September 15th, 2014
12:35 p.m.
Manayunk, Pennsylvania
Delila Goo - Street Reporter
Attention all neighbors! Good news! Those yucky looking houses aren't so yucky anymore. The Get Active campaign from the Manayunk Recreational Duty Allegiance took the red tape down and put the red balloons up to give children 6-12 a unique look at our neighborhood.
"Mommy, why is there a dead body hanging from that window?", asked Rudy, 6 year old son of Allegiance Representative Glory Dae.
"It was so obvious to me. Like, why are dead bodies hanging from the window? Activate - Imagination! 'Those aren't dead bodies, sweetheart, they're ponies. Pretty little ponies you can poke and paint and prey on!'"
And poke and prey and paint little Rudy did, with 16 of his friends in one of 6 Houses of Dumbledoor open through Winter 2014. Children will be granted access to all abandoned homes to make them they're on.
"It's about paying rent, growing up, seeing what's real, getting them out of the homes and away from the screens!"
Rudy on his new home: "It's awesome!!! Mr. Andy has all of my friends over and we huff and puff and blow the paper mache walls down! And, when the smoke clears and everyone is rescued, we'll blow the roof down tomorrow!!"
God bless this town!
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