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The Review August 26, 2014 MILLEDGEVILLE
In Ivy’s memory Elementary school playground to honor 5-month-old girl BY JERMAINE PIGEE
MILLEDGEVILLE – Adam Drinkall wishes he could watch his daughter, Ivy Faith, play with her two sisters, Lili, 8, and June, 5. “You take those things for granted,� he said, holding back tears. Ivy Faith was just 5 months old when she died last July of sudden infant death syndrome. In her memory, the Drinkall family raised $60,000 in about a year. The money will be used to build a new playground at Milledgeville Elementary School. The playground was approved Monday by the Chadwick-Milledgeville school board. “We are grateful for their generosity and generous donation they made in memory of their daughter,� district Superintendent Tim Schurman said. “This playground will benefit students for years to come.� It’s important to Drinkall, 34, that parents can watch their children play together on the new playground. “We want a place for kids
to play and for families to this in a year,� Jennifer, 34, enjoy one another,� he said. “Once people found said. out what we wanted to According to the Mayo do, people really started Clinic, SIDS is an unex- to give. Some people even plained death of a healthy gave more than once.� baby younger than 1 year The playground equipold. Its cause is not known, ment has been ordered but SIDS could be associ- and, once it arrives, a group ated with abnormalities in of volunteers will begin to the portion of an infant’s install it. Multiple slides, brain that controls breath- monkey bars, a climbing ing and arousal from sleep. wall and a new swing set “When it came time for will be included. the funeral, we had to If all goes well, Ivy’s sisdecide what the memorial ters, who attend Milledwould be for,� said Jenni- geville Elementary, and fer Drinkall, Ivy’s mother. their classmates will be “We wanted to do some- on the new playground in thing for the community, early October. because the community “This is just a giving comhas been good to us.� munity, and they have So, they decided to been really nice to us,� replace the old playground Adam said. “I really can’t at the school. stress that enough.� Last month, the family hosted a 5K run in honor of Ivy to raise about half of the money that will go toward the playground. The rest came from the memorial fund. “We didn’t t h i n k w e Lili Drinkall, 8, and her sister, June, 5, could do all are seen in this photo with their baby sister, Ivy.
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Jennifer and Adam Drinkall of Milledgeville smile as they look over the plans for a playground that will be built at Milledgeville Elementary School and dedicated in the name of their daughter, Ivy, who died last July of sudden infant death syndrome. Community donations and fundraisers will pay for the playground where Ivy’s two sisters go to school.
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