The North Beach Playground, designed by local kids and built by local volunteers, provides children of Greater Racine and Racine County, plus visitors, a well-designed, safe environment to develop physical skills, socially interact, and just have fun. Children can see, explore, and experience a unique playground structure on the beach while learning about the nautical history of the Great Lake in Racine. Construction of the 20,000 square-foot playground was accomplished with volunteers from the community using the old-fashioned barn-raising method over a six-day period. This coincided with Make a Difference Day 2003 in late October.

This project is very similar effort to the Kids Connection Playground project successfully completed in Mount Pleasant/Caledonia Park in 2000. Our goal was to facilitate a similar community volunteer project to galvanize residents of downtown Racine and from all over Racine County.

The current project cost estimate is $235,000.

To help in the fundraising and volunteer effort, a portable display of pictures and information was created.