19 Grants Given Playground Projects

Kids in four Panhandle towns will have better places to play, thanks to grants announced Monday by the Idaho Community Foundation.

The foundation gave 19 grants of $1,000 each statewide for playground improvements.

Recipients included:

Kellogg, which will replace unsafe playground equipment in the main city park;

Spirit Lake, to purchase materials for new wooden playground structures;

Wallace, to buy and install playground equipment for several neighborhood parks;

Mullan School District, to replace broken and worn out equipment at the school playground, the only one in the area.

The nonprofit foundation’s goal is to improve the quality of life in Idaho’s communities. Since its inception in 1988, it has made grants totaling $4.7 million. , DataTimes