Lowe’s, Carolina Panthers meet the Challenge
The Carolina Panthers football team and Lowe’s Home Improvement recently unveiled an updated Play 60 Challenge Course in Charlotte, N.C.
Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation estimates 65,000 people use the Play 60 Challenge Course each year and more than 1.5 million visit the park annually.
About 50 Boys and Girls Club members joined the Panthers and Lowe’s in giving the course a $250,000 refresh. This includes a variety of new fun and challenging obstacles designed to develop agility, balance and coordination for both children and adults. It maintained some of the play space’s popular features, including the 40-yard dash.
Nearly 60 volunteers from Lowe’s and vendor partner Sakrete had a day of service to help upgrade the challenge course. Volunteers assembled and installed equipment, pouring 43,000 pounds of concrete to anchor the course in place.
Boys & Girls Club members were led to the course by Panthers players Torrey Smith and Efe Obada, mascot Sir Purr and the Top Cats. Following a brief ceremony, the club members became the first to run the 50-yard dash on the updated course.
The Panthers and Lowe’s previously partnered to build another Play 60 Challenge Course in Charlotte and renovated a local high school football field.
Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation estimates 65,000 people use the Play 60 Challenge Course each year and more than 1.5 million visit the park annually.
About 50 Boys and Girls Club members joined the Panthers and Lowe’s in giving the course a $250,000 refresh. This includes a variety of new fun and challenging obstacles designed to develop agility, balance and coordination for both children and adults. It maintained some of the play space’s popular features, including the 40-yard dash.
Nearly 60 volunteers from Lowe’s and vendor partner Sakrete had a day of service to help upgrade the challenge course. Volunteers assembled and installed equipment, pouring 43,000 pounds of concrete to anchor the course in place.
Boys & Girls Club members were led to the course by Panthers players Torrey Smith and Efe Obada, mascot Sir Purr and the Top Cats. Following a brief ceremony, the club members became the first to run the 50-yard dash on the updated course.
The Panthers and Lowe’s previously partnered to build another Play 60 Challenge Course in Charlotte and renovated a local high school football field.