Sycamore Park Playground Project ( SPPP) is a community-built playground; from raising money, to the actual construction of the play-structure, this project will be built by volunteers! There are so many ways you can be a part of it! We need volunteers of all kinds: to join one of our committees, to help coordinate fundraising events, or to construct the playground from May 14-18 of 2014! You can pledge to become a sponsor of the playground to have your name at the entrance or purchase a playground component, bench, or personalized picket to have your family or business name on display.

We also need donations of tools (loaned), services, and food. For more information on how you can help build this one-of-a-kind playground for our community, find us on Facebook at facebook.com/sycamoreparkplaygroundor check out our website at www.sycamoreparkplayground.com. You can also learn more by emailing [email protected] or calling 908-912-MOMS.

Leathers and Associates, the same design firm that worked on Fredon Elementary School’s Fox’s Den and Roxbury’s Imagination Station, has drawn up plans for the approximately 8000 square foot play area. It will house a section for both older children (ages 5-12) as well as toddlers. The playground is handicapped accessible. It is a truly one of a kind design with many unique features, including a train & truck table on the“tot lot” side and a tree house on the older kids’ side. The ideas for the design came, in part, from the children at the elementary school during their Design Day interviews in October, as well as from the Design and Special Features Committee, part of the project steering committee. The overall design incorporates much of our local history and town’s character.