Here
are photos of Don and me on Wednesday morning August 20 — we arrived at
8 am and I stayed until 2, Don until 3. We (and others) moved a
mountain of mulch about twice as high as in the picture and three times
as long, mostly by shoveling it onto tarps and hauling the tarps into
the adjacent play area, which ended up with about 2 feet of mulch! The
playground will serve a nursery school that started its history in
Alexandria as one of the first African American nursery schools and that
will share the playground with the neighboring community. Disney payed
for it, in memory of an employee in their security office, who came
from Herndon. Many of the workers were former colleagues of his, either
at Disney (they flew in from California for the event) or in the
federal security services. The event was very well organized by
Kaboom, an outfit that provides opportunities for children to play
outdoors.