Elwell Field

Help BUILD “The Castle” at Elwell Field
We Need People and Tools!

When: June 9 & 10 (sat/sun)
Where: Elwell Field (Ardmore Ave & Morris Rd)
How: Contact ElwellVols@comcast.net to sign up ASAP

Looking for:
• Shovelers and heavy lifters
• Team leaders (construction experience preferred)
• General helpers
• Lots of tools

Building a play structure is FUN and REWARDING! Come on out!
(The build will be coordinated by professionals from Designed For Fun)

To learn more go to... What to Expect on Build Weekend

Thanks to the tireless efforts of community members (aka, the SABA Playground Committee) and the leadership of Commissioners Jeff Heilmann and Larry Holmes, and Parks & Rec Dept.'s Eric Gillard and Tim Denny,we have secured funding for a beautiful new play structure to replace the old Castle at Elwell Field.

Now all we have to do is build it.

We'll be doing a community build on June th and 10th, and we need all the skilled/semi skilled volunteers we can get. If you're interested, or you've got tools to offer, please contact elwellvols@comcast.net. If we all pitch in for 2 days, we can improve the neighborhood for generations to come.

More details to follow. We will be having at least one general planning/informational meeting with interested volunteers within the next few weeks.

On Monday, July 4th, we’ll be holding our annual South Ardmore Independence Day celebration! Bring your children, nieces, nephews, grandkids, and of course, your neighbors. Our event begins with a parade of bikes, strollers and wagons decked out in red, white and blue, leaving from Chestnutwold Elementary at 10am. We will wind our way through the neighborhood and end up in Elwell Field, where kids can participate in field events, compete in the “best-decorated” contest, and get their faces painted. There is no rain date for this event. If the weather is questionable, please check our website to verify whether we will proceed.

Note that WE DESPERATELY NEED VOLUNTEERS in order for this event to succeed.

If you plan to attend, please consider helping out, even if it’s just for an hour. Or let us know if you can be in a leadership role.

Not going to be around? Perhaps you can do something to help us prep.

You can also contribute something to our SABA Bake Sale Table.

As many of you may have noticed, the large wooden playground piece at Elwell Field has been fenced off and inaccessible for a few weeks. As some of you may have noticed, it was removed from the park today. This leaves a large empty space in the park and in the hearts of the neighborhood children.

The township had determined that much of the wood was damaged, making the piece unsafe, so they fenced it off. They then determined that enough of the wood was damaged that it was beyond repair and needed to be removed.

The piece was purchased in 1990 for $30,000 and was the premier playground piece in the township at the time. Unfortunately, time has taken its toll. At the time, it was purchased with HUD funds. Some HUD funding, and possibly other resources, can be available to purchase a new piece, but not nearly enough to cover the cost.