Auto Connect Sales Makes Donation To Peterborough Child and Family Services New PlayScape

Auto Connect Sales has made a $1000 donation to Peterborough Child and Family Services to help them complete their new natural playscape at their Antrim Street site.

Photo by Angela O’Grady.

The new Playscape will appear more ‘natural. This project will replace the existing structure with more natural elements like sand, water and open green space. It will be geared more towards younger children than the current structure.

“About five years ago we decided it was time to upgrade our outdoor Playscape, which hasn’t been updated in over 20 years,” said Nicola Lyle, CEO at Peterborough Child and Family Services.

Before they began the planning process, Peterborough Child and Family Services conducted a community consultation to find out what type of play area nearby families wanted. Lyle says that area of town houses a lot of young families, so the consensus was that a play space geared towards young, pre-school aged children would be the best fit. There is no lock on the gate to this facility, so it is open to anyone that wishes to use it.

Auto Connect Sales donates a portion of each sale they make quarterly, do a different local organization each time.

When Peterborough Child and Family Services reached out regarding a donation they had already lined up the organizations they would donate to this year, but liked the proposal so much they made a donation anyways.

“We thought this was really nice for kids to have a space to go to,” said Cheryl Watson. “As nice as Peterborough has been welcoming our new business, it’s nice to give back to the Peterborough community.”

In the past Auto Connect Sales has donated to organizations like Kawartha Food Share, One Roof Community Centre, Operation Catnip and The Peterborough Humane Society. Watson’s love of animals shows in her donating, though she says she likes to spread donations to all different types of charities.

“They’re doing great work and it’s open to everyone,” she said. “It shouldn’t be hard to be a kid, so anytime we can help with something like that it’s great to be able to give them a boost.”

Peterborough Child and Family Services are still fundraising to help complete their new Playscape, click the link to donate.

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