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Gallery: Minnesota Vikings Cordarrelle Patterson painted concrete tiles that were later placed in the playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
Gallery: Minnesota Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer waved a handmade ribbon that opened a new playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
Gallery: Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson, left, and Coach Kevin Stefanski painted outdoor game boards that would later be placed on the playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
Gallery: Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary students thanked volunteers outside their school with cheers and songs as they built them a new playground, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN. More than 200 volunteers from Saint Paul Public Schools, the Minnesota Vikings, the Toro Company, and organizers from KaBOOM! and the community will joined forces by building a new playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, (Lower Campus). The design is based on children's drawings created at a special design event in April.
Gallery: Minnesota Vikings players Zach Line, left, and Adrian Peterson painted a Viking on a game board as they joined more than 200 volunteers to build a playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
Gallery: Minnesota Vikings Matt Asiata used power tools to help build a playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
Gallery: Minnesota Vikings l-r, Denzell Perine, David Morgan, Shamar Stephen, and Brian Leonhardt, joined more than 200 volunteers to build a playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
Gallery: Minnesota Vikings players joined more than 200 volunteers to build a playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
Gallery: Minnesota Vikings Troy Stoudermire painted concrete tiles that were placed in the playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
Gallery: Minnesota Vikings players joined more than 200 volunteers to build a playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
Gallery: Minnesota Vikings Adrian Peterson stopped to greet a young fan as he and Zach Line, painted a Viking on a game board as they joined more than 200 volunteers to build a playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
Gallery: Minnesota Vikings Teddy Bridgewater painted concrete tiles that was placed in the playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
Gallery: Minnesota Vikings Teddy Bridgewater shared laughs as he and other players painted concrete tiles that were later placed in the playground at Linwood Monroe Arts Plus Elementary, Thursday, June 2, 2016 in St. Paul, MN.
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