HOPKINS, Minn. — Two years ago, 5th grade students at Glen Lake Elementary noticed some of their classmates were being left out on the playground. They put their heads together, door knocking and asking for help.
As WCCO reported , the Hopkins students shattered their initial $35,000 goal for a merry go round. Now, they want to redo the entire playground, which is nearly a million dollar venture.
“I wanted to climb, I wanted to run but I knew with our current situation I could not do that,” said John Buettner, who uses a wheelchair.
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The kids who don’t use wheelchairs decided to do something about the inaccessible playground.
Last week, the playground received three unexpected donations.
“Our entire playground for Glen Lake: $860,000 fully fully funded. So how exciting is that,” said Betsy Julien, teacher and project organizer.