Grounds for Play: Join Our Movement

A playground to help our kids heal from trauma, regulate their nervous systems, and build trust.

Playground Project Proposal

“As an adoption-competent therapist, I’ve seen the power of movement and play in regulating children’s nervous systems and fostering attachment within families.

Play has an important role in allowing for felt-safety and connection.”

- Nikki Outten, LCSW

OUR MISSION We find safe, loving, permanent families for children in foster care. Our children have experienced significant trauma, abuse, and neglect that has impacted their brain development.

Our children and their caregivers need the specific training/support that we offer for life, at no cost to them.

With these supports, our children are at a lesser risk for failed adoptions, trafficking, addiction, houselessness, abuse, and incarceration.

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WHY ARE WE BUILDING A PLAYGROUND? Children use play to help them cope with and heal from the most emotionally impactful events in their lives.

Encouraging children to run, climb, jump, stretch, and swing, allows them to release energy in their bodies which reduces the long-term impact of trauma on vulnerable brains and bodies.

Trauma creates feelings of helplessness and overwhelm in children.

Play builds resilience by allowing them to regain a sense of control through opportunities to make choices.

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THE EFFECTS OF PLAY ON THE BRAIN Climbing, swinging, and hard landings (like when you reach the bottom of a slide and your feet hit the ground) are good sources of proprioceptive input. Kids who participate in proprioceptive activities tend to have better self-regulation and lower anxiety levels. This is because engaging in these activities helps children improve their cognitive skills, sensory processing, and emotional awareness.

Play helps children affected by trauma by: ● Helping them learning social-emotional skills ● Developing an awareness of body sensations ● Naming, managing, and expressing emotions ● Strenthening problem-solving skills ● Making friends

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REAL LIFE STORY: THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY As a mom of 6, I didn't realize how important "play" was, until our youngest son came to us with some pretty big sensory integration struggles.

I was referred to an agency in Wilmington who specialized in play therapy and I began taking him there two times a week. Their goal was to push him to the edge of his comfort zone with all the various swings, slides, and climbing equipment they had set up.

I was skeptical at the effectiveness of this at first, until I began to see a difference in his ability to regulate his responses.

Soon we were able to take him places without being worried that we would have to leave because something upset him. He became a more confident and "settled" version of himself.

We are so grateful for the difference it made in his life... and in ours.

Kim Bryfogle, ABCFOC mom of 6

Playground Proposal | A Better Chance for Our Children

Proposed Playground Design | Blueprint and Renderings A Better Chance For Our Children Milford, DE

AGE GROUP: 5-12 ELEVATED PLAY ACTIVITIES - TOTAL: 4 ELEVATED PLAY ACTIVITIES ACCESIBLE BY TRANSFER: 4 REQ'D 2 0 REQ'D 0 ELEVATED PLAY ACTIVITIES ACCESIBLE BY RAMP: 3 REQ'D 1 GROUND LEVEL ACTIVITY TYPE: 4 REQ'D 1 GROUND LEVEL QUANTITY:

BENCH W/BACK 6' DIAMOND ING MRSG303D

6'-6" MIN

8' BELT SEAT W/CHAIN 2840

GROOVE II SLIDE 7186386

SWG PART INCLUSIVE SEAT W/CHAIN FOR 8' TR 2740

TRANSFER POINT 718851459 TRAP DOOR CLIMBER 7187316

**RENDERING ACCESSORY ONLY** SHADE SGL POST PYRAMID CANT 10X10X8

3.5" ARCH SWING- (2 SEAT REQ'D) MR0930

6' DECK 7185029

4' DECK 7185029

VINE CLIMBER 71886715

BOULDER TUNNEL 8181

1/2 CALYPSO 2 DRUM SLOPED ADA STAIRS (BELOW DECK) 71871513HB CLIMB WALL 2' RISE VIEW 71875726 7189599 GROOVE 718716 SQUARE ROOF 7188614

Liberty Parks & Playgrounds, Inc.

319 Wheatleys Pond Rd Clayton,DE

PHONE NO: (302) 659-5083

FAX NO: (302) 659-5083

GROUND SPACE: 79'-0" x 23'-6" PROTECTIVE AREA: 65'-0" x 32'-6" DRAWN BY: Charlie Walker

DATE:

1/29/2024

R0094_45323390442 COMPLIES TO ASTM/CPSC

COMPLIES TO ADA

SQUARE ROOF 7188614

To promote safe and proper equipment use by children. Miracle recommends the installation of either a Miracle safety sign or other appropriate safety signage near each playsystem's main entry point(s) to inform parents and supervisors of the age appropriateness of the playsystem and general rules for safe play.

THE PLAY COMPONENTS IDENTIFIED IN THIS PLAN ARE IPEMA CERTIFIED. THE USE AND LAYOUT OF THESE COMPONENTS CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ASTM F1487.

