Last Saturday, more than 250 volunteers from KaBOOM! , Kraft Foods and New York Academy of Medicine, in addition to volunteers from local universities and community organizations, joined Odyssey House staff and clients to build a new playground at the Manor Family Center.
New York’s First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson kicked off the build with some inspiring words about the importance of play. Watch this short video to see what she had to say and to get a glimpse of what the day was like.
Here’s a preview of photos of the day’s activities. More will be posted on our Flickr page soon.
NY First Lady Michelle Paterson & Odyssey House President Dr. Peter Provet.
Mixing cement for installation.
Installing one of the slides.
Painting the mural.
Thank you to our volunteers for your hard work!