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Fun at Preston Community Park

May 11, 2016 12:00 am • Last Updated: May 11, 2016 11:10 pm

By Dana Jensen
Staff Photographer

d.jensen@theday.com

Moira Yim, Sadie Brown, Hanna Cochran and Grace Turner all of Preston Veterans Memorial School play with a ball that earlier was part of a obstacle course during the Unified Club of Preston's year end celebration at Preston Community Park, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. The club, celebrating their first year, brings kids in grades 3-5 from Preston Veterans Memorial School and kids grades 6-8 from Preston Plains Middle School with and with out disabilities together to spread inclusion. The club is part of Special Olympics and was started last year when two Norwich Free Academy students, Connie Ma and Jeff Hynes, involved in the NFA Unified Club received a grant. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Moira Yim, Sadie Brown, Hanna Cochran and Grace Turner all of Preston Veterans Memorial School play with a ball that earlier was part of a obstacle course during the Unified Club of Preston's year end celebration at Preston Community Park, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. The club, celebrating their first year, brings kids in grades 3-5 from Preston Veterans Memorial School and kids grades 6-8 from Preston Plains Middle School with and with out disabilities together to spread inclusion. The club is part of Special Olympics and was started last year when two Norwich Free Academy students, Connie Ma and Jeff Hynes, involved in the NFA Unified Club received a grant.

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