SNAP Entryway at Night Entryway for The John Mark Stallings Special Needs Accessible Playground (SNAP) which has just been completed (May, 2013) and is part of the Phase 3 playground project. Photo courtesy of Ferrell Vest  

GIVING TO SNAP FOR BIRTHDAY: Jordan Hale celebrated her 12th birthday in a different way than most sixth graders. Instead of asking her friends to bring gifts, she asked her friends to donate at least $5 to the John Mark Stallings Special Needs Accessible Playground. Bob Francis, project manager for the park, was on hand [...]

Ribbon Cutting & Opening Day Invitation for Saturday, May 25, 2013 Ribbon Cutting & SNAP Opening Day Invitation 2013 We have been VERY BUSY, and we are almost ready. We want YOU to Come & See what we’ve been doing! The John Mark Stallings Special Needs Accessible Playground of Morgan County (SNAP) Invites you to [...]

First phase of SNAP playground area nears completion   Posted By Brent Maze On April 8, 2013 (12:33 pm) In Hartselle, Morgan Countian,       News, News, NEWS — FEATURE SPOT, News Main, RSS Facebook, RSS Twitter –   Mark Edmondson helps install the Sway Fun Glider Saturday at he John Mark Stallings Special [...]

Special Olympics 2013 Here are some photos from this year’s Special Olympics at Ogle Stadium:

SNAP Work Day Saturday, April 6th, SNAP had a community build day for increment one of the final phase- here are some pphotos. GE volunteers helped, along with several others.

There were probably 1,000 kids attending the Morgan County Special Needs Rodeo this year.  They loved the face painting,  cotton candy, and special pony rides.  Here are some photos from the event.  It is so amazing to see how everyone is growing up.  Jordan, Larry, Clara and Conner have really grown.  Jordan is now 10 [...]

SNAP Project Nearing Completion – Decatur Daily Article 02-25-2013   Work continues Friday on the SNAP playground in Hartselle behind the Sparkman Civic Center. Bob Frances continues his fund raising efforts to complete the final stages of work on the playground. Click on Photo to see full article and all photos.

Here are some more photos of the cupola construction at The John Mark Stallings Special Needs Accessible Playground of Morgan County: Photos courtesy of Jack Templeton

SNAP Fans: After a long, hot summer of fun at the Splash Pad, cooler weather has arrived and the water has been turned off!  That means that construction of the Grand Entrance can go forward to completion.  Shown here are photos taken today.  I’ll update with more photos, as days go by, and indicate the names of some [...]

Mary Anne Howse and I made $362. in quilt ticket funds and donations on Friday – 4 hours at the Hartselle Civic Center inside yard sale and 5 hours in front of Wal Mart yesterday! Best of all, was yesterday!  Young Carsen Lovelady helped us and you should have seen him asking people to buy [...]

Huntsville Times Article – January 20, 2012 Morgan County’s Special Needs Splash Pad named ‘Best of Aquatics’ facility in nation Please click on link to see article: http://blog.al.com/breaking/2012/01/morgan_countys_special_needs_s.html

January 18, 2012 CONTACT: Bob Francis Project Manager 256-227-3483   PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:   SNAP Playground Receives Prestigious Award – 2011 Best of Aquatics   Hartselle, Alabama – The “John Mark Stallings Special Needs Accessible Playground (SNAP) of Morgan County” Splash Pad has been recognized by Aquatics International magazine as a “Best of [...]

The annual Morgan County Alabama Sheriff’s Rodeo kicks off on March 29th, 2012 with the “Special Needs Rodeo”. This special day allows all City and Morgan County special needs kids a day off from school – they will enjoy fun, food & games, along with hay rides, face painting and, of course, a preview of [...]

Hartselle Courier Journal, dated January 4, 2012 By Jennifer R. Hill Jennifer.Hill@hartsellecourierjournal.com The John Mark Stallings Special Needs Accessible Playground is entering the third and final phase of construction. Phase three will be built in two increments, first, the entry way under construction now, and lastly, the main playground area projected to be finished by [...]

More Photos from Randy Vest and District 2 volunteer efforts as they remain steadfast in helping to complete SNAP and have performed $7,400 in-kind work to this point.  THANK YOU! December 16, 2011 Photos provided by Jack Templeton

Randy Vest and District 2 remain steadfast in helping to complete SNAP and have performed $7,400 in-kind work to this point.  THANK YOU! December 16, 2011 Photos provided by Jack Templeton

Pictured are Daystar Church Members who performed landscape maintenance at the SNAP Complex on November 12, 2011.  The church volunteered this service to SNAP as one of its “Serve Projects”.  Existing landscape features and lawns were weeded and trimmed, and all bordering landscaped areas were freshened with new mulch.  The overall result of their work [...]

More photos from Daystar Church Volunteers on SNAP landscaping.August 12, 2011Photos provided by Jack Templeton

Daystar Church Volunteers provide landscaping for SNAP! August 12, 2011Photos provided by Jack Templeton

Lowe`s recently completed an increment of the SNAP complex perimeter landscaping. Store Manager Lee Rogers approached the SNAP organization last summer, offering to donate a $1200 grant for landscape items and labor to install, as a Lowe`s Heroes project.   Work was completed on November 11, 2011 at a total value of $2,000 for materials [...]

