DG Soccer Club Donates Over $12K For Accessible Playground Equipment

DOWNERS GROVE, IL — Downers Grove Grade School District 58 recently received a donation of more than $12,000 from the Downers Grove Roadrunners Soccer Club to help it buy accessible playground equipment for preschoolers.

The funds come from the 2023 Grove Express 5K, which the soccer club helped present in November of 2022.

“As always, the Roadrunners Soccer Club’s generous support of District 58 is very much appreciated," District 58 Superintendent Dr. Kevin Russell said in a statement. Dr. Russell added, "The funds will be used to enhance playground equipment for our preschool students."

Russell went on to thank the village community for their ongoing support of the Grove Express race.

"Building a new playground for preschool kids attending District 58 is in perfect sync with our mission to support children’s well-being in our community,” said Don Renner, who serves as director of the Grove Express race and treasurer of the Roadrunners Club.

The Downers Grove Roadrunners Soccer Club got its start in 1981 and now has more than 30 soccer teams under its umbrella. The Grove Express launched in 2021, when Downers Grove District 58 joined forces with the Downers Grove Roadrunners Soccer Club and the Downers Grove Rotary Club to keep the philanthropic mission of the former Bonfield Express alive.