Look what we made Boissevain!

Big thank you to Gord Turner.
Your knowledge and expertise, equipment, patience and leadership was invaluable throughout the week and before, to help make this project a reality for our community.

Thank you to Mike McCallum, Dennis & Sidney Dueck & Mitch Janssens, who volunteered all five build days and also helped with the landscaping.

Thank you to Tracy Penner from Art of Play for the hours and hours that you put into designing our new middle years playground, and spending five days with us to lead the build.

Thank you as well to the following individuals and businesses who volunteered their time, or donated food or equipment to complete this project!

EQUIPMENT
Pulver Fencing, Janssens Family Farms, Gord Turner, Marv Unrau, Power Baron Electric, Turtle Mountain Lawn & Landscape, Henry Dueck, Rocky Mountain Equipment, Municipality of Boissevain-Morton & Parkside Construction

MONDAY, DAY 1
Drilling Holes & Sorting Equipment – Marv Unrau, Yuriy Zakharchenko, Bob Crowe, Karen Wear, Krista Clyne & Laura Wilson.
Snack – Laura Wilson
Lunch – Subway

TUESDAY, DAY 2
Building
– Tom Plett, Ryan Arran, Karen Wear, Victoria Nevins (Westland Insurance), Power Baron Electric – Connor Kroeker, Keith Hole, Tom Guenther, Jeremy Hole & Tanner Clyne
Concrete – Ashleigh & Kennedy Birch, Breyan Walton, Darren Sicinski, Brad Reimer, Joe Hammond, Jason, Emery, Davis & Greydon Smith
Snack – Jane Robertson
Lunch – Busy B

WEDNESDAY, DAY 3
Building – Tom Plett, Ryan Arran, Stephanie Blanchard, Murray Fingas, Peter Beckwith, Max Chrisp, Andom Tsegay, Lumgair Built Construction – Nate Lumgair & Matt Wall
Concrete – Corey & Josh Fluker, Colton Challner, Jay Graham, Marvin Mills, Ashleigh Birch, Andrea Mustard, Trevor Hart, John Anderson
Snack – The Sawmill
Lunch – Boundary Co-op

THURSDAY, DAY 4
Building
– Tom Plett, Stephanie Blanchard, Zhin & Tony Juanito, Kaitlynn Janssens, Andom TsegayMunicipality of Boissevain Morton – John Anderson, Bryce Adams, Bill Racine, Carson Wilkinson, Darcy Vandenberge, Hugh McCorquodale, Christie Paskewitz-Smith, Leo Poulin, Kara Paradis, Wendy Giesbrecht, Melissa Perkins, Cherie Harper, Kingston Reimer, Jake Reimer & Riley Fluker
Concrete – Les Houston, David Robertson, Zach Turner, Serhii Kypin, Pasha Tupakhin, Sasha Peredystyi, Sasha Razmiasov, Cherith Razmiasov, Vova Kharytonov, Ivan Kychak, Jack Leontowicz, Andrea Mustard, Martin Paradis, Teklesenbet Tsegay & Mebrahtom Kahsay,
Snack – Choys & Fay Paskewitz
Lunch – Chicken Chef

FRIDAY, DAY 5
Laying Geotech Fabric, Shoveling Rock and Spreading Engineered Wood Fibre – Audrey, Stella & Sullivan Paschke, Kyle Dyck, Rick Perriman, Christie, Emery, Davis & Greydon Smith, Olivia Paskewitz, Kara, & Briar Paradis, Hunter Ralar, Megan Halloran, Laura, Cole, Shane, Ashton, Wyatt & Lane Wilson, Lisa & Mia Flemming, Kaitlynn Janssens, Jody, Landon & Brooklyn Turner, Zhin & Tony Juanito, Municipality of Boissevain Morton – Kingston Reimer, Jake Reimer & Riley Fluker, Double Diamond – Lance Austin, Lane Graham & Tyler Robertson, Western Archrib – Martin Paradis
Snack – Lara Maxwell
Lunch – Matthewson & Co.
Celebratory ‘All Done’ Treat – Boissevain Bakeshop

LANDSCAPING – Turtle Mountain Lawn & Landscape – Gerald Bos. Thank you Gerald for donating your time and equipment to spread the black dirt and grass seed.

WATERING – Jason, Christie, Emery, Davis & Greydon Smith over the August long weekend. Boissevain School Maintenance staff after the long weekend.

Thank you Wilkinson Trucking for delivering concrete (and more black dirt!) in the evening, and answering our text messages and calls whenever we needed something, and picking up the big pieces of garbage.

Thank you Joe Hammond (Boissevain School Maintenance) for helping with the build multiple times during the week when you were available.

Thank you Boundary Co-op for donating bottled water for the week.

Thank you Bradley Peters for setting up a Timelapse camera to capture the building of the Middle Years Playground.

Thank you Herman Dyck for picking up the recycling.

Thank you Bradley Peters for setting up a Timelapse camera to capture the building of the Middle Years Playground.