Republic Services Grant Drives New Sustainability Pod at Play for All Park – Groundbreaking, Dec. 17

ROUND ROCK, Texas – The Republic Services Charitable Foundation has awarded a 2025 National Neighborhood Promise® grant to the Round Rock Play for All Foundation. This grant will help develop an all-inclusive play area at Play for All Park, focused on teaching children about sustainability.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Republic Services Sustainability Pod will begin at 11 a.m. on Dec. 17 and is open to the public. Mayor Craig Morgan and members of the Round Rock City Council, along with representatives from Republic Services and the Play for All Foundation, are scheduled to attend.

The project will include educational play features such as a recycling truck slide that feeds into sorting lanes, each designed to teach children about recycling, renewable energy, and sustainability, and a wheelchair accessible merry-go-round themed with educational graphics.

Play for All Park’s mission is to provide a safe place where people of all abilities in Round Rock and surrounding communities can play and develop new skills. The gated park includes a range of play opportunities aimed at encouraging physical, social, and cognitive development, with elements intended to support gross and fine motor skills, social interaction, creativity, discovery, and strengthening exercises.

The Republic Services Charitable Foundation helps strengthen the communities where Republic Services customers and employees live and work through volunteerism, monetary donations, and in-kind services. Through its National Neighborhood Promise® Program, the Foundation supports nonprofit organizations, programs, and projects that help promote sustainable neighborhoods. The Foundation helps support Republic Services’ 2030 Sustainability Goal to create sustainable neighborhoods through strong community partnerships for 45 million people.

More information is available at RepublicServices.com/sustainability/communities.
Pictures provided by Round Rock Parks and Recreation

The City of Round Rock Parks and Recreation Department has been awarded accreditation status from the National Recreation and Parks Society (NRPA) and was awarded the National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation. The NRPA Gold Medal Award is the highest national honor in the park and recreation industry.

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