A large group of kids and parents break in the new therapy playground at the Quinte Children’s Treatment Centre at Belleville General Hospital. (Photo: Brock Ormond/Quinte News)
Part of the new therapy playground structure at the Quinte Children’s Treatment Centre at BGH. (Photo: Brock Ormond)
The clubhouse, one of the many hangout spots at the new therapy playground. (Photo: Brock Ormond/Quinte News)
A flowery mural accents the Children’s Treatment Centre’s therapy playground. (Photo: Brock Ormond/Quinte News)
Kids that receive treatment at the Quinte Children’s Treatment Centre will be able to have the freedom to play and grow for many years to come.
This is thanks to a brand new therapy playground built at the CTC at Belleville General Hospital.
The playground, supported in part by funds from the Medigas Celebrity Classic Golf Tournament and the BGH Foundation’s Help Them Play campaign, held its grand opening on Wednesday. The ribbon-cutting ceremony allowed the large crowd that attended a chance to be the first to take in the new structure.
The playground features 16 different activities for children and a variety of surfaces to play on.
BGHF Executive Director Drew Brown says it took almost two years to get the playground up and running.
He adds that one of their goals is for children to learn the many different elements of the playground while being active and playing.
Co-Chair of the Help Them Play campaign, mother and Quinte Broadcasting’s own Cassandra Bonn, along with fellow Co-Chair Kristen Whalen were both grateful for the support of the Children’s Treatment Centre through the construction of the playground and the funds that were put into it. (Photo: Brock Ormond/Quinte News)
Co-Chairs of the Help Them Play Campaign Cassandra Bonn and Kristen Whalen say they both have children that regularly attend the Children’s Treatment Centre for therapy.
Bonn says because of this, they know first-hand what the playground means to the many families that the Treatment Centre supports, and says they are very grateful.
Bonn adds the playground managed to reach a budget of $300,000 that allowed it to be opened.
