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Playground keeps Adas memory alive at Challenged Child and Friends
Family, friends remember child's legacy with new place to play, grow
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Volunteers and professionals work on a community build Saturday morning at Challenged Child and Friends. The nonprofit school constructed “Ada’s Playground,” dedicated to the memory of a former student. - photo by Kristen Oliver
A sea of volunteers clad in blue shirts clutched cups of coffee and power tools in the mid-morning hours Saturday at Challenged Child and Friends. Some had come from California, others from Minnesota, Tennessee and Florida, while many were volunteers from here in Gainesville. They all volunteered to see a project come to fruition after years of fundraising and planning.