Engineering Students Help To Build Playground in Yonkers

Ten civil and environmental engineering students spent two days in September helping to build a playground in Trevor Park in Yonkers, N.Y. The park was severely damaged by a storm last year and thanks to the City of Yonkers receiving a grant from KaBoom!, a nonprofit organization that builds playgrounds around the United States, Manhattan students were able to participate in the cause.

“We had a chance to work with professionals in the construction field, who helped us to gain valuable hands-on work experience that we would not necessarily obtain in an internship,” said Jenna Puliafico, a senior and civil engineering major. “Some of the work experience that we performed was excavating, cutting wood, assembling trash can holders, benches, and playground equipment, and mixing and pouring concrete."

Engineering students pictured including (from left to right) Aikaterini Zoulis, David Velez, April Williams (Parks Co-Chair), Kara Hoffman (Kaboom! Project Manager), Jenna Puliafico, Frank Cimmino; and Allaire O'Connor and Thomas Webber (kneeling).