my first build as a second

My supervisor at KaBOOM! wrote this about my first playground build (San Jose)!:

San Jose, CA;
The Home Depot and Seven Trees Homeowners Association

And, last but not least, Tabitha led a build in San Jose, California. Hope was out there as a Second for the first time and did a ‘fabulous’ job. The build did come with its challenges as the volunteers (~60) from one local The Home Depot store did not come out for the day as they were mourning the recent death earlier in the week of one of their Associates. In spite of this sad news, the volunteers who did come out (100-125) definitely helped to make the day a success. In addition to building the playground, they painted the basketball court, built planter benches, and did a lot of landscaping including creating a butterfly garden. Sherry Caraway came out from The Home Depot. As with the other builds yesterday, there was a lot of media – Evening Magazine was out for the whole day and NBC and ABC also both were there. The kids learned how to plant flowers and then each one brought home a marigold to plant at home. Congrats to Tabitha and Hope for a job well done.