loop trail development by the City of Seattle. There are currently no playgrounds along the the new Lake Union Loop trail.
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