This is the rendering of what the new playground looks like at Cawston Primary.

Fundraiser 50/50 brings in over $2,000 for Cawston Primary School playground

The Parent Advisory Committee arranged the fundraiser to help pay for the new playground

A Burnaby resident took home the prize for the Cawston Primary School Parent Advisory Commmittee’s 50/50 fundraiser.

The winner will take $2,035 of the $4,070 total in tickets, with the other half going to support paying for the school’s new playground.

The playground at Cawston Primary was recently replaced with a brand-new set of connected slides, monkey bars and other stations that are challenging, fun, and also accommodate children with limited mobility. The kids love it, said a PAC member helping to organize the 50/50 fundraiser. This year the PAC is trying a new format of a fundraiser, an online 50/50 draw.

The draw for the fundraiser was on Feb. 12.

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