Veronica's Place Playground Project
Veronica's Place is tax deductible Eagle Scout Project has been completed. The intent was to expand the Jefferson playground. Zac Blohm partnered with Jefferson Elementary PTA to build a playground for our school. Although this was an aggressive Eagle Scout project, Zac's project was completed with the support of the community which will help the students at Jefferson Elementary live healthy active lives. Jefferson Elementary PTA is a 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Organization.
Check Out Zac on Fox 6 News!
Click on the Pictures below to see the two segments Fox 6 ran with Zac
Click on the Pictures below to see the two segments Fox 6 ran with Zac
Information About the Playground Project
Zac has been involved in a ton of really cool events this year. Here are a few of his favorites!
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Zac was invited by the Jefferson Cub Scouts to attend their Pack Meeting. The agenda for this meeting was to reward the cubs that met their fundraising goal to throw a pie at a leader. They invited Zac to be a pie victim too. Boys were also able to purchase extra pies to throw to benefit the playground project. Its was a ton of fun!
The Cubs suprised Zac with a check for $500.00 they raised themselves to support Zac and the playground project. How cool is that! |
Zac spent a lot of time promoting Box Tops for Education during the last year. This was one way the kids at Jefferson could really get involved with the project. Together Zac and the students at Jefferson collected 54,580 box tops to earn $5458.00! This video clip is the Box Top Competition Party the students won for helping Zac and the playground.
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Zac hosted a Spaghetti dinner during the Jefferson Parent Teacher night. The event was a big sucess thanks to help from the Jefferson parents and staff that donated raffle items, Zac's scout friends from Oak Creek, Zac's family and the 5th grade Jefferson Students that volunteered to help. The event raised $1800.00 for the playground. |
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Zac's number one idea to raise money for the playground was to have a rummage sale. The original plan was to rent space at 7 mile fair for a weekend but Zac got so much great stuff donated to the sale if was impossible to transport. Lucky for Zac he has parents that were willing to let him take over the family's yard, garage, and driveway for two weekends. Zac hoped to raise $1000.00 for the sale but was shocked he actually raised $3500.00. Thanks to all the great donations from Zac's Oak Creek Scout group, the Jefferson families and staff as his family and friends the sale was a success.
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One of Zac's favorite things to do in Middle School was to attend dances at the Legion Hall in Oak Creek. He decided to take that concept to West Allis and use the Central Field House as his location. West Allis Middle School Students were invited to dance or play ball for the night for a $5.00 admission. To date Zac has raised $1873.00 with the two dances he hosted in the fall. He is planning another dance event on May 9th! |