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Article: Eco-Friendly Playground to be Dedicated to the Children of New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- December 3, 2008
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To: FAMILY EDITORS
Contact: Denise Arrigali of PlayGreen Initiative, +1-678-580-
1245 office, or +1-678-640-7651 cell, darrigali@comcast.net
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- After Hurricane Katrina
slammed into New Orleans on August 29, 2005, much of the Lower Ninth
Ward in New Orleans suffered catastrophic flooding and the vast
majority of its residents lost their homes. Since the disaster, not
a single playground has been built in the area, and the children of
this part of New Orleans do not have a proper place to play. The
Make it Right Foundation, headed by the actor and activist Brad
Pitt, partnering with PlayGreen Initiative, will dedicate Kellogg
Park on Wednesday, December 3, ...