Thousands of pieces, from the very tiniest washer to the largest sections of the swing assembly, had to be put together by hand, many, many hands during many, many hours. Some parts had to be assembled off site near the supply / parts tent (one of three tents flanking Mikey's Place). Other assembly had to take place on site. Locating the correct parts and making sure that everything fit together perfectly was a challenge at times, but the group succeeded admirably.

"Heather and Cara dedicated themselves to assembling the juvenile teeter totter off site; then took a well deserved rest before digging back at new assignments."

"Aunty Debbie" (Raymond)(Lt), daughter Merideth (and her fiance Brian) and others put an small, arched bridge span together in front of the supply tent. "Others," please sign in and we will introduce you to the world!"

It may look as if he is changing the oil... Instead the rocking table of the juvenile section of the playscape is being assembled off site, to be later installed near the kiddy "theatre."

"Lynne (Dobrow) and Claire (Carney)" took on the task of assembling the "fire engine" in the shade of the tree on the first weekend. Later, the watched as the engine was installed and then spread wood chips under and around it.

"Kevin Porter and Mark Raymond work on one of the most individually massive components of the playscape in the shade of an autumn tree. Click the picture and notice the shorts! This was a far cry from the second (cold and windy) weekend.

"Kurt Strasser (LT) and Bob Ludwig" work on one section of the very large swing assembly well off site. Others were simultaneously working on other pieces which were eventually put together and then by manpower were taken to the site.

"Brett Kimmer", construction specialist -- 6th grade student at Hanmer School! This remarkable lad was there many hours, every day of the project taking charge of the cement mixer, supervising others many times his senior, and helping out in other ways too.

"Keep it plumb!" was heard many times over the weekends. Here, John Sales, makes sure that the support is straight up and down in both directions (plumb).

"Putting in the intermediate sized swing set." In addition to this one, a smaller and larger set were also installed. Not only did the posts have to be plump, the horizontal piece had to be level.

"Putting it all together."

"The first piece" to be assembled on site comes together on 21 October, 2000. Many other similar pieces and sections had to added and connected to form the entire construct.

"Bob Ludwig" (Rt) works together with others on the 5-12 year-old section of the playscape on the second weekend. Concrete is being massaged in the footing hole (LT).