It takes a lot of people to make a project like this work. Mr. Ness could never do it alone. Through some interesting circumstances, some wonderful people became involved with this playground project- people who would have never thought they'd be traveling to places like Tobago, Belize and St Lucia to reassemble playgrounds. 

As Mr Ness tried to figure out how he was going to get a playground, he was told this was an impossible task because the playground would cost  a lot of money and the trip fee would be a lot of money, but he never gave up. Then  one day he got a phone call from Mr. Gary Debney from CDC Recreation, offering him  a playground for free- this was the start of a miracle. After finding a container and some further help, he was off to Tobago! To his surprise, Mr. Debney, an expert playground builder, offered to send a couple of playground inspectors along to ensure the playground got built properly. This was an incredible offer since Mr. Ness had never built a playground before. This brought several leaders together, Wayne Baptist from the City of Calgary and Ray Hauck from the Calgary Board of Education. Their wives have joined the teams as well, helping Mr. Ness' wife Gloria Ness with the cooking.

Ms. Susan Malkinson, a high school math teacher at Master's Academy and College, supervises the students and works alongside them in the building. The high school students are heavily involved in the work project and help the leaders get things done. 

Without all of these leaders Mr. Ness would have never succeeded in his dream.

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SCOTT