This week's prize in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes is, once again, one of the hippest tech toys of the moment - but it's also really easy to use!

The Flip Video camera fits in your pocket and can record up to 60 minutes of video, then plug directly into your computer to download. No need to mess with memory cards, DVDs, or tapes - the built-in hard drive holds the video and then transfers it right to your computer.

Built-in software lets you easily e-mail videos, upload to YouTube, and capture still photos from your video.

To enter, add at least one playspace with a photo into the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Oct. 13. Each playspace you enter with a photo counts as an entry!

Learn more about the sweepstakes.

Start entering playspaces in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder!

This week in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes, you could win a cool prize package that allows you to bring your favorite music to the playground! (Or the beach! Or hiking! Or pretty much anywhere else!)

This week, one lucky person who enters a playspace with a photo into the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder will win a Targus SonicPak backpack and an iPod Shuffle.

The Targus SonicPak is a backpack with a built-in speaker you can connect to just about anything that plays music - an MP3 player, laptop, or CD player, for example. Three AA batteries provide up to 100 hours of continuous listening time, and its water resistant panel will help protect against the elements.

The iPod Shuffle, meanwhile, holds 2GB of flash memory, which stores up to 500 songs. It's extremely small and portable, with a built-in clip that attaches easily to a belt loop, lapel, pocket or bag. And it's silver, to match the backpack!

Combine the two prizes and you'll have many, many hours of listening fun on the go!

To enter, just add at least one playspace to the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder, with a photo, before 11:59 p.m. EST Monday, Oct. 6. That's it! You're automatically entered if you add a playspace. To be eligible to win a prize, you must be a U.S. resident of at least 18 years of age.

Learn more about the sweepstakes.

KaBOOM! community member Fozzy Da Bear, also known as Levester Johnson of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, is the latest winner in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes! He won a Flip video camera.

"I'm exicted about the camera, because I like videotaping my daughter and being able to upload it to my computer very easily," he said.

Each week, a random drawing takes place of all the playspaces with photos that have been entered into the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder for that week to determine the winner. This week, you could win a Kodak EasyShare digital camera! Learn more about the sweepstakes.

The prize for this week's KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes is a Kodak EasyShare M1033 10 megapixel digital camera with 3x optical zoom!

How awesome is it? Let me tell you.

Awesomeness point #1: It's red.

Awesomeness point #2: While the camera itself is nice and small (easy to fit into a pocket), you can view your photos on a nice 3-inch wide screen on the back of the camera.

Awesomeness point #3: It has face detection technology, so you don't end up with those photos where the person is blurry but the stuff behind them is perfectly in focus.

How can you enter to win this very awesome camera? Simply add at least one playspace with a photo to the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time Sept. 29. Each playspace you add counts as an entry.

Sweepstakes is valid only for U.S. residents age 18 and over. Learn more about the sweepstakes and read the official rules.

This week in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes, you could be the lucky winner of a snazzy, portable photo printer!

The Polaroid PoGo prints borderless 2 inch by 3 inch color photos from your digital camera in under a minute. The best part is, it doesn't use ink! You won't need to replace any ink catridges or ribbons, ever. And what's super cool is that it not only connects to digital cameras, it can also print photos from select Bluetooth-enabled cell phones!

Imagine playing with your kids on the playground, taking photos of them with their friends, and then printing the photos right there for them to take home. (And while you're on the playground, don't forget to take a couple good photos of the area to add to the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder!)

To enter, all you have to do is add at least one playspace with a photo into the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, Sept. 22. So grab your camera and head out to your nearby playgrounds today!

Start entering playspaces in the NEW KaBOOM! Playspace Finder.

Learn more about the sweepstakes.

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Carla Mannix of