CHATSWORTH, Ga.–Eton Elementary students will start the school year enjoying a new playground provided by the 2019 Georgia United Foundation School Crashers program. Georgia United team members and community volunteers provided fresh mulch to the school grounds and installed new playground equipment complete with slides, climbing activities and adaptive swings while updating additional equipment with fresh paint. In addition, new playground games including hopscotch were hand painted by volunteers.
“Our old playground was worn down and looked tired,” said Nominating Principal Elizabeth Selvage. “Now our students have a new play space they can take pride in and enjoy, while interacting with their classmates. This is a really good start to the school year.”
Eton Elementary was selected out of 200 nominations to receive a 2019 School Crashers grant. Each year Georgia United Foundation offers schools the opportunity to nominate a school in Georgia for improvement grants on their website. The goal of School Crashers program is to unite the community, sponsors and donor partners through volunteerism to provide school systems with new learning and playground spaces, so the students feel inspired to learn and play. Over the last five years, School Crashers has provided over $1 million in improvements for 33 schools.
“Eton Elementary received a $40,000 playground makeover due to a School Crashers grant, in-kind donations from our donor partners and efforts of nearly 80 volunteers,” stated Georgia United Credit Union’s Business Development Officer Harrison Stafford. “We love hosting this program and working with donors and sponsors who are also passionate about improving our community.”