(by Harry Funk / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) When she heard the numbers, Eilah Brown broke into a broad smile. “Are you serious?” she asked. Jim Guffey, executive director of South Hills Interfaith Ministries, reassured her that 350 volunteers were, indeed, there Saturday to help build a new playground at Whitehall Borough’s Wallace Park. Ms. Brown is […]
KaBOOM! Whitehall playground built in six hours
Khara Timsina wiped the sweat off his brow as he pushed a wheelbarrow filled with concrete across the colorful playground. Upbeat tunes blared in the background as nearly 350 volunteers helped to install the bright orange racer slides, swings and climbing walls in the forest-theme playground at Wallace Park in Whitehall on Saturday. Six hours […]