New Playground Project Planned At Port Washington Children’s Center

PORT WASHINGTON, NY — A new playground project's groundbreaking at the Port Washington Children's Center is scheduled for May 11.

The project’s design will serve all children and help improve motor skills through innovative play features, the center wrote in a news release. These inclusive features ensure children with varying development needs can play together at the center.

The playground will be renamed after Faustina Lees, one of the center's co-founders. Lees helped create the children center because she saw the need for affordable childcare in her diverse community and put in the work to make it happen.

The groundbreaking is scheduled for 11 a.m. May 11 at the center, at 232 Main St., Port Washington. The ceremony will include the opening of a memorial fountain for Lees, unveiling of renderings of the new playground, and speeches by elected officials. Finn McCools is providing appetizers.

The project is planned to be completed in the fall, with a ribbon cutting to be held as part of
the center’s Thanksgiving Day Parade at the Landmark on Main.

The playground rebuild is a collaboration of the center’s staff, board members, Parent Teacher
Organization, and funds privately raised by the nonprofit organization, the Port Washington
Children’s Center.

"The support of generous donors, like John Lees, has been immensely helpful in making this project possible," the center wrote.