How does Sophie and Madigan’s Playground inclusive help ensure that children and their families of all abilities have equal opportunities to play, socialize, and develop essential skills? As an inclusive playground we ensure that children and their families of all abilities have – Physical Accessibility – Features like wheelchair-friendly ramps, smooth pathways, and adaptive swings […]
This morning I had the pleasure of meeting with Michael Planz, CEO of Community Living and Marybeth Leonard, Assistant Development Director, The Monocacy Foundation at the playground site. We are so proud to be supported by this wonderful organization. The Monocacy Foundation, formed in 1995, firmly believes that people with developmental disabilities have the right
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I hope you had a chance to check out the amazing Facebook live music fundraiser that happened last night. Scott at Frederick Rock-School Shawn at Showtime Sound Colin at Frederick News-Post all of the Rock School Bands knocked it out of the park and helped us raise over $2000! Huge thanks to all of the
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Please join us for a night of live music to benefit Sophie & Madigan’s Playground! Frederick Rock School along with,Showtime Sound, The Frederick News Post, and Key 103, is hosting their 4th installment of the Frederick Music Showcase! This show is available on Facebook live on all of our partners pages! When: Today Friday August
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You guys! It’s so close I can almost hear the children laughing and playing! This morning a few members of our Board, Playground Specialist, City of Frederick Parks and Rec, the City Engineer, and Department of Public Works officially met for our pre construction meeting!! Yep you read that right! Pre construction meeting! I’m so
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This is the year she should have graduated from middle school. Off to high school. Part of me is angry that her school didn’t acknowledge her, I wanted them to remember the little girl that their peace garden is dedicated to. Part of me is so glad that the universe sent a pandemic and spared
You guys, I can’t believe I’m writing this already. It’s time to register for the 2021 Princess Half Marathon Weekend! Sophie and Madigan’s Playground has a limited number of spots for the Princess Half and we’d love to have you on the team! This is going to sell out super quick so visit http://sophieandmadigansplayground.org/dphmw.php for
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One year ago today we stood shoulder to shoulder with the mayor of our city to break ground on the road that will lead to Sophie and Madigan Lillard Memorial Playground. This year has been full of ups and downs and a couple of crazy sideways curveballs, but we’ve made it through. Each piece of
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We’re so excited to announce that the golf tournament being held by MJM 24 Foundation benefiting Sophie and Madigan’s Playground will go on! Things will change a bit to be mindful of social distancing and to keep everyone safe but the show will go on 🥰 see details below and visit https://www.mjm24.org/events.html the annual Mike
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If you’re looking for ways to talk to your kids about racism tune into Sesame Streets Town Hall meeting this morning https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/app-news-section/cnn-sesame-street-race-town-hall-app-june-6-2020-app/index.html
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