Serving Children Since 1971: New State-Of-The-Art Playground and Basketball Court Unveiling This Week

To celebrate the opening of the new facility, Broward Children’s Center will host a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, February 13th, at 10:00 a.m. Broward County dignitaries, Broward Children’s Center’s team, board members and families and representatives from Delta Pilots Charitable Fund, The Batchelor Foundation, Children’s Opportunity Group and Florida Power & Light (FPL), who sponsored the transformational project, will be in attendance. Guests will enjoy refreshments and breakfast bites.

The $117,000 enhancement project was made possible through generous donations from community partners including the Delta Pilots Charitable Fund ($72,000 donation), The Batchelor Foundation ($30,000 donation) and Children’s Opportunity Group ($10,000 donation) whose combined funds supported the playground, and FPL ($5,000 donation) whose donation contributed to the basketball court.

The new, State-Of-The-Art playground will replace an aging and damaged structure and will be more adaptive for the children that Broward Children’s Center serves. The playground includes a slide, ramps that make it wheelchair adaptive, an adaptive wheelchair spinner, sensory toys and more for children to enjoy during the school year and summer camp. It will also include artificial turf and shade to provide safety and protection from the sun and volatile weather.

The enhanced basketball court features new asphalt, a basketball hoop and basketballs. FPL’s logo is painted on the center of the court.

BCC Academy provides educational, therapeutic and behavioral services for children with special needs, pre-kindergarten through seventh grade. The NonProfit private school is specifically designed to meet the unique developmental and educational needs of children with moderate to severe disabilities, through research-based instructional strategies and a thematic-based curriculum.

With parental input to optimize a student’s educational experience, various assessments and observations are used to set educational goals for each child. The classrooms are designed for each child to receive the personal attention needed to achieve their goals.

When:
Thursday, February 13th, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Broward Children’s Center
BCC Academy South
3891 Stirling Road
Dania Beach Florida 33312

About Broward Children’s Center:
Since 1971, Broward Children’s Center, a private, 501(c)(3) NonProfit, has been providing medical, educational, therapeutic, recreational, daily living and advocacy services through its network of care to infants, children and young adults who are developmentally disabled and/or medically fragile. Through a continuum of services designed to meet the needs of each child and their families, Broward Children’s Center remains focused on delivering the highest quality care necessary to ensure that each individual is given every opportunity to thrive and succeed. Broward Children’s Center is located at 200 Southeast 19th Avenue, Pompano Beach, Florida 33060. For more information, please visit: www.bcckids.org - Or contact: (954) 809-5449. Or: DavidP@bcckids.org.