Neighborhood and playground association Het Groene Hart envisioned it. A playground and meeting place in the beating heart of Zuidwolde. A place where people of all ages meet, play and play sports together, and there is room for small-scale activities and events. Veldsink Advies Zuidwolde helped the association with a crowdfunding campaign via Samen voor debuurt. Within five weeks, they together raised almost €10,000. More than enough to realize the project.
“A place in the Green Heart of Zuidwolde for young and old. Complete with benches, a picnic area and a large sports and games area where everyone can exercise and play together. This was the dream of neighborhood and playground association Het Groene Hart. And it became our dream too. The heart of the neighborhood gets a total makeover. And the nearby schoolyard is also being tackled. It is great to be able to contribute to such a tangible and eye-catching project”, says Marjon Veldsink.
Successful action
“We welcomed the association as a customer last year. And then they immediately entered into a discussion about the possibilities of a crowdfunding campaign. So we did that in December-January. It was a very successful campaign. It wasn’t easy. Due to corona and the lockdown, we had to look for other ways to recruit donors. We wrote to entrepreneurs, posted messages on social media and approached local newspapers. We are very proud that we managed to raise almost € 10,000 within five weeks for this beautiful project.”
The football field is already there, and in a few weeks the construction of the climbing course with slide and cable car will start.
This article is the product of a collaboration between the editors of Dagblad van het Noorden and Wolder Courant