Ocean City's playground will be named for Benjamin Wheeler, a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in 2012.
WHO: “Where Angels Play” founded by the NJFMBA (New Jersey Firemen’s Mutual Benevolent Assn.) have now completed 22 Playgrounds after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Sandy and the Sandy Hook tragedy.
WHAT: Will dedicate the new Playground in Ocean City to honor the life and personality of Benjamin Wheeler, a student who tragically lost his life on December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut...
WHERE: At 2901 West Ave. in Ocean City next to the Fire House.
WHEN: Sunday, May 18th at 11 a.m., a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will be held at the site to open the new facility. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.
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MORE INFO: For further information on the Ocean City project call Laurie Howey Taylor at
(609) 525-9285 or email
[email protected]. John Murphy, president of FMBA Local 27, Ocean City Fire Fighters and City staff worked with the Where Angels Play Foundation and local businesses to complete the Project in Ocean City. For information, or to donate to the Sandy Ground Project, please visit
www.thesandygroundproject.org.
