If you look up and down the roster of the Philadelphia Eagles, head coach Andy Reid has been able to perfectly execute his philosophy - you have talented players who suit up today and there are gifted players whose numbers will be called upon in the future.

Eagles Youth Partnership has also been able to execute the grand vision that Eagles Chairman/CEO Jeffrey Lurie and his wife, EYP President Christina Lurie, crafted out 11 years ago when their first playground was erected in Philadelphia's Nicetown section. It's a philosophy very similar to Reid's - build the playgrounds not just for now, but for the future.

Proof of the lasting legacy of EYP's Playground Builds was evident as Reid and the entire Eagles organization - players, coaches and front office staff - passed the Gideon Eagles Nest Playground on the way to the site of Wednesday's build of the Eagles Diamond Street Dream Playground at the William Dick Elementary School in North Philadelphia. Gideon was the site of the Playground Build in 2004, three years ago.

Trotter was thankful for the help he received growing up

"It was neat to see that it was still standing with kids playing on it and enjoying it," said Reid. "That was a few years back. These things last. The kids take care of it because they are a part of it. They're helping build and paint. They take a lot of pride in it."

The Eagles Diamond Street Dream Playground now sits only a half-mile from the Gideon Eagles Nest and at six o'clock this morning there was no color, no play structure, virtually nothing. Children had asphalt, concrete and their imaginations to utilize on the playground. Now, they have basketball hoops, decorative murals along the walls of the school and along the banks of the parking lot (many thanks to the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program) and a football field that has the same turf that the Eagles have in their indoor practice facility.

They also have something else which children need to let their minds run free - safety. The fact that multiple playgrounds need to be built in such a small area screams the fact that not enough is done to protect our children from crime and violence. According to the June 5 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia had the highest murder rate among the country's 10 largest cities. FBI statistics showed that violent crime and property crime grew at a rate that was larger than the national average.

The problem for the children in the City of Philadelphia is that the most dangerous hours are between 3-7 PM, according to Sarah Martinez-Helfman, the executive director of EYP.

"The reason we come here is because we care about Philadelphia," said Martinez-Helfman. "We care about the children here. We build a team chemistry in the locker room because we care about each other. We come out here because we care about the community. We really want to make a difference. This is not just about leaving a lasting memory. This is not just about inspiring kids. When kids don't have a safe place to play, the rate of child injuries and hospital visits go up 30-50 percent.

"If kids don't have a safe place to play, juvenile delinquency rises. There's research to prove this. So we're here to inspire, and we get inspired ourselves, but we might be here to save a couple lives today. And for all the stories people hear about violence in Philadelphia, the Eagles came today to prove that this is still the City of Brotherly Love."

The man who will likely lead the direction of the City of Philadelphia in the very near future visited the Eagles Diamond Street Dream Playground and realized that the playgrounds aren't just about improving the physical landscape, they are about "uplifting the hopes and dreams of these young people here in this community."

"This kind of program and this kind of leadership by the Eagles and many other corporations throughout Philadelphia is really quite frankly putting their money where their mouths are in a public demonstration of the kind of commitment that we need to see replicated at every school in every neighborhood throughout Philadelphia," said Democratic mayoral candidate and front-runner Michael Nutter. "I look forward to being a part of that."

Head coach Andy Reid and Democratic mayoral candidate Michael Nutter

Twenty years from now, we may remember how many touchdowns quarterback Donovan McNabb threw on a broken ankle against Arizona. We will have the memories of Jeremiah Trotter's performance in the 2004 NFC Championship Game against Atlanta. Hopefully, we will cherish a Super Bowl championship. But the Eagles organization believes in more than just wins on the football field.

"I believe that 'Much is given, much is required,'" said Trotter. "When I was a kid, people went out of their way to help me and my family. I've been given so much, being in the position that I'm in playing in the NFL and being able to take care of my family the way that I can. It's my obligation to give back and do what I can in the community."

"It's kind of 'How do you want to be remembered?'" said McNabb. "And I think for all of us, as players or as individuals you want to be remembered as guys who played a special part in a lot of the guy's lives. The youth are important, and if you do whatever to help them be raised in the right manner to be great men or great women, and carry themselves in the right way."

"For Jeffrey and I, it's equally important, our success on the field and off the field," said Christina Lurie. "Through the Eagles Youth Partnership, we really think that we are making headway into helping children in both education and health. Here at the school, it's really about letting kids dream and create visions that embody their dreams. This playground is such a place."

That message of what the Eagles organization stands for is quickly ingrained in even the newest of employees.

"It makes it a little easier to play for them," said rookie quarterback Kevin Kolb while painting a mural on the back of the school. "When they have a grip on reality and on family and kids, it helps you to do things for yourself and for your home and for your family. It's nice to keep that mindset about everything and it's nice to work for a place that has that."

Wednesday may have been the main thrust for the construction of the Eagles Diamond Street Dream Playground, but as EYP's Senior Program Manager Jenn Stredler will tell you, the planning and logistics for such an event began during last football season, back in October to be exact. But the purpose isn't just to build a playground for today. It's to build hope and dreams for now and many, many years to come.

"What's great is we're going to walk away and this is theirs," said Stredler. "In a year, five years, they can point out to their friends and down the line to their own kids and say 'I painted that' or 'I went to that school.' The whole goal of the child involvement is to create something that is sustainable far beyond the time we're really here."