Winning Playhouses on Display
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 7, 2023
Contacts:
Joe Bell Hannah DeBow
Director of Corporate Communications Marketing Director
Cafaro Company Eastwood Mall Complex
330-743-7688 330-652-6980 ext. 102
724-730-4532 (Mobile)
From Dreams to Reality
Imagination Creation Playhouses to be Built at Eastwood Mall
The imaginary playhouses of children are about to become very real inside Eastwood Mall. The winners of the Imagination Creation Contest have been selected. Children ages of 6-14 drew their own designs for the best playhouses they could dream up. A panel of judges selected 10 designs, divided by age group. Local building contractors have now used those winning designs as inspiration to construct real one-story playhouses that will be on display inside the mall, beginning June 12. The bidding portal will open on June 19.
Once the houses are completed and on display, there will be information available near each house on how to bid on it in an online auction through August 17. Proceeds of the auction will benefit Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley. Imagination Creation is `sponsored by iHeart Media and The Cafaro Foundation.
The winning designers are Giavanna Hafely, Melody Bartlett, Olivia Mazzola, Antoinette Davis, Brianna Kleismit, J.J. Hether, Dakota Moore, Alana Moore, Zander Kosmo and Alison Smith. The ten winning designers received Eastwood Mall gift cards. Their colorful playhouse drawings will also be on display in the mall.
Eastwood Mall thanks the local contractors who are building the physical playhouses, including Jimmy Trenga of Trenga Woodworking, Christopher Milo Construction, Chip Pullen of Pullin Construction and Kirilla Construction. Versatex Building Products of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Kirilla Contractors of Brookfield, Carter Lumber of Cortland and North Jackson, Warren Glass & Paint, Denman Construction of Cortland, and Stratton Creek Woodworks of Kinsman generously donated manpower, building materials and delivery services. Green’s Floral Shop in Hubbard will provide landscaping. Special thanks go out to DeSalvo Construction, which is donating its services to deliver the playhouses to the winning bidders (within the 330 area code).
The Eastwood Mall Complex is located at 5555 Youngstown-Warren Road, in Niles, Ohio. It is one of America’s largest shopping centers, with more than 200 department stores, specialty shops, restaurants, hotels and entertainment options. The Eastwood Mall Complex is owned and managed in association with Cafaro-affiliated companies, based in Niles, Ohio. For more information, visit online at: www.eastwoodmall.com and www.cafarocompany.com.
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