Lowe’s employees install playground piece at Mountwood Park
Wood County Parks Director Jeremy Cross stands in front of a piece of playground equipment Monday next to Carson Station shelter at Mountwood Park. The equipment was installed by south Parkersburg and Vienna Lowe’s employees over the last week as part of the Lowe’s Heroes program. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Chris Brewster, a flooring specialist at Lowe’s in south Parkersburg, works Monday on playground equipment installed at Mountwood Park over the last week by employees of the Lowe’s in Parkersburg and Vienna. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Wood County Parks Director Jeremy Cross stands in front of a piece of playground equipment Monday next to Carson Station shelter at Mountwood Park. The equipment was installed by south Parkersburg and Vienna Lowe’s employees over the last week as part of the Lowe’s Heroes program. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
Chris Brewster, a flooring specialist at Lowe’s in south Parkersburg, works Monday on playground equipment installed at Mountwood Park over the last week by employees of the Lowe’s in Parkersburg and Vienna. (Photo by Evan Bevins)
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VOLCANO -- Folks have another reason to visit one of the most used and largest shelters at Mountwood Park -- new playground equipment.
The fixture, which includes two slides and a variety of climbing features, was installed over the last week at the Carson Station shelter by employees of the south Parkersburg and Vienna Lowe's stores through the Lowe's Heroes program.
"Pretty impressive to come in and break ground and … get one completed in a week," said Jeremy Cross, Wood County parks director.
Cross estimated about 20 people turned out to work on the project since Oct. 28, including on Friday and over the weekend, when temperatures were at or below freezing.
The workers came from both Wood County Lowe's stores. It's the second consecutive year they've pooled their resources for a Lowe's Heroes project, said Bill Edwards, assistant manager of the south Parkersburg location.
"(We) teamed up together to do a bigger project for the community," he said.
Last year, they provided and installed new fixtures and equipment at the House to Home day shelter on Eighth Street in Parkersburg. Edwards said employees vote on projects to support, with the goal of determining which ones "will be the best for years to come for the community."
Cross said Mountwood Park purchases a lot of items from Lowe's and he had mentioned to employees that a playground at the park had been destroyed by vandalism a couple of years ago.
"The more we can do for kids, the better," he said, noting county officials are also working to apply for grants for another, larger playground area.
The Lowe's stores contributed about $5,000 in materials, with the county kicking in $5,000 of its own. The Lowe's employees provided the labor themselves.
The project was expected to wrap up Monday afternoon with the delivery and spreading of 30 cubic yards of mulch donated by Haessly Hardwood Lumber in Reno, Ohio.
"Haessly's always been real good to the park," Cross said.