PORTAGE PARK — The renovation of the playground at Chopin Park is almost complete, and officials are looking for volunteers to help put the finishing touches on the new playlot.
Chopin Park, 3420 N. Long Ave., won new equipment through the Chicago Park District's Chicago Plays! playground renovation program.
Volunteers are needed from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday to help spread the wood-based soft Fibar chips on the new playground at the eight-acre park.
The new playground will feature a main play structure with two slides, a bridge, ladders and activity centers. It will be blue, green, yellow and maroon.
The existing swing set will remain, with new seats, and the size of the playground will remain the same.
The playground will also feature a Saddle Spinner, which allows kids to use their weight to spin themselves around, a stand-up seesaw and a Double Bobble Rider, which allows tots to rock in all directions.
Members of the Chopin Park Advisory Council said they hope improvements to the park would "snowball" and benefit the entire neighborhood by encouraging families to get more involved in nearby institutions such as Rineberg Elementary School.
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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