Volunteers from the United Way, the Postal Service, and other agencies got together to assist Success by 6 in building a much-needed playground and in accomplishing other necessary maintenance and improvements.
Kollege for Tots is a daycare and after-school center that sits on the edge of a subsidized housing complex in Huffman, Alabama. Students range in age from 18 months through 11 years old.
Owner Mary Louise Murdock has been operating at this location for 24 years, and was so excited to have been chosen as a recipient of help from Success for 6, a program that strives to prepare children for success in elementary school.
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| Four-year-old class and their teacher at Kollege for Tots |
“We scrimp and save and have fund-raisers," said Murdock. "I have been in this business for 44 years, and this is the first time that anybody has ever done anything like this for us."
Murdock described the environment that is frequently present in the neighborhood. "Sometimes, we have to close the blinds because there will be people right outside urinating.”
And home isn't necessarily any better. “If you could only see how some of these kids have to live," Murdock said. "I've looked in apartment windows where students are living and have sometimes seen no furniture. You don’t realize what you’ve got until you see what others don’t have.”
Volunteers work to clean the yard.
Postal employee Valerie Johnson helps prepare a fence for painting.
.Kids and volunteers pause for a picture on the new slide.
All children deserve safe and fun places to learn and play, and thanks to the United Way and your donations, kids at Kollege for Tots can't wait to break in their new playground.
