Dunkin' Donuts Raises Funds for Miracle Park

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Dunkin' Donuts which opened July 10 at 1620 N. Ankeny Boulevard will celebrate a grand opening Friday to raise funds for Ankeny Miracle Park.

Anyone who makes a cash donation from 7 to 10 a.m. Friday to the Ankeny Miracle Park/Miracle League Field and All-Inclusive Playground project will receive free coffee coupons and free Dunkin' Donuts travel mugs. Jeff Kelderman of LJK Holdings of Johnston who also opened the Ames Dunkin' Donuts plans to give $1,000 to the park fund and a ribbon cutting is scheduled for 9 a.m.

The committee has $1.144 million on hand and hopes to raise $1.2 million for an all inclusive ball field and play ground near the ball fields at Hawkeye Park.

Efforts to build the park are a collaboration between the City of Ankeny, the Ankeny Kiwanis Club, and the Miracle Park steering committee. The organizations estimate that as many as 3,500 children with special needs will make use of the ball field and play ground. About 800 of those children live right in Ankeny.

Work to create the field has been done on a volunteer basis with the hopes of opening the field as early as this fall.

Organizers also hope to add a rubberized surface for the field and playground, fencing, bleachers, dugouts, field lighting, sensor play equipment and more.

Learn more about how to help here: http://www.ankenymiracleleague.com/donate/