Local elementary gets playground map
Stacy Barnes
A group of volunteers from the AT&T Telecom Pioneers painted a large U.S. map on the basketball court of Mustang Valley Elementary’s playground Saturday. Twelve members of the Omega Delta Phi Fraternity from The University of Oklahoma lent their talents to the project, which took nearly five hours to complete. In all, close to 25 people worked on the map.
The AT&T Telecom Pioneers is a philanthropic organization dedicated to serving the community in a variety of ways. They paint at least three U.S. maps per year at area schools in addition to a host of other community projects. Members of the group volunteer their time at Hornets and Redhawks games, participate in an asthma walk and a heart walk to raise money for those causes and do “Christmas in April”, where members spend eight to ten hours on home innovations for a needy family.
This summer the group donated fans for the elderly and gave money to the Fireman’s Fund during the wild fires. The group also shows concern for the environment. Each year the Pioneers conduct a phone book pick up to recycle books from metro businesses. They also pick up trash in local parks.
“Our main focus is education,” said Publicity Chairman Rick Parker. “We are very involved in junior achievement.”
Money to pay for the group’s civic activities comes from dues, and internal fundraisers.
“We bring in vendors and get a portion of their proceeds,” said Vicki Broaddrick, Education Coordinator for the group. Broaddrick, who arranged for Valley’s map to be painted, says she will also give the school a packet of games for the children to play on the map.
“The games are oriented around helping them (students) identify the states,” Broaddrick said.
Stacy Barnes
A group of volunteers from the AT&T Telecom Pioneers painted a large U.S. map on the basketball court of Mustang Valley Elementary’s playground Saturday. Twelve members of the Omega Delta Phi Fraternity from The University of Oklahoma lent their talents to the project, which took nearly five hours to complete. In all, close to 25 people worked on the map.
The AT&T Telecom Pioneers is a philanthropic organization dedicated to serving the community in a variety of ways. They paint at least three U.S. maps per year at area schools in addition to a host of other community projects. Members of the group volunteer their time at Hornets and Redhawks games, participate in an asthma walk and a heart walk to raise money for those causes and do “Christmas in April”, where members spend eight to ten hours on home innovations for a needy family.
This summer the group donated fans for the elderly and gave money to the Fireman’s Fund during the wild fires. The group also shows concern for the environment. Each year the Pioneers conduct a phone book pick up to recycle books from metro businesses. They also pick up trash in local parks.
“Our main focus is education,” said Publicity Chairman Rick Parker. “We are very involved in junior achievement.”
Money to pay for the group’s civic activities comes from dues, and internal fundraisers.
“We bring in vendors and get a portion of their proceeds,” said Vicki Broaddrick, Education Coordinator for the group. Broaddrick, who arranged for Valley’s map to be painted, says she will also give the school a packet of games for the children to play on the map.
“The games are oriented around helping them (students) identify the states,” Broaddrick said.
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