GET
GET OUT
GET OUT AND ENJOY IT, VANESSA >>.
>>.
>>. ALL
>>. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. ANDREW, THANK YOU.
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN.
WELL, IT'S BEEN ALMOST THREE
YEARS SINCE THREE YEAR OLD
MITCHELL CHANG DROWNED AT A SAN
ANTONIO SWIM SCHOOL AND IN HIS
MEMORY AND TO CARRY ON HIS
LEGACY, HIS PARENTS CREATED
THE MITCHELL CHANG FOUNDATION
WITH HOPES OF BUILDING
INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS FOR ALL
FAMILIES TO ENJOY.
AND JOINING US THIS MORNING IS
APRIL CHANG, MITCHELL'S MOTHER
.
.
. SHE'S
. SHE'S JOINING US TO TELL US
ABOUT THE NEW PLAYGROUND
THEY'RE WORKING ON AND A
CONTEST.
CONTEST.
CONTEST. WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT IN
JUST A MINUTE.
BUT FIRST, APRIL, I WANT YOU TO
TELL US ABOUT MITCHELL AND HOW
YOU'VE INCORPORATED WHAT HE
LOVED INTO THESE PLAYGROUNDS.
OH, MITCHELL IS ALL ABOUT FUN
IN PIRATES AND HONESTLY ABOUT
JUST JOY AND SO WHEN DESIGNING
PLAYGROUNDS WE WERE THINKING
HOW WE BRING THE FUN AND JOY TO
OUR FAMILIES >>.
AND SPEAKING OF YOU SAY ALL
FAMILIES YOU WANT THEM TO BE
INCLUSIVE SO ALL KIDS HAVE A
CHANCE TO ENJOY THEM.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT HOW YOU
HAVE MADE THOSE JUDGMENTS TO
INCLUDE ALL KIDS?
OH >> MY GOODNESS.
IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S LIKE A
PUZZLE HONESTLY AND YOU GOT TO
FIT ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER
BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY
DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO
MANY >> INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH
DISABILITIES AND THEY'RE ALL
DIFFERENT KINDS.
DIFFERENT KINDS. AND SO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO
WORK IN HOW EVERYONE EVERY
FAMILY CAN INTERACT AND BUILD
LOVING MEMORIES ON THIS
PLAYGROUND >>.
PLAYGROUND >>. AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE VIDEO
THAT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO WE
WERE AT THE LATEST PLAYGROUND
AND YOU'RE PLANNING ANOTHER ONE
.
.
. YOU
. YOU CAN
. YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THOSE KIDS
LOVE IT FIRST OF ALL.
BUT YOU'RE DESIGNING THE OTHER
PLAYGROUND AND IT'S GETTING
TOWARDS COMPLETION AND THERE'S
A CONTEST.
A CONTEST. TELL US ABOUT THE PLAYGROUND
AND THE CONTEST >>.
OK, SO THIS IS MITCHELL'S
LANDING AT CLASS AND AND RICH
PARK AND WE DECIDED WE HAVE
FIVE RESIDENT MERMAIDS AT ATP'S
LAGOON AND IT WAS LANDING AND
WE DECIDED TO BRING THE FUN TO
THE KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY BY
INVITING THEM TO DESIGN.
THE MERMAID TELLS THE ACTUAL
MERMAID TALES THAT WILL BE IN
THE PLAYGROUND THAT CHILDREN
WILL CLIMB AND PLAY ON.
AND SO OUR FIVE WINNING
ENTRANCE WILL ACTUALLY BE OUR
MERMAID TAILS >> SO EXCITED FOR
THE KIDS.
THE KIDS.
THE KIDS. WE'LL TELL ME HOW THE MERMAID
TAILS FIT INTO THE THEME OF
THE NEW PLAYGROUND.
SO MITCHELL'S >> LANDING IS A
PIRATE THEME PLAYGROUND.
WE HAVE A SHIPWRECKED PIRATE
SHIP, A SPANISH MISSION IN A
MARSH BOG AND OVER WHERE
THE PIRATE SHIP IS.
IT'S IT'S A BEAUTIFUL LAGOON
AND THESE REALLY HUGE CLIMBING
ROCKS AND WE THOUGHT TO BRING A
LITTLE BIT OF FINE IN ALMOST
FANTASY AND THERE WITH
THE MERMAID TAILS HONESTLY AND
IT JUST WORKS REALLY WELL
BECAUSE THE MERMAIDS CAN HELP
HELP THE SAILORS THROUGH THEIR
JOURNEY HONESTLY THROUGH THIS
LAGOON IT'S REALLY ANY SORT OF
IMAGINATIVE PLAY THE CHILD
WANTS TO >> HAVE AND HOW
EXCITING FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE A
PART IN THAT.
SO YOU'RE CHOOSING FIVE KIDS
AND TELL US ABOUT THE CONTEST
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. HOW CAN KIDS GET INVOLVED AND
HOW LONG THEY HAVE EQUALS >>
ANYONE ANY CHILDREN K THROUGH
EIGHTH GRADE THAT'S IN THERE OR
THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND
THEY JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE
THE MITCHELL CHANG FOUNDATION
AND DOG AND THEY DOWNLOAD
THE COLORING SHEET, COLOR IT,
DO YOUR BEST WORK IT REALLY
PICTURE SEND TO THE EMAIL SUPER
SUPER EASY AND >> YOU HAVE
UNTIL APRIL 30TH TO SEND THAT
IN.
IN.
IN. SO
IN. SO MOMS AND DADS IF YOU'RE
WATCHING THIS MORNING GET OVER
THERE AND DOWNLOAD THAT.
I'VE SEEN THE DRAWING.
IT'S GREAT AND HOW EXCITING FOR
KIDS IN OUR AREA TO KNOW THEY
MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING
IT ONE DAY >>.
YES.
YES.
YES. ALL
YES. ALL RIGHT >>, APRIL, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US.
WE ALSO HAVE A LINK TO THAT
COLORING SHEET ON OUR WEBSITE
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. IT CAN FIVE DOTCOM WE CAN'T SEE
APRIL.
APRIL.
APRIL. YOU HAVE A HARD JOB JUDGING ALL
THOSE IN THE FUTURE.
I WAS INTIMIDATING HONESTLY.
I LOVE ALL ALREADY.
I DO IT'S YEAH.
IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO DECIDE
.
.
. WELL,
. WELL, THANK YOU APRIL FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT
PLAYGROUND WHEN YOU WIN, IS
THE PLAYGROUND GOING TO BE
FINISHED?
FINISHED?
FINISHED? DO YOU HAVE A DATE?
WELL, THE CITY IS PROJECTING
DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR SO IT'S
IT'S GETTING IT'S GOING TO BE
IT'S SO CLOSE LIKE RECORDING
EQUIPMENT IN JUNE AND IT'S
GOING T BE A LONG PROCESS.
IT'S A BIG PLAYGROUND AND YEAH
,HOPEFULLY DECEMBER IT'LL BE
ALREADY AND KIDS WILL BE
PLAYING AND >> HAVING SO MUCH
FUN ON IT WHICH IS ALL WE WANT
>>