Nov 21, 2014

Over 100 volunteers from BGE, Monarch Academy Baltimore, The Children’s Guild, organizers from KaBOOM!, and local residents came together to help transform an asphalt play area into a new playground that is bursting with color.

: More than 100 volunteers from Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Monarch Academy Baltimore, The Children’s Guild, organizers from KaBOOM! and residents of the Baltimore community joined forces on to give area kids the childhood they deserve by building a new playground at Monarch Academy. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Theresa Marshall a volunteer helps with the playground construction. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Anthony Miller helps with the zip line on the playground being built for the Monarch Academy Baltimore. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: L-R Marcia Stevens, Alex Lenz, Roschone Brown and Keisha Clarke-English work on the Adventure Slide as they volunteer their time to work on the playground. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Brann Northcutt, left, and Robert Brooks work on putting together the slide for the playground. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Volunteers install the basketball station on the playground being built for the Monarch Academy Baltimore. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Tammy Shanholtz holds up signs that were made to help get the volunteers to the right location on the playground. More than 100 volunteers built a new playground at Monarch Academy. The design is based on children’s drawings created at a special design event. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: More than 100 volunteers from the Baltimore area to give kids the childhood they deserve by building a new playground at Monarch Academy. The design is based on children’s drawings created at a special design event in September. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Aboladele Oluwafemi is a parent volunteer as more than 100 volunteers from the area came together to build a playgorund for the Monarch Academy Baltimore. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Tammy Shanholtz puts the final touches on the wall painting. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Linda Weaver, left, and Mike Cheek share a laugh while working on the playground. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Michele Hughes, center, and Aboladele Oluwafemi, right, enjoy their time volunteering at the event. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: L-R Nicole Cooke, Brann Northcutt and Alex Lenz work together as they volunteer their time to help build the playground. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Eric Adamski helps build part of the basketball hoop for the playground. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Valencia McClure of BGE, takes a test drive on the playground zip line. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: A newly constructed playground officially opened for the kids of the Monarch Academy Baltimore. More than 100 volunteers from Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Monarch Academy Baltimore, The Children’s Guild, organizers from KaBOOM! and residents of the Baltimore community joined forces to give area kids the childhood they deserve by building a new playground at Monarch Academy Baltimore. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Newly constructed playground officially opened for the kids of the Monarch Academy in Baltimore. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: A newly constructed playground officially opened for the kids of the Monarch Academy Baltimore. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Children from the Monarch Academy Baltimore enjoy the playground equipment built by volunteers recently. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Newly constructed playground officially opens for the kids of the Monarch Academy Baltimore. More than 100 volunteers came together to build the facility. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Madison Stinson enjoys the Zipline on the playground. She is in first grade. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Kyonta Summerville, right, a fourth grader at the school was one of the first on the new playground. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: Students from the school lined the halls to thank the volunteers, the day they came to help build the playground. More than 100 volunteers from Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, Monarch Academy Baltimore, The Children’s Guild, organizers from KaBOOM! and residents of the Baltimore community joined forces to give area kids the childhood they deserve by building a new playground at Monarch Academy. The design is based on children’s drawings created at a special design event. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

: The newly constructed playground officially opens for the kids of the Monarch Academy Baltimore. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun)

More than 1000 students at The Monarch Academy Baltimore will enjoy the new playground that was built in one day and created from drawings made by the students.

BGE and KaBOOM partnered in the project which helps bring active play into the lives of young children, particularly those growing up in poverty stricken areas of the city.

Volunteers build Monarch Academy a playground

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