lay meters for at sa ‘Keurig DrPepper: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ilinots Ability Sports: John Lorek, 512-212-1259 Havana CUSD #126: Supt. R. Mathew Plater, 305-543-3384, mplater@havana126 net KaBOOM!: Caroline Finnell, 202-464-6164, cfinnell@kaboom.org Keurig Dr Pepper and KaBOOM! Award Illinois Ability Sports Let’s Play Construction Grant Havana, IL (August 4th, 2018) - Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) and the national non-profit KaBOOM! awarded Illinois Ability Sports a Let's Play Community Construction Grant that will be used in part to purchase and install playground equipment for Havana Junior High School. ‘The playground build is made possible by Let's Play, an initiative by KOP to provide the funding, equipment and play spaces to help kids and families make active play a dally priority. Through Let's Play, KDP and its partners are committed to helping create safe and inspiring PLAY ces for Havana kids to learn, explore, grow and just be kids. “This will be such a beautiful addition for the Havana CUSD #126 Students and surrounding Communities to ensure play is a vital part of everyday.” John Lorek, Executive Director of Illinois Ability Sports. llinois Ability Sports and Havana Superintendent Matt Plater, have agreed on an equipment design that will cost $50,000 when fully installed. The project will include a concrete pad with a rubber protective base layer and an obstacle style course that students can complete. It will be installed behind the Havana Junior High School. This $15,000 KaBOOM! grants the first step toward completing this project. We are hoping to win other grant and Charity awarded funds to help us complete the project this school year. KDP has committed $38.5 million to Let's Play through 2019, impacting youth-serving organizations across the USS., as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, Through Let's Play, KDP partners with two non-profit organizations, KaBOOM! and Good Sports, to build and improve playgrounds in underserved communities and provide grants for sports equipment. In this way, KDP is doing its part to help eliminate the play deficit by making active play possible for more kids. Visit Let's Play at www.LetsPlay.com to join the conversation and learn how to apply for the various available grants to make communities more active and playful About llinois Ability Sports: Ilinois Ability Spors is @ proud Partner/Advocate with the U.S. President's Council on Fitness, Sports, & Nuttion’s “I Can Do it, ‘You Can Do It Inclusion program. We serve many low income and Disable individuals in the Central ilinois Region with yearly Jistributions to less fortunate children and their families. We have a National Network relationship with many organizations to be able to reach out across America to help them serve their communities as well. This project willbe appreciated by the students for many years to come. About Let's Play Let's Play is an initiative by Keurig Dr Pepper to provide the funding, equipment and play spaces to help kids and families make active play a daily priority. KDP partners with KaBOOM! to build and improve playgrounds and with Good Sports to provide sports equipment grants to kids that would otherwise not have access. Let's Play has already provided more than 11 milion kids new opportunities to play. With year-round grants available for new or improved playgrounds and sports equipment, Let's Play helps kids achieve balanced, well-rounded ifestyles. For more information, please visit LetsPlay.com or Facebook.conv/LetsPlay. ‘About KaBOOM!