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Golf fans step up to challenge, bring new playground to Florida community

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Volunteers pose in front of the playground they built on April 12 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo Courtesy of KaBOOM!)

Volunteers pose in front of the playground they built on April 12 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo Courtesy of KaBOOM!)

By taking steps to improve their own health, golf fans at last year’s THE PLAYERS Championship won the 2013 Humana Walkit Challenge and helped make it possible for the residents of Sable Palms Apartments in Jacksonville, Fla., to enjoy a new multigenerational playground.

The community lacked a safe environment in which to gather with friends and family, exercise and have fun. That problem was solved April 12 when hundreds of volunteers built a community-designed playground in one day. The gathering space includes traditional kid-friendly playground equipment, a community garden and adult elements, such as fitness stations and walking paths.

The playground is the most recent of several built as part of a partnership between Humana, the Humana Foundation and KaBOOM!, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring all children have the opportunity to have fun and enjoy the physical activity needed to thrive.

Joining the Humana Foundation and KaBOOM! as partners in Jacksonville were Community Connections of Jacksonville, Florida State College at Jacksonville and THE PLAYERS Championship.

The Jacksonville location was chosen after fans attending last year’s THE PLAYERS Championship won the 2013 Humana Walkit Challenge, a contest that inspired those attending PGA TOUR events across the country to walk, track their steps and win a playground for a local community. The nearly 14 million steps taken by fans at THE PLAYERS Championship won the contest – and the playground – for Jacksonville.

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