Dotmocracy - Letting the Kids Choose.

Yesterday we went to the kids to find out what type of playground they would pick!

With a program called Dotmocracy, some grade 4 & 5 students of Corinthia, Caledonia & Notre Dame Schools in Leduc were able to VOTE for playground items they would love at a playground.

Needless to say, we are very excited to see what the playground developers put together for us with these results......

Slides
1. Triple Wide Slide= 98 votes
2. Stargate Curved= 8 votes
3. spiral= 3 votes
4. Double Wide and Wave Slide= 1vote

Accessible Components and Bridges
1. Pommel Wall= 40 votes
2. Overhead Wheel Bridge= 34 votes
3. Lazy Loop Bridge= 17 votes
4. Floating Pod Bridge= 10 votes
5. Steel Spider Wall = 8 votes
6. Chain Net Wall and Overhead Wheel = 6 votes
7. Arch Bridge, Wave Climber, Inclined Arch Bridge, Arch Bridge= 1vote each

Overhead Events
1. 270° Horizontal Ladder= 46 votes
2. Track Ride= 32 votes
3. Dual Ring Trek=14 votes
4. Zig Zag Ring= 8 votes
5. Horizontal Ladder= 4 votes
6. Swing Ring Trek= 3 votes
7. Ring Trek= 0 votes
8.

Activity Panels
1. Door Panel and Chime Panel= 27 votes each
2. Finger Maze= 16 votes
3. Gear Panel= 11 votes
4. Steel Seat Panel= 10 votes
5. Race Car Panel= 6 votes
6. Store front= 4 votes
7. Tic Tac Toe, Animal Crawl Thru, Happy Landings and Vertical Rung = 1 vote each

Ground To Deck Events
1. Rock Challenger=53 votes
2. Stepping Pods= 19 votes
3. Pommel Wall= 10 votes
4. Fire Pole= 6 votes
5. Rappel Wall= 5 votes
6. Fred Rock= 4 votes
7. Spiral Clover, Inverted Arch, Stairs, Crazy 8= 2 votes each
8. Chain Net and Loop Climber = 1 vote each

Once the Southfork Playground was formed, we approached the City Of Leduc. Doing some research we applied for an award from Let Them Be Kids (LTBK) & Kool-Aid. Three weeks ago we found out we were the first recipient!! 

LTBK with Kool-Aid gave $5000 cash towards equipment cost as seed money. We also receive a 60/40 split. 60% is the community, and LTBK & Kool-Aid cover 40% of the equipment cost. The Southfork Playground Committee needs to raise $20,000 by May 1st! If you would like to join our efforts, or donate please click on the Join The Effort button.

Read about us in this week's Leduc Representative

 

Click this link to head to the Let Them Be Kids website to see more about our project, and the four other communities able to build playgrounds on June 6th! On a side note they are helping 13 other communities build their parks in September!!

Southfork Playground Development

The Southfork Playground Committee is made up of nine Moms. We have all moved into the a very new Leduc subdivision, Southfork. We would love to have a playground for our children, but it is about more than a playground.....

Beyond the playground we are creating the opportunity for Southfork and all Leduc communities to have a sense of pride and ownership by having the community members involved in the plan

ning, financing, and construction of the playground project. 

During this process we want to bring together current family, neighbors, friends, friends we have not yet met, and futu

re families who move into the area. We are working hard to be a neighborhood 

were everyone is active

ly participating in creating a caring, safe, vibrant, welcoming community 

where people know one another.

Kathy, Vicky, Cahtie, Bonnie, Shannon, Tricia, Sarah, Janis & Shana have joined together to create the Southfork Playground committee.