Volunteers build new playground in a day for Huntington Beach neighborhood

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Some of the more than 200 volunteers who turned out Wednesday shovel piles of wood chips to cover the ground under a new playground they helped install in the Oak View neighborhood in Huntington Beach.

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Jack Striegel works on new playground equipment during construction on Oak Lane in Huntington Beach on Wednesday.

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Local children joke with volunteers who helped build and install new playground equipment Wednesday in Huntington Beach’s Oak View neighborhood.

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Marciela Zavala, left, and Priscilla Tseng paint an exercise message during installation of a new playground in Oak View in Huntington Beach on Wednesday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

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Volunteers mix cement at the new playground installed Wednesday in Huntington Beach’s Oak View neighborhood.

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Wheelbarrows full of dirt sit at the new playground constructed Wednesday in Oak View in Huntington Beach.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

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Slides are set up Wednesday at the new playground in the Oak View neighborhood in Huntington Beach.

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Volunteer Caroline Garcia paints a line around friendly messages during Wednesday’s installation of new playground equipment on Oak Lane in Huntington Beach.

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Participants from the city of Huntington Beach, Yokohama Tire Corp., the Children’s Bureau and KaBoom install a welcome sign at the new playground built Wednesday in Huntington Beach.

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A volunteer finishes details in a play area made with Yokohama tires during installation of new playground equipment Wednesday in the Oak View neighborhood of Huntington Beach.

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A volunteer waits to shovel wood chips during Wednesday’s building and installation of a new playground in Huntington Beach.

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Local children watch the building of a new playground in the Oak View area of Huntington Beach on Wednesday.

(Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

By Daily Pilot staff

Feb. 27, 2019 6:05 PM PT

More than 200 volunteers spent Wednesday building a new playground for Huntington Beach’s Oak View neighborhood.

The playground, which occupies about 5,000 square feet, is at 17261 Oak Lane. It replaces a play space that was installed in 1998 but was recently removed to make room for the new equipment.

The city of Huntington Beach collaborated with Yokohama Tire Corp., the Children’s Bureau and KaBoom, a national nonprofit, to bring the playground to the neighborhood.

The city website says the new play place will bring more than 2,500 children “one step closer to having the play-filled childhood they deserve.”

Volunteers build new playground in a day for Huntington Beach neighborhood

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