About Our Beneficiary
Hope Park Frisco, our 2012 Beneficiary, is dedicated to forever changing the landscape of Frisco. Hope Park is building an all-inclusive park to suit all children at any age, with a focused consideration for children with special needs. This 13,000 square foot play adventure will bring children together and help them build self-confidence, make friends and play as equals. Imagine a place where a child with special needs can play side by side with their brother, sister or peer. This parks design will be interactive invoking a sensory play experience that engages children at many developmental levels. The children of Frisco drew hundreds of pictures of what they thought the park should look like. The designers revised them and incorporated those elements into the parks design. This includes a tree house, train, western themed “tot lot” and many other great ideas.
As of Oct 2011 FISD student population is 40,133 and the Special Needs Population is 3638 making it (9.06%) of the students which are in some type of special education program. Hope Park will be built by hundreds of volunteers from our community. This will be a week long project that everyone can participate in. Communities built projects inspire everyone who participates in them with a sense of ownership and pride. This park will become a focus of our community life and create a promising future for all children to have a place to learn, grow and play. “All of our parks are ADA friendly, but this is more specialized,” Frisco Mayor Maher Maso said. “It’s a great concept. It’s one I support.”Maso said he liked that the park would be for all children, not just those with special needs. “This is just one more partnership that, frankly, I think, fits a need of the community,” he said.
Since 2009, Frisco Women’s League’s annual Mother and Daughter Tea has raised over $72,000 for local charities, including:
2011: $37,760 for City House
2010: $23,500 for Heroes for Children
2009: $11,000 for Heroes for Children
