The N.C. Recreation and Park Association is partnering with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of N.C. to make communities more active and promote healthy living.
BCBSNC provided grants to communities across the state to install PlayPrints which are ground markings that form colorful shapes and images.
The Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department received one of these grants. The Hargraves Community Center is the only park in Chapel Hill installing PlayPrints.
Nate Davis, supervisor of the center, said one will be located in front of the center, two near the playground and picnic shelter and one near the swimming pool.
Davis said the project is scheduled for Sept. 28 and should not last more than a week.
The BCBSNC press release said that children become more physically active in playgrounds with PlayPrints.
“It will be a great addition for the facility and the young kids,” said Davis. “It will give them some extra things to do when they’re outside playing.”
The additions will be available not just for the kids that attend the after-school programs and summer day camps at Hargraves, but for all members of the Chapel Hill and Carrboro communities.
Jessica Rauschenberg, spokeswoman of BCBSNC, said the PlayPrints are designed by a North Carolina vendor.