‘All kids deserve a place to play’: Mom with disabled daughter raises $390K to build inclusive playground at this Hall school - Gainesville Times

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‘All kids deserve a place to play’: Mom with disabled daughter raises $390K to build inclusive playground at this Hall school

Caroline Filchak, right, and daughter Hope, 2, visit a playground Monday, March 20, 2023, at Wauka Mountain Multiple Intelligences Academy with Kristen Little. Filchak is founder of Hope for Hall. - photo by Scott Rogers

03202023 PLAYGROUND 3.jpg — Caroline Filchak, right, and daughter Hope, 2, visit a playground Monday, March 20, 2023, at Wauka Mountain Multiple Intelligences Academy with Kristen Little. Filchak is founder of Hope for Hall. - photo by Scott Rogers

What does a mother do when she realizes that in a few years time her disabled daughter might be forced to sit on the sidelines while her able-bodied friends swing from the monkey bars and slither down the slide on the school playground?