People Fund and YAC grants help FLSP meet match grant to purchase playground equipment for State Park

People Fund and YAC grants help FLSP meet match grant to purchase playground equipment for Ludington State Park

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Friends of Ludington State Park recently raised the $15,000 it needed to match a $62,727.50 grant offered by playground equipment manufacturer GameTime and the equipment has been ordered for the proposed accessible playground at the Hamlin Lake beach area of Ludington State Park.

The $15,000 goal was achieved from a  $5,000 grant  Great Lakes Energy People Fund, along with a  grant of $846 from the Youth Advisory Council of the Community Foundation for Mason County and many individual donors for FLSP. The GameTime grant covers half the cost of $125,000 equipment.

FLSP still has to raise about $75,000 for the poured in place surfacing which is a key for greater accessibility and is seen as safer than other surfacing options.

FLSP plans to build a highly accessible, family friendly, two-playscape playground at the Hamlin Lake picnic area in Ludington State Park. The total project is estimated to cost $202,000.

More project information and a video of the accessible playground are available of the Friends of Ludington State Park Facebook page and its website, www.ludingtonfriends.com.