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New Orleans WE Play!
posted by kwilson  on Jul 18 2008
Hello New Orleans! We here at KaBOOM! are excited to meet each and every one of you playful people next week. You're in store for what promises to be an informative, invigorating and inspiring WE Play!. So come with playful energy and thoughtful questio....
Need recommendations for Inexpensive but safe school playground
posted by pcmommy  on Jul 17 2008
I am only entering the ground floor of trying to get a playground at a public school site.  I have done a lot of online research on my own but could use the help of the more experienced Kaboom users.  The city in CT is in the middle of rebuilding the elementary schools. ....
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posted by Smordarski  on Jul 21 2008
The company I work for has asked me to start researching Kaboom for our volunteer program and I'm overwhelmed and confused by all the information on the website. I don't even know if this is something that would work well for our program but I need to present some of the basics to uppe....
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Play Creates a Larger Community
Posted: 14 Jan 08 9:45 PM
Growing up in a town seven miles from downtown Atlanta, the playgrounds were becoming dingy and unkempt with parents unwilling to repair and taxpayers unwilling to allocate funds to do the job. This was 35 years ago. That little city still struggles and hasn't grown to match other inner city communities nearby. Now, I'm watching as Atlanta's grown-ups and kids rallied to win a grant recently to build a new playspace; our local parent network helped build one, and an adjacent neighborhood turned out to build theirs with business sponsors. I wonder if this will be reflected in the growth of these communities in 35 years. Somehow, I suspect it will be a strong community, not without struggles, but able to overcome, and ready to work hard and play harder.
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