When community comes together....

... Things begin to happen.

A few years before I moved to this part of the country, a teacher at a Woodland, CA elementary school presented her students with a challenge.

She asked them to design a park.

Needless to say, having been created by a bunch of kids, there were some innovative designs and they let it be known in no uncertain terms exactly what they wanted it to be. They wanted a slide. They wanted a nautical theme. They wanted bleachers and a baseball field. They wanted it to be theirs, in their community, near their home.

And thus Ferns Park came into being.

It was built by a group of volunteers in 1995.

Last year, it was burned down by an arsonist.

The community was outraged, of course, and a lot of kids were disappointed because their park was gone.

This past week, the group of firefighters who responded to the call came together to rebuild. This was done by volunteers who donated work, supplies and the time to rebuild from the ground up.

The projected date of re-opening is this coming Saturday.

I think this is evidence that when a group of people decide to make something happen and are willing to put forth the effort, creativity is never far behind. These guys didn't sit around waiting for the city to take care of it. Although they had to get a permit, they didn't expect it to be rebuilt unless they took it upon themselves to do so.

It is a microcosm of what we can all do in the world.... if we choose to do so.

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This is the first month of the "Accentuate the Positive" blog carnival which was conceived by Snoskred a little over a month ago. Since I have the time, I asked permission to run with it.. which she willingly offered.

Here are a few more who want to share some good news:


Angela at Eclectic Recovery with "Anatomy of a Friendship"

Carole McKay at McKay Today with "A Show of Inspiration"

Catherine at Everyday Life As Lyric Poetry with "Sometimes Life Is Like A Lyric"

Frida at Frida's Notebook with "A Time For A Talk"

Jen at One Plus Two with "o-s-c-a-r"

Julie at Using My Words with "Outside"

Mahima at Meeting Mahima with "The Glasgow Manifesto"

Mel at Thai Village Life with "Thai Hospitals"

Peter at The Buddha Diaries with "Breaking News"

Snoskred at Life In the Country with "Making Progress"

Susan at Guilty With An Explanation with "Calling All Animal Lovers"

Therapy Doc with "Music Lessons"

Tiff at Three Ring Circus with "Accentuate the Positive"



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Contributors:
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Catherine

Jen

Julie

Snoskred

Tiff


Please feel free to contribute throughout the day. I will continue linking.

Thanks, everyone, for participating ~ whether it is sending your post, sending someone else's post or reading.

Next month, same time, same station. :)
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