LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Commissioner Justin Jones and community partners turned the Desert Breeze gyms into a giant blanket fort Saturday.
Teams from Foster Kinship and West Career and Technical Academy helped build it. Blankets cover the floors and hang from the ceiling to make tunnels and rooms.
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The goal is to turn a simple blanket fort into a Guinness World Record. The current world record is just over 12,000 square feet. Clark County’s fort measures between 14,000 and 15,000 square feet.
Michael Davalos, a student from West Career and Technical Academy, designed the fort. Planning started in December and January. The design was finalized in April.
About 150 foster and kinship kids were invited to explore the fort. They ran through the tunnels, played games and joined parks and rec activities. Meanwhile their caregivers got a break for the afternoon.
“Our parks and rec team, they’re so fun over here at desert breeze for not just hosting us, but doing fun activities with the kids,” Jones said. “The nice thing is that the parents who do such a difficult job in having foster kids or kids that otherwise would be in foster care, they need a break. And so we’re going to provide them with that respite for this afternoon so they can go enjoy some other activities themselves.”
Guinness officials were on site to measure the fort and review video of the build. They will decide if Clark County’s blanket fort makes it into the record books.
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