July 10, 2024
Chase Carroll (left), 15, Ja’Lil Irving, 14, Charlee Hollis, 9, and Janelle Carroll cut a ribbon at the gazebo in Columbus Park on July 1, ceremoniously renaming a longstanding Village of Port Chester summer service to Wanda Irving’s Neighborhood Free Playground Program. Wanda Irving, who died in 2020, created the initiative in 2004.
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Wanda Irving’s legacy: Shaping P.C. summers
Village renames long-established free summer playground program after its founder
Janelle Carroll described her mother, Wanda Irving, as a community resource. “She was a staple in the community who could do everything. Whatever she didn’t know, she knew someone who did,” she said. “She touched a lot of people’s lives.” Though Irving died in 2020, Carroll has ensured her mother will continue to touch the hearts of the children in Port Chester—through Wanda Irving’s Neighborhood Free Playground Program.
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