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Celebrate National Volunteer Week by Playing!

bbennett

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Celebrate National Volunteer Week by Playing!
Posted: 28 Apr 08 6:02 PM Modified By alynsen on 4/29/2008 9:49:26 AM)

Dear Playmakers!

April 27 through May 3 , 2008 is National Volunteer Week! As a Playmaker this is a perfectly playful opportunity to promote play in your neighborhood. Your children and community will be so thankful and benefit from your efforts. Here are a couple of ways for you to take action:

Upload a playspace near you in our fabulous Playspace Finder. This is a national database of playspaces and is great way to help others in your community know where your playful places are!

Organize a clean-up at your local playspace. A great way to ensure that your playspaces are a safe and healthy environment for your kids.

Take your family friend’s and/or neighborhood kids for some supervised play time at your local playspace! Take a look at these playful activity ideas.

We would love to hear what you did to promote play during National Volunteer Week. Post on the KaBOOM! Forum or e-mail Brooke Bennett at bbennett@kaboom.org.

For more ideas on taking action for play in you community during National Volunteer Week and beyond visit www.kaboom.org/playmaker !