Real Change Dayton meters:

online hub for learning about local services, with information on how to donate or volunteer. Vibrantly painted “retired” parking meters serve as collectors for donations of money. Look for them in heavy pedestrian-traveled areas.

Text to give:

Text “Real Change” to 71777.

Real Change Dayton has also created small informational cards to be given by police officers, social services workers and others to those needing services. Information on the cards will connect people to emergency services and to HelpLink, United Way of Greater Dayton’s free and confidential hotline (call 2-1-1).

Funds collected at RealChangeDayton.org and via meters and texting are directed to United Way of the Greater Dayton Area and invested in programs focused on financial stability, positive health outcomes, and emergency services such as homeless shelters.

Real Change Dayton is made possible with support from Downtown Dayton Partnership, the City of Dayton, the Dayton Police Department; Montgomery County; United Way of the Greater Dayton Area; Goodwill/Easter Seals of the Miami Valley; Homefull, Miami Valley Housing Opportunities; Montgomery County Alcohol, Drug, Addiction and Mental Health Services; PATH (Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness) Street Outreach; St. Vincent DePaul; the Foodbank; and the City of Dayton Department of Law. Visit RealChangeDayton.org to learn more about these organizations.

Mallory Park (Germantown Street at Burwood Avenue): Replace playground equipment.

Belmont Park (Woodbine Avenue): Demolish park shelter (replacement planned for 2019).

Walnut Hills Park (Wayne Avenue): New fencing around three volleyball courts and two tennis courts; new volleyball and tennis netting; asphalt sealing and coloring for volleyball and

Dayton View Park (N. Broadway at Superior Avenue): Replace basketball court surface, poles and rims; replace playground equipment.

McIntosh Park (Edwin C. Moses at Riverview Avenue): Repair basketball court surface; replace tennis court surface.

Belmont Park (Woodbine Avenue): Replace park shelter.

For more information, go to daytonohio.gov/issue9.

CONTRIBUTED In addition to a new playground, improvements at Walnut Hills Park on Wayne Avenue include renovations of sports courts as well as new sidewalks and wooden bench seating.