Great Plan Offers Fun to Special Kids : Santa Ana, Kiwanis Club Gear Up to Build Park for Handicapped
The Santa Ana City Council and the Kiwanis Club are teaming up on a marvelous project that will develop a special playground facility for handicapped youngsters at Thornton Park on Segerstrom Avenue.
A trip to most playgrounds for handicapped youngsters can be a frustrating experience, when swings, basketball courts and merry-go-rounds are inaccessible. The new 3-acre facility will offer two basketball courts with hoops that adjust, a playground, special trails to the park’s lake and a camping area with bathrooms accessible to the handicapped.
The Kiwanis Club is endeavoring to raise money and get help from other organizations to build the park, which is estimated to cost at least $300,000.
The project is under way because the council has approved an agreement to make the space available, thus giving the go-ahead for the club to solicit donations and apply for a grant to buy equipment.
Kiwanis Club President Angel Rivas has said that the park will be available to handicapped youngsters from throughout the county, which is terrific.
Surely this project, a first in Orange County, is worthy of support by all who care about the quality of life for handicapped youngsters.
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