Man cleans playgrounds for free

A Kansas City man is hoping his volunteer work will get kids back out on the playgrounds sooner rather than later.

WITH SO MANY CHANGESIN OUR LIVES RIGHT NOW,IT MAY BE OVERWHELMINGTO THINK ABOUT WHATYOU CAN DO TO HELP.BUT AS 41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER MCKENZIENELSON SHOWS US, ALL ITTAKES IS A SKILLSET ANDAN IDEA TO GET THE BALLROLLING.MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGAS THE CORONAVIRUS HASPLAYGROUNDS SHUTDOWN - ONE LOCAL MAN ISHOPING HIS EFFORTS WILLGET KIDS BACK PLAYINGHERE AS SOON ASPOSSIBLE.JASON STARK - E & JREMODELING"Volunteer work is alwaysgood work, actually I think it'sthe best work."FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS -JASON STARK HAS BEENBUSY RUNNING HIS OWNHOME REMODELINGCOMPANY.THAT IS UNTIL THECORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC -SLOWED THINGS DOWN.STARK"Just last week we lost about$3,000 worth of jobs, and Istarted seeing a lot of freetime popping up in the nearfuture so I wanted to dosomething that was alsohelpful for the community andwould keep me busy as well."STARK IS LOOKING TO FILLHIS FREE TIME WITHVOLUNTEER WORK -GETTING THE IDEA FROMBUSINESSES LIKE HIS.STARK"On Facebook theres a fewgroups on the east coast thatare doing this and they'resanitizing all the playgroundsand everything."DOCTORS HAVE TOLD 41ACTION NEWS THATWITHOUT DISINFECTION,THE VIRUS CAN REMAIN ONSURFACES FOR DAYS.THAT MEANS - THENEIGHBORHOODPLAYGROUND COULD BE APOTENTIAL SOURCE OFINFECTION.STARK IS HOPING HE CANHELP.HE HAS A POWER WASHER- AND CDC RECOMMENDEDCHEMICALS TO DISINFECTPUBLIC AND PRIVATEPLAYGROUNDS.HE'LL DO IT FOR FREE - ALLYOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK.STARK"Hopefully it helps, I'm not aCDC professional or anythinglike that so I can't tell youexactly what's going to happybut as long as we're keepingthe playgrounds clean andeverything, at least it could behelpful."MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGIF YOU'RE INTERESTED INTHEIR VOLUNTEER WORK,WE HAVE MOREINFORMATION ON OURWEBSITE AT KSHB.COM,JUST CLICK ON 'WE SEEYOU KS