2025 Ruby Slippers Sponsors

Thank you Sponsors!!! 

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Ground Breaking on final phases

Construction has begun on phases 2 and 3 of the Miracle Park!!!  It is on track to open early 2026.

Today we celebratied with athletes, friends, donors, elected officials, Winthrop and MaxAbilities staff, and the Lt. Governor of SC!  We heard from Representative Heath Sessions about what the park means to him and his family as a dad of two boys that have different abilities, Warren Norman, developer and what's to come, President Edward Serna on the connections with Winthrop, Mayor John Gettys spoke about how the park benefits the people of Rock Hill and beyond, and US Representative Ralph Norman invited us to come together to break the ground to start to build the final phases!

Lucas McFadden with CN2 was there to capture the day.  

Miracle Park Ground Breaking 2025 - Final Phases

"bALL IN for Miracle Park"

 This past Saturday, June 1, 2024 was our 3rd annual "bALL IN for Miracle Park" Wiffle Ball Tournament. We had 17 teams play in an all day double elimination tournament. The weather was beautiful, fun was had, and $15,500 was raised for the final phases of the park! First, of all, a HUGE ThAnK YoU to all of our sponsors, teams, and volunteers who made this day possible, and congratulations to Warren Norman Company's team for taking back the title of Tournament Champs! Enjoy some photos below:

Ruby Slippers Gala 2024

 This was our most successful Ruby Slippers Gala yet. With the support of our amazing community, we raised $167,000 for the Final Development of Rock Hill Miracle Park! 

31 attendees raised their paddles to say, "YES, I just want to give money to the park" and we raised $78,000 from that ask alone!  Thank you!

Want to join them if you couldn't be there?  You can always donate on our website or just click this link!

We want to thank all of our sponsors:

Also, thanks to:

Drew Jackson with Sign Innovations

O'Darby's on Heckle

B&B Distributors

The Band of Oz

Next, thank you to ALL who came and donated! Be sure to check our social media for photos from the evening. There is a link to the album in our Instagram profile, and the album itself is posted on Facebook. Find and tag yourself, then repost and use #theresnoplacelikemiraclepark!

At the event, we also shared more about what is coming in our final phase of development! Check back soon for a blog post with new renderings and updated information! 

Most exciting news to come - WE WILL BREAK GROUND IN 2024!

Sponsors of the Miracle Park

We have over 550 donors that have given in some way to build the Miracle Park!  We are so grateful to them!  We have raised over $8 million and need another $2 million.  Please reach out if you can help in any way.  There is no gift too small!

Please click here to see all our sponsors and consider joining them to help us build Phase 2!

List of Our Sponsors - Miracle Park Rock Hill 

$100,000+ Sponsors

$75,000 Sponsors

$50,000 Sponsors

$25,000 Sponsors

$10,000 Sponsors 

For sponsors less than $10,000 please visit our Website.

July 1 update

 

Phase One is well on it's way!  In the past two weeks we have seen the dugout roofs installed, more playground pieces in stalled, the donor area starting to form, insides of buildings continuing, and behind the scenes signs, sculptures, design happening.

BUT, that's not all!!! 

Kids giving their hearts to the park!

Lilli Jane had so much fun making her grandmothers lanyards for their face masks that she decided she wanted to do more.  Following in the footsteps of Emma Sessions and Alana Fincher, she enlisted the help of her sister and started making lanyards to put on social media to sell.  She said, "I don't need the money, so I want to give it to the Miracle Park."  Since the park still needs over $1,000,000 for phase 1, this is a great thing!

After they had some "stock" their mom, Alice Davis, put them on Facebook, and after several weeks sold 73 lanyards!  They also sold some bracelets and even had one order for 16 bracelets!  In combination of some "extra" donated money from supporters they eventually raised $1700 for the park!

Kids doing good for the park has been contagious!  We love all fundraisers, but there is something special about kids pouring their hearts into a project that they already know is going to make such a big impact in our community! 

Please reach out and let us know how YOU can help us raise money!  EVERY $1 is spent well and put to great use!

Overcoming Obstacles with a Smile!

Alana Fincher and her family that supported her in her mile walk around Manchester Meadows.  She raised $1,000 in sponsorships, during her journey to walk, for the Miracle Park!  What a miracle!

Friends and family have sponsored Alana Kai-Ann Fincher, 8-years old, raising $1,000 in sponsorships to encourage her to accomplish her goal of walking all the way around Manchester Meadows (1 mile)!  

Alana was born with hydrocephalus and hypotonia - which affects her muscle control, ability to perform certain day to day tasks without assistance, and delays development, which affected her ability to speak or walk.  She was over a year old before she could sit up (she never crawled because her arms and legs were not strong enough).  As a determined little girl, she started to walk on her own when she was three years old, she was using ankle braces and specially made orthopedic shoes since she was a baby due to a hip and leg curvature. Then, she started talking (without singing)  when she was four!   

She had a set back in walking a couple years ago with an ankle injury, but that didn't hold back this determined girl, now, with a bright smile on her face she is walking over a mile at a time!  "She has had, and continues to have, such great support from family, Unique Pathways in Rock Hill Schools, in home aide supports, physical, occupational, and speech therapists, Bright Starts, and more!" - Wanda Fincher, proud Grandma, says thankfully.

Alana, an 8 year-old student at Finley Road Elementary School, and her PawPaw have walked almost everyday the past year with the goal to walk all the way around the soccer fields at Manchester, and this week, she did it!

"Her progress was initially slow, but has really progressed exponentially over the past two years." - says Wanda, who serves as her in home aide support.  A year ago she could walk about 20 yards at a time, now after working hard she can walk over a mile!   "Each night I (PawPaw) come home, she pulls me out the door ready for an evening walk around the neighborhood." - Says Bobby Fincher, her Grandfather.

I had the opportunity to walk this celebratory mile with Alana, her Grandma, PawPaw and brother and the inspiration is powerful!  Once you set your mind to something, and have someone to support you along the way, you can do anything!

Alana has told me that once the "new park" opens she will walk around that park with me too!  I know there are more stories like Alana's out there and I can't wait to see them accomplished at the Miracle Park - because miracles happen everyday! 

Share your miracle story in the comments below or email us at rockhillmiraclepark@gmail.com.

Alana runs to the finish line at Manchester Meadows after walking a mile around the park.  Just one year ago she could only walk about 20 yards at a time. 

 

Playground Features

Want to learn more about some pieces at our playground being installed this fall and how they can benefit all that use them? Click below to learn about individual pieces.

Merry-go-ALL

RoxALL SeeSaw

The Arch Swing

Sensory Spinner

Swings

The Yalp Sona

The Yalp Memo

Musical Elements

Outdoor Exercise Equipment

Zip Line your way!

Sensory Cove Climber

The Inclusive Whirl

The Sensory Dome

Want to see a full video overview of the playground and park? This is dated, but the playground hasn't changed much.

A big thanks and shout out to Comporium who is helping fund the playground to make this unique, one-of-a-kind playground happen in Phase One!

Once it's open the City of Rock Hill's PRT department will operate and maintain this facility as they do the other city parks! Thank you Rock Hill, we are blessed to live in a city that supports ALL people with ALL abilities!