Pictured, at the newly installed playground, top row from left, are Ken Henson, Tioga County Boys & Girls Club; Steve May, owner, Owego and Harford Railway; Katie Tracy, Tioga County Boys & Girls Club director; Todd Kishpaugh, Owego and Harford Railway; and Steve Schaeffer, Wagner Lumber. Pictured in the bottom row are Dick Franz; Chase Foster, Forse Excavation; Jon Boland, Jon Boland Contracting; and Donnie Goodrich, Wagner Lumber. (Photo by Wendy Post)
Thanks to a grant from the Floyd Hooker Foundation and the work of several volunteers, a new playground has been installed at the Tioga County Boys & Girls Club in Owego and is ready for use.
According to Steve May, who serves on the board at the club, the work to install the playground began in May and is now available for use at the club.
Katie Tracy, who serves as the club’s director, added that the hours have not been set yet, but you can call the club at (607) 687-0690 to find out if the playground is open.
And many volunteers assisted with the project and offered services.
According to May, Wagner lumber donated the chips and Jon Boland donated labor. Chase Foster, from Forse Excavation, also provided services.
Last Monday, volunteers, and those involved in the project, gathered to recognize the playground’s opening as well as to highlight the other upgrades to the club.
Pictured on the lacrosse and soccer field, from left, are Steve Schaeffer, Wagner Lumber; Ken Henson, Tioga County Boys & Girls Club; Chase Foster, Forse Excavation; Donnie Goodrich, Wagner Lumber; Jon Boland, Jon Boland Contracting; Todd Kishpaugh, Owego and Harford Railway; Katie Tracy, Tioga County Boys & Girls Club director; Steve May, owner, Owego and Harford Railway; and Dick Franz. (Photo by Wendy Post)
According to Tracy, the club has recently installed a new roadway to the backfield, new lights for the lacrosse and soccer field, and a new sidewalk and outside drainage.
Ken Henson, also from the club, stated that the new sidewalk would allow the club to offer snacks to those in the field in the future as the sidewalk runs past the kitchen.
Cheryl May, who was at last Monday’s playground opening, stated, “When you think of the club, you think of the fifties and sixties.”
“There have been a lot of upgrades over the past three years,” she added.
To learn more about the Tioga County Boys & Girls Club, visit www.tiogabgca.org.
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