Lowe’s recently completed an increment of the SNAP Complex perimeter landscaping.  Store Manager, Lee Rogers, approached the SNAP organization last summer offering to donate a $1200 grant for landscape items and labor to install, as a Lowe’s Project.  The work was completed on November 11, 2011, a total value of $2000 of materials and labor.  [...]

Landscaping completed by Lowe’s Heros November 18, 2011 Photos provided by Jack Templeton

More photos of Lowe’s SNAP Heros November 17, 2011 Photos provided by Amanda Lambert, Lowe’s Hartselle

Here are more photos of Lowe’s SNAP HerosNovember 17, 2011Photos provided by Amanda Lambert, Lowe’s Hartselle

Lowe’s SNAP HerosNovember 17, 2011Photos provided by Amanda Lambert, Lowe’s Hartselle

Charlie Gandy, Vice President, NAIFA, presents a $3500 check for the John Mark Stallings Special Needs Accessible Playground of Morgan County (SNAP) to Bob Francis, Project Manager. The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) – Tennessee Valley has contributed annually to SNAP since the project began in 2007 & NAIFA has donated a [...]

Here is more information about the NAIFA Tennessee Valley Golf Tournament coming up on October 3, 2011, at Burningtree Country Club – proceeds to benefit The John Mark Stallings SNAP of Morgan County. For tickets and information, please contact the Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce at 256.773.4370.

Sign up to play today so a child can play tomorrow! NAIFA Tennessee Valley Golf Tournament coming up on October 3, 2011, at Burningtree Country Club – proceeds to benefit The John Mark Stallings SNAP of Morgan County. For tickets and information, please contact the Hartselle Area Chamber of Commerce at 256.773.4370.

Here’s the second load of scrap metal collected by Billy McAbee with Curb Appeal Cleaning Service, LLC, raising $110.40 for SNAP. The items came from the fine folks at B & G Tire, Edith Bennich, DeWayne Bennich, and Jay Rushen. Billy came up with the idea of collecting and selling recyclable metal for SNAP. If [...]

Here’s the first load of the new Scrap for SNAP money raising project being conducted by Billy McAbee with Curb Appeal Cleaning Service, LLC. Four photos are attached. Billy sold this load today for $110.96. He previously passed out letters of introduction to neighbors and some business owners, explaining that he is collecting and selling [...]

Tuesday of this week included “Christmas in July” at the SNAP Splash Pad. In the photos, Parks and Recreation Department workers Staci Segler and Heather Hemming substituted for Santa in leading the games. Here they are seen attaching shaving cream beards to party-goers. The beards were then “shaved” by use of water pistols at the [...]

The final total was $5,046.43! The article below is from The Hartselle Enquirer’s News At Noon, written by Clif Knight. All the donations and help were sincerely appreciated, and obviously brought great results. Every child deserves a playground. Jack Templeton     —————————————————– SNAP yard sale nets $5,000 for next phase Published 10:08am Wednesday, July [...]

  SNAP Playground hosted a Christmas in July event on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. This one of the Tuesday afternoon events held each week at the SNAP Playground Pavilion & Splash Pad. Photos courtesy of Jack Templeton.

We began with approximately 5,000 cubic feet (not square feet) of donated items, and had about 150 cubic feet remaining, so the sale was obviously very successful and its income gets us a small step closer to finishing the playground for the kids.We certainly appreciate all the donations and the physical help, and there was [...]

  Please make plans to attend the John Mark Stallings SNAP of Morgan County Mega Yard Sale in Hartselle this weekend next to the Civic Center & the SNAP Playground/Splash Pad. Please click on poster for more details!

  Photos of the new SNAP Pavilion, Rotary Drinking Fountain & Restrooms! Photos provided by Jack Templeton.

                    Photos from the SNAP Easter Egg Hunt April 23, 2011. Photos provided by Jack Templeton.

  Here are some photos of the early construction progress of the SNAP Pavilion at The John Mark Stallings SNAP of Morgan County taken April, 2011. Photos provided by Jack Templeton.

Here are some photos from June 5, 2011 of the SNAP Splash Pavilion construction just a couple of days before The John Mark Stallings SNAP of Morgan County Splash Pad opened for Summer 2011! Photos provided by Jack Templeton.

With most of the finishing touches complete, the Splash Pad and Pavilion opened June 5, 2011. At about 3 PM, the count was 61 people nside the pavilion & 41 outside. All tables & benches were in use. Everybody was having a great time, and making compliments about what a terrific facility we have for [...]

As the John Mark Stallings Special Needs Accessible Playground (SNAP) project begins its third and final phase, a mega rummage sale will be conducted in less than two weeks! This is a wide-spread announcement of the event, seeking hundreds of customers and dozens of volunteers. I hope you’ll be able to participate in both capacities [...]

Here is a SNAPshot of where we are at 06-20-2011. Isn’t it great to see the children playing on the swing area and the splash pad! We are so thankful for all of the monetary donations, in-kind donations and the volunteerism with the number of volunteers, individual and corporate who are making this playground a [...]