 | | | Tim O'Brien, the head coach of the St. Mary's rugby team, designated Mario Storti (far right)?as the lead contact for the Gaels rugby player volunteers.? Photo courtesy Susan Chritton | | | | | | To make room for new equipment being installed, Saint Mary's College rugby players arrived at the Lafayette Community Center playground on Oct. 26 to load the old playground equipment onto a truck heading for Choice in Aging - a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Pleasant Hill that combines senior living, senior services and a Montessori school on one campus. Kerex - the contractor retained by the city of Lafayette to perform the reconstruction of the playground - has a 65%?recycle requirement in its contract, according to Rand Chritton, who participated in the transfer. "By donating the equipment to Choice in Aging, 100% of the playground equipment has been recycled."
Chritton said the players showed up on time, worked as a team to move all of the equipment and then traveled to Pleasant Hill where they unloaded the playground structures at the Choice-in-Aging campus. "This is one of those times?when a number of individuals and entities come together for a common good," Chritton said.?"Everyone, from?John Warshaw at the Lafayette Community Center, the City of Lafayette attorney, Choice-in-Aging, Herc?Rentals and?the Saint Mary's rugby team worked together to provide playground equipment that will be used by literally hundreds of kids?and the seniors that interact with them." |
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