Splash Pad Could be A Reality with Community Help
By Garrett Christensen on Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
BAKER CITY – Baker City Girl Scout Penelope Simmons is continuing to work on her Gold Project for Girl Scouts but needs community help. Simmons is working on getting a Splash Pad in Baker City at Central Park.
Simmons says this project idea was put into place because she and her family like to go to water parks and splash pads and this would give Baker City its own. “We always go other places to go to like a splash pad or a water park. And I know the pool considered getting one, but it would cost money and I wanted something that would be free for the community. And it would be some other water feature to play in other than the river because it would also be safer and cleaner.”
Simmons, who has been in Girl Scouts for about 10 years says she has been working on this project for about two years now, but there is a long way to go to get it accomplished. “We have to have $56,000 by November 1, for a down payment, and that is just for the sprinklers and that’s half of it. The whole thing will cost about $339,000. We are working with the Lions, they’re helping us write grants and we have been getting donations at the Farmer’s Market. The excavation has been donated by Steve Rich. The concrete has also been donated to us by RD Mac.”
Simmons says if people want to donate to the Splash Pad Project, they can make donations at Community Bank through the Lions Splash Pad account.
