
At the ground-breaking for a new playground at Emma E. Booker
Elementary School - l. to r.: Booker student Tesla Gunderson, School
Superintendent Gary Norris, Booker student Crystal Bing, Mayor Fredd
Atkins, Emma E. Booker Principal Gwendolyn Rigell, School board
chairman Frank Kovach, Bill and Lennon Isaac, Christine Isaac, Quinn
Isaac and Education Foundation Board Chairman R. Scott Collins.
Ground-breaking for a new playground at Emma E. Booker Elementary
School
celebrates a Named Tribute gift from caring donors.
PRESS RELEASE

~"We are delighted to contribute to one facet of the gem that is
Booker Elementary School," said Bill and Christine Isaac in
announcing their funding of a new playground for the school.~ "We
hope this gift will help draw attention to the important needs this
school meets and to the many ways others can also help."
Photo credit: Randy Tosch,
Bryn-Alan Photography

Bill Isaac, Lennon, age 6, Christine Isaac,
and Quinn, age 4.
Bill and Christine Isaac
care deeply about our community and its children, so when the
Education Foundation approached them about the need for a new
playground at Emma E. Booker Elementary School, they were quick to
respond. With two beautiful children, Lennon, 6, and Quinn, 4, they
understand the value of active play.
The Isaac family invited Booker students to help them name the
playground. More than 250 essays poured into Principal Gwendolyn
Rigell's office, and two outstanding ones rose to the top. As a
result, the Isaacs were inspired to name the play area for one of
Bill Isaac's heroes - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As part of the
Education Foundation's Named Tribute Program, the park will carry
the name forever.
At the ground-breaking ceremony, the winning students, Tesla
Gunderson and Crystal Bing, received $500 gift cards and read their
essays before the audience that included Ed Foundation chair Scott
Collins, School Board chair Frank Kovach, Superintendent Gary
Norris, and Mayor Fredd Atkins. Ten gold shovels, compliments of
Jason Swift of Jon F. Swift, Inc., were used to move some sand to
make way for a gleaming play tower in the school colors of purple
and gold. |