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Amarillo volunteers built a Spider-Man playset for a boy in leukemia treatment

Groundworks volunteers and the Roc Solid Foundation built a backyard playset for 8-year-old Chase, who is being treated for leukemia, and hid Spider-Man gifts in it for his family to find between appointments.

Verified · Source: Amarillo TribuneOct 13, 2026 · 1 min read
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Illustrative photo of an empty playground. This is not Chase's playset, and it is not Spider-Man themed. Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0

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Volunteers from the Amarillo branch of Groundworks, working with the Roc Solid Foundation, built a custom backyard playset for an 8-year-old named Chase, the Amarillo Tribune reported. Chase is being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The foundation said volunteers hid Spider-Man gifts through the playset because that is what he loves.

Office manager Natasha Bendinskas said Chase was excited when he saw the gifts. The playset is a place for his family to spend time outside between treatments. It is not a change in his medical care.

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