Racers Help Build Paducah Playground

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Murray State Athletics was part of the many volunteers who helped the Paducah Rotary Club build a playground on June 23. The Racers were one of many groups from the area that pitched in to help build the playground that will be enjoyed by children for years to come.

The new playground is located at 13^th Street and Martin Luther King Drive in Paducah, Kentucky.

The trip was planned by Steve Harrell, MSU's associate AD for external affairs and MSU staff that participated included a pair of head coaches, Mitch Stewart (football) and Velvet Milkman (women's golf) and assistant coaches Adam Kiesler (women's track & field) and Matt Lodge (women's soccer). Brock Rydecki (facilities & game management) and Meagan Short (assistant AD-academics) also participated as did Kim Cooper and Susan Darnell (CFSB Center tickets). Amy Wyatt and Seth McFall (marketing & promotion) also participated.

To see more about the playground and its progress, visit paducahrotaryplayground.com.

Playground Fun Facts

When completed, hundreds of volunteers will have helped build the playground
Groups worked in four-hour shifts
The playground is 4,000 square feet
Construction began June 20, 2016
The construction cost is $200,000

Features of the playground include: rope wall, rock wall, along with a variety of castles, swings, slides and monkey bars.
Funds for the project was provided by Rotary Club of Paducah, Rotary District 6710 Grants and many individual and Corporate Donors.

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