For at least a decade, toddlers at the Pillar Ridge Manufactured Home Community have romped on a play structure with a bridge, a slide and (once) swings.

Now, though, that structure is worn, old and coated with rust.

“It’s not fit for small children to play on,” said resident Julie Sarab.

Pillar Ridge Manufactured Home Community manager Lenore Sacco, left, and resident Julie Sarab sit in the park'��s play area. They are raising funds to rebuild the dilapidated structures.

So Sarab and park manager Lenore Sacco have teamed up to galvanize other residents to hold a bake and rummage sale toward replacing the dilapidated play structure with a safer new one.

The sale is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at the mobile home community clubhouse at 164 Culebra Lane.

A large table will be set up for baked goods including cookies donated by Moonside Bakery and breads, cupcakes, and perhaps pies and cakes baked and donated by park residents. The goodies will sell for $1 for a small bag of cookies and $2 for a slice of cake, said Sarab.

Several additional tables will hold an array of household goods, books, toys, clothes and handmade candles. Other Coastsiders are welcome to participate, but are asked to bring a baked item for the sale, and donations are welcome.

Besides fixing the play area, organizers hope the event will spotlight their community. Tucked between the Half Moon Bay Airport and the ocean at the south edge of Moss Beach, it holds 227 homes housing mostly Hispanic families — and about 500 children under the age of 18, Sacco said.

It’s a close-knit community, in which residents are expected to help. Sacco came up with what Sarab, in her British way, called a “jumble” or rummage sale, and Sarab took off with the idea.

“I’m hoping to shed light on our community,” Sacco said.

The park is owned by nonprofit Millennium Housing which, in paying off the purchase, has little funding left for a kids’ play area.

“The park doesn’t have a lot of spare money,” said Sarab. “That’s why we’re doing this.”

With hopes of bringing in a new jungle gym appropriate for children 2 to 5 in the roughly 1,100-square-foot “tot lot,” park management is negotiating with Novato-based Play Solutions, which provided an initial quote a year ago. Residents hope to eventually raise about $20,000 toward “a basic play area that children under 6 can enjoy and that will be safe for them,” Sarab said.

She has also invited local artists and artisans to show and sell work — and bring a baked goodie to sell.

For information, contact Sacco at 728-3389.