School carnival completes goal for new playground equipment

An open house Spring Carnival at Green Acres Elementary may just have been the cherry on the cake – or, in this case, the red nose on the clown – that will allow the school to purchase much-needed playground equipment.

For about two years now, parents have been trying to raise money to help the school’s goal of replacing outdated playground structures. Through bingo game nights, food establishment fundraisers, T-shirt sales and donations from the…