Smith Kids' Play Place in the Park http://smithkidsplayplace.org Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:25:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 SMITH opens late http://smithkidsplayplace.org/smith-opens-late/ http://smithkidsplayplace.org/smith-opens-late/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:24:14 +0000 admin http://smithkidsplayplace.org/?p=688 Smith will open late on Wednesday, March 10th due to a water department emergency. We expect to open at 1:00pm,  but we will keep you posted!

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SMITH finished construction in August 2009 on the Tot-Lot, a huge play area just for kids 5 and under. Many, many thanks to the Allerton Foundation, the Berwind Corporation, the Chace Fund, the Connelly Foundation, CSX, the Farber Family Foundation, IBC, The Nelson Foundation, the Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of America, the Philadelphia Rotary, the Poses Family Foundation, St. Christopher’s Foundation for Children, TD Bank, the Wright Hayre Foundation, and the many individuals who have given to this project and have made it possible to construct the Tot-Lot. 

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