Cooperating to build a playground from the ground up

 
 
 
 

 
 

 Briel Mack, 11, Carla Lopez, 10, Carlos Lopez, 12 Tawja Tymus, 9 and Ayanna Stanley, 7 hold the American flag in anticipation of the ribbon-cutting celebration of a new playground built in their community of Kenilworth Courts in NE Washington DC Friday June 13, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia

 Alma Powell, one of the nation's most longstanding advocates for children and youth, speaks at the ribbon-cutting celebration of a new playground built for the children of Kenilworth Courts in Northeast DC Friday June 13, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia

 Volunteers from JetBlue, DC Housing Authority, DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative, KaBOOM and residents from Kenilworth Courts in Northeast DC cheer at the ribbon-cutting celebration for a new playground built on Friday June 13, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia

                Residents of Kenilworth Courts show their appreciation for a new playground at the recreation center Friday June 13, 2014.  Volunteers from Jet Blue, DC Housing Authority, DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative, KaBOOM and the residents worked together to put the playground up in one day.  /  Photo by Nancy Shia