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Jerry is KID'S Playground Director

From My Corner of the World - Newsletter Archive

October 2006

	Check out what we’ve been doing this past month as well as our future projects. 2006 Schedule: October 18-29 Begoro, Ghana, 3 small Dec 3-9 Joy Fellowship, Slidell , and St Bernard's, 1 small and 1 medium Dec 10-16 Vineyard Church, New Orleans, 1 large 2007 Schedule: Jan 28 - Feb. 3 Dominican Republic, 3 small Feb 11-24 Andrew Jackson, New Orleans, 1 large March 11-17 Freeport, Bahamas, 1 large March 25-31 Pass Christian, MS - 1 xtra large April 8-14 Kiln, MS - 1 medium Spring - SW Park, Rockford, IL, 1 large May 14-19 - Jackson School, Rockford, IL, 1 large June 14-23 Hanoi, Vietnam, 1 large (Full) Summer - Calcutta, India Summer - Repairs - Brovry, Ukraine, Sarayevo, Bosnia, Cuba Fall - Groves Park, TX - 1 indoor playground** * Missions and More **Subject to change	Updates: We are still in desperate need of a warehouse. We currently have 6-9 containers, currently at A&B freight, loaded with playgrounds with no place to store them. If you have a large warehouse, or know anyone who does, please contact me on my cell phone, 815-509-4542. This warehouse would greatly help us meet the growing demands of our ministry. We have a brand new tool container that will ship our tools all over the world. We would like to offer the space on the container to advertise your business. The spaces cost between $2500-$5000 Call me if you are interested.
	New Orleans	Edgewater Team Photo

	This is a typical house in New Orleans. The cleanup and rebuilding is going slower than anticipated.	Volunteers from Arizona, Texas, New Orleans and a group from a local youth probation clinic helped build a small playground at the Edgewater Baptist Church. This playground will allow the church to establish a preschool/daycare center.
	Lake Vista	Edgewater


	David and Beth Headley	Lake Vista Team Photo

	We are proud to announce the addition of two new staff members to our ever growing team. David and Beth Headley will be joining our playground production team effective November 1. David and Beth have been working with Samaratin's Purse since Katrina and have played an integral role in our success down there. We are happy to now have them on our team.	Thanks to all of our volunteers who helped with this project. We had helpers from Albany, Georgia and Calgary, Canada who helped us build two playgrounds, one was small for preschoolers and the other was for older kids.

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September/October 2006

Thanks to all the volunteers from New Orleans and Illinois who helped us complete a large playground build at First Baptist Church in New Orleans. First Baptist has an attendance of 2,500 people. The church is also used by Franklin Avenue Baptist Church twice a month. Franklin Ave. Baptist has a congregation of over 5,000 people. This playground will be a blessing to many people for years to come! We return back to New Orleans this Sunday for two playground builds located at Lake Vista United Methodist Church. One of the units is 3’ high for toddlers and the other is a regular unit for all children. Click here to see our complete schedule of builds and volunteer today on one of our exciting projects! For the kids, *Jerry Flaming*

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August 1, 2006

Dear Friends, Much of our work in July and August is in the New Orleans area. Thanks to volunteers from Kansas, Colorado and Illinois we completed a playground and had ministry in Slidell, LA. We were blessed with a great team! This project was a joint venture between Faith Bible Church, Kids’ and Samaritan’s Purse. Our next project was the installation of rubber tile surfacing at 5 New Orleans Baptist Seminary playgrounds. The heat was grueling, but the team was faithful till the end and we finished all 5 projects! We are currently building our first playground for ages 1-5 yrs. at a pre-school in Covington, Louisiana that will be finished by this Friday. We are still looking for a 10,000 sq. ft. storage facility with a truck dock. If you know of any available space please contact me at jerryf@kidsaroundtheworld.com Thank you for your time and consider joining us on one of our next builds. *Jerry Flaming*



Installing new surfaces in New Orleans	Slidell

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July 10, 2006

Dear Friends,

The month of June we worked in our corner of the world with local builds. With the help of volunteers like you we built playgrounds at West View School and Patriots Gateway Community Center. Special thanks to the Dickerson – Nieman Team for donating their time to the West View build. Milestone will also be constructed in Rockford and begin in a couple days.

After we finish our local builds the Kids’ teams will be in Louisiana for three weeks straight. This includes a playground installation in Slidell at Faith Bible Church, soft tile installation at 5 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary playgrounds and a preschool in Covington. Please pray for safety and the ministry training that will take place in Slidell.

On another note we are looking for a 10,000 sq. ft storage facility with a truck dock. We are forecasted to build 25 playgrounds this year and need storage space. If you know of any space available please contact me at jerryf@kidsaroundtheworld.com

God Bless,
Jerry Flaming

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June 10, 2006

Dear Friends,

Beslan, Russia
We just completed our 57th playground in Beslan, Russia. This build was a roller coaster of emotions for many of us. We toured the ruins of their middle school that was destroyed by terrorist killing 370 people and attended a local wedding all in the same day. The team of over 40 hard working volunteers made this build a success. The rain at the dedication did not affect the turnout! Children played right through it all. Thanks for praying for us while we were away.

New Orleans
With the help of a Samaritan’s Purse Michigan volunteers, playground soft-tile surfacing was completed at the Manor playground in New Orleans. We’ll return to New Orleans in July and in the Fall if you’re interested in visiting the area.

Volunteers Needed
Summer is finally here! Why not join Kids Around the World for a playground build? Your family’s participation will be a blessing to communities and their children. It’s the perfect summer outreach for youth and their parents to do together! Please e-mail or call Diana at dianah@kidsaroundtheworld.com or 815-229-8731 to find out more.

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