On October 28, 2005, more than 100 volunteers joined the Trust for Public Land (TPL) to help rebuild El Club del Barrio Peace Playground in Newark, New Jersey. Volunteers assembled and installed playground equipment, poured concrete, repaired cracks in the playground, and landscaped the South Ward park as part of the National Association of Industrial Office Properties NJ-NAIOP's sixth annual Build Day. More than $100,000 worth of volunteer labor, in-kind services, and donations were poured into the rebuilding of park, originally developed by TPL in 1995.

The ten-year-old playground was built by TPL to help address the critical need for safe, accessible places for children to play in Newark. The space is owned by El Club del Barrio, a community nonprofit that uses the playground for its after school program and recreational activities throughout the year. Children from the adjacent Lady Liberty Academy depend on the space for recess and recreation, and nuns from the nearby convent help supervise the playground, which serves as the site for recreational activities and also is a popular retreat for nearby residents and children.

The Trust for Public Land is a national nonprofit that conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, gardens, and other natural places. Through Parks for People.Newark, the organization is addressing the overwhelming need for additional safe playgrounds in the underserved communities of New Jersey's largest city. The Trust for Public Land's Parks for People initiative works in cities across America to ensure that everyone.in particular, every child.enjoys access to a park, playground or open space.

Rebuilding a neighborhood park with the help of community volunteers