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Make a video, get up to $5,000 for your project!

Show us - and the world - why you need a new playground, and you could get up to $5,000 in equipment grants!

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Together we can work towards a playground in every neighborhood and a safe place to play for every child. Donate now.

Learn how to build a playground

Our free, online trainings will show you how.

Get your questions answered

Builder Central is the one-stop shop for all your playground-building questions and a great place to see who else is building! Join the conversation.

Join the campaign against obesity!

KaBOOM! offers “shovel-ready” projects to support First Lady Michelle Obama's anti-obesity initiative. Read the press release.

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Inspiration Monday: Play strengthens a community

Posted on February 8 by dflanigan

In February of 2001, Calvary Ministries of the West End Community in Durham, NC witnessed something truly amazing. Not only did a playground get built, the community was strengthened as a result. The project was co- led by Mayme Webb-Bledsoe, Senior Neighborhood Coordinator from Duke University. She credited the build with being the catalyst that brought six neighborhood groups together and allowed them an opportunity to work together and put aside their differences.Read more

KaBOOM! offers “shovel-ready” projects to support First Lady's anti-obesity initiative

Posted on February 5 by jcooper

In the coming weeks, First Lady Michelle Obama will begin her campaign against childhood obesity. In response to her campaign, KaBOOM! CEO Darell Hammond has pledged that KaBOOM! will support the initative as a "shovel-ready" solution. KaBOOM! has the programs to make quick, measurable differnces in a child's activity level, a key part of giving kids a healty, active lifestyle.Read more