By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
The My Backyard Playground at the Great Bend Recreation Commission’s Activity Center on 18th Street has been a huge hit with children since it first opened in December 2015.
To collect additional funds for future
improvements to the playground, Great Bend Rec Executive Director Diann
Henderson said a memorial sidewalk is an option for anyone to donate to.
"The Recreation Commission Foundation started the project when we built the playground," said Henderson. "They have a suggestion of a $100 donation for anyone in the public that wants to purchase a brick with their name on it."
The suggested $100 donation will allow you to have an engraved name on a brick
that lines the sidewalk at the My Backyard Playground. Henderson says the funds
collected are utilized for upgrades to the facility and to purchase the bricks
from Kansas Brick & Tile in Hoisington.
Once staff has spare time, the bricks with the names of the GBRC Board and staff members will be installed along the sidewalk.