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Kids can submit their playground designs at YourPlayground.org
alynsen Allstate, in partnership with the U.S. Olympic Committee, is building the first Allstate Little Hands U.S. Olympic Playground at Jesse Owens Park on Chicago's South Side.At YourPlayground.org,...
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All in a week's work at KaBOOM!
Kerala_Taylor Not to toot our own horn, but over the past 14 years, KaBOOM! has helped save play for an estimated 3,416,000 kids. With a busy week of playground builds ahead, we’ll soon be increasing...
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14 years, 1,800 playgrounds!
Kerala_Taylor Today, starting at 8:30 a.m., communities in Newark and Chicago will be simultaneously building playgrounds. The first to be completed will earn the distinction of being the 1,800th...
View ArticlePlaymakers speak out in South Carolina
KaBOOM! We at KaBOOM! are on a mission to save play, but we can't do it alone. That's why we love grassroots advocates who work on the ground in their own communities to get more kids playing...
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Liza Sullivan: Six life skills my children learned through play
Kerala Taylor As we prepare to launch this year's Park-A-Day Summer Challenge, 2010 challenger Liza Sullivan reflects on her eye-opening experiences visiting 50 different parks, playgrounds, and...
View Article100 KaBOOM! playgrounds in Chicago
Just after sunrise on June 23rd, on a vacant lot in the south side of Chicago, 250 corporate and community volunteers gathered to help us raise slides and bolt in climbers on the 100th KaBOOM!...
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Addicted to building playgrounds
Kerala Taylor On Saturday, June 23, KaBOOM! built its 100th playground in Chicago. For most volunteers, hauling mulch, mixing concrete, building benches, and assembling playground equipment was an...
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Should we lengthen the school day?
Kerala Taylor As elementary school students in Chicago head back to school, they will have to adjust to a school day that is one hour and 15 minutes longer than it was last year. With a potential...
View ArticleKeeping Cities Diverse and Family-Friendly Through Play
In an Atlantic Cities article published earlier this week—“The Decline of the Family-Friendly City”—Kaid Benfield asked, “In our rush to promote higher-density urbanism, are we inadvertently creating...
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