AN ENERGY ABSORBING PROTECTIVE SURFACE IS REQUIRED UNDER & AROUND ALL PLAY SYSTEMS

Our playground design inlcudes ADA-accessible features like a bucket swing with a harness, ground-level sensory activities, and pour-in-place rubber surfacing, which also saves in annual maintenence costs. There are plenty options for climbing and there is even a tunnel “hideaway” for when children become overstimulated and need a break.

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Miracle Recreation Equip. Co. 878 E. US Hwy 60 Monett, MO 65708 1-888-458-2752

Prepared For:

Project Name & Location:

Heather Holiday A Better Chance For Our Children 1307 Philadelphia Pike Wilmington, DE 19809 4432053070 (phone) hholiday@abcfoc.org

Quote Number: Quote Date: Valid For:

QUOTE: R0094248012 Project: R0094_45323390442_02

Prepared by:

Attn: A Better Chance For Our Children

Liberty Parks and Playgrounds, Inc 319 Wheatleys Pond Rd Clayton, DE 19938 USA 302-659-5083 (phone) info@libertyparks.com

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Swings

Product line: Freestanding Age group: 5-12

Components Part Number 2740 2840 MR0930

Description SWG PART THERAPEUTIC SWG SEAT W/CHAIN (8' TR) SWG PART SLASH PROOF SEAT W/CHAIN (8' TR) 3.5" ARCH SWING- (2 SEAT REQ'D)

Qty 1

Weight 135.00

Unit Price 1,537.00

Total 1,537.00

1 1

10.00 286.00

152.00 2,659.00

152.00 2,659.00

Qty 1 1

Weight 400.00 0.00

Unit Price 5,625.00 0.00

Total 5,625.00 0.00

PlayArea_3

Product line: Freestanding Age group: 5-12

Components Part Number 8181 925920Z

Description BOULDER CLIMBING TUNNEL TOUCH UP PAINT KIT - FREESTANDING (NO PRICE)

PlayArea_4

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Age group: 5-12

Components Part Number 7185029 718573 718574 7186386 71871513HB 718716 7187316 71875726 718851459 7188614 71886715 7189599 718999Z

Description SQUARE DECK (ATTACHES TO 4 POSTS) 3 1/2" OD X 162" POST ROOF (3'6" TO 5'DK) 3 1/2" OD X 180" POST ROOF (5'6"TO 6'6" DK) GROOVE II SLIDE (6' & 6'6" DECK) CALYPSO 2 DRUM 1/2 PANEL (BELOW DECK) VIEW GROOVE PANEL TRAP DOOR CLIMBER (6'6" DK) SLOPED CLIMBING WALL (6' DK) SQ TRSFR POINT, OPN HR (4' DK) 60" SQUARE ROOF-SHINGLE, DOUBLE WALL VINE CLIMBER (5' DK) ADA STAIRS BTWN DECKS W/2' RISE CLSD HR CUSTOMER SERVICE KIT (NO PRICE)

Qty 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1

Weight 100.00 50.00 60.00 350.00 65.00 45.00 115.00 250.00 250.00 135.00 80.00 205.00 0.00

Unit Price 1,151.00 263.00 304.00 2,793.00 1,496.00 677.00 2,020.00 3,324.00 2,901.00 1,346.00 1,456.00 2,937.00 0.00

Total 2,302.00 1,052.00 1,216.00 2,793.00 1,496.00 677.00 2,020.00 3,324.00 2,901.00 2,692.00 1,456.00 2,937.00 0.00

Qty 1

Weight 113.00

Unit Price 566.00

Total 566.00

Qty 1

Weight 0.00

Unit Price 0.00

Total 0.00

Qty 1 1

Weight 0.00 0.00

Unit Price 0.00 0.00

Total 0.00 0.00

Bench Product line: Freestanding Age group: 5-12

Components Part Number MRSG303D

Description BENCH W/BACK 6' DIAMOND ING

RiskSign_Included Product line: Freestanding Age group:

Components Part Number 787Z

Description RISK MANAGEMENT SIGN - ENGLISH (NO PRICE)

Additional Items Part Number 925961 INSTALL BOOK

Description THUMB DRIVE 2GB - MREC INSTALL BOOK FOR PP ORDERS

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Grand Total: $96,108.87

Huge thank you to Dover Motor Speedway for helping us kick-off this project with a $15,000 donation!

“It’s the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.”

- Mister Rogers

CHANGE LIVES! Be part of our movement!

Help us raise $81,000 by May 2024.

Your donation goes beyond building a playground—you are building resilience in young minds and bodies, promoting healing from unimaginable trauma, and providing a chance for youth to reach their full potential. We appreciate your support during Delaware’s Do More 24 day of giving, March 7 - March 8.

Email Heather Holiday Director of Development, for more information on making your gift and opportunities to put your name on this project. hholiday@abcfoc.org

A Better Chance for Our Children, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 corporation as identified by the Internal Revenue Service. Our Federal Tax ID# is 27-1621216.

Playground Proposal | A Better Chance for Our Children