Carrie builds a playground

 

Carrie Underwood is one for helping others. On Friday (October 14), the worldwide country hitmaker paid her hometown of Checotah, Okla. a visit for a good reason. With the help of hundreds of excited volunteers and a non-profit called KaBOOM!, Underwood and her C.A.T.S. Foundation put their hands to the dirt to build a new playground for Marshall Elementary School, which coincidentally was her school when she was little. The group achieved what they set out to accomplish with half a day to spare, constructing a 2,500 square-foot kid-designed set in under eight hours.