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In an effort to promote "volunteerism," First Ladies Michelle Obama and Maria Shriver kicked off a national community service campaign today (United We Serve) at the playground of Bret Harte Elementary School. But Obama wasn't just talk; she joined more than 500 local volunteers to redo the school's playground. The new kid-space will include "an edible garden that will have a farmer's market stand where kids and seniors can sell vegetables to raise money for the school," reports NBC Bay Area. The playground is is expected to be completed by 5 p.m. today. (Say what you will about the Obama administraion, you would never have found Laura Bush doing manual labor in the Bayview-Hunter's Point hood.)
Here are some scenes from today's construction.
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Horray! Photo opportunities! Hopefully the playground will stay intact for at least a season.
(this is the first time I've seen Skeletor -- err, I mean Mrs. Guvernator -- in at least a full year)
Volunteer! Volunteer! and please never ask why your tax dollars are being used for endless wars/bailing out fatcats rather than building new schools and play equipment. Ahh, Grover Norquist's dream come true.
Amen. Fuck your thousand points of light.
But still. She's been to Hunter's Point more than I have.