Toro helps build playground for kids in need

The Toro Company today teamed with the Minnesota Vikings, the Minneapolis Public Schools and local non-profits and residents to help Minneapolis children.

More than 200 volunteers helped build a new playground at Sheridan Arts Magnet School. The new playground’s design is based on local kids’ drawings. The playground project is meant to inspire kids to break away from the TV and play outside more. According to the event press release, only 20 percent of children live within walking distance of a park or playground, a reality, it stated, that “is having profound consequences for kids physically, socially and cognitively.”

The new playground will provide more than 500 Minneapolis children with a safe place to play. Currently, the children who attend Sheridan Arts Magnet School play on out-dated playground equipment, which will be replaced.