JEFFERSON PARK — The renovation of the playground at Roberts Square Park is almost complete, and Jefferson Park officials are looking for volunteers to help put the finishing touches on the new playlot.
Roberts Square Park, 5200 W. Argyle St., won new equipment through the Chicago Park District's Chicago Plays! Playground Renovation program.
Volunteers are needed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday to help spread the wood-based soft Fibar surface on the new playground at the nine-acre park.
Heather Cherone explains how the Park District hopes that volunteers will feel a connection to the new neighborhood parks:
In addition to swings and a tire swing, the renovated Roberts Square Park in Jefferson Park will include a Saddle Spinner to allow kids to whirl themselves around on a single seat, as well as a Double Bobble Rider, which resembles a very small see-saw.
The main play structure will include four slides, a bridge, ladders and activity centers. A free-standing Mobius climbing wall will give budding daredevils a chance to defy gravity.
Volunteers should bring a pair of work gloves and wear sneakers or boots, Friends of the Parks advised.
Chicago Plays!, which is a program administered by Friends of the Parks, plans to renovate 300 playgrounds throughout the city over the next five years.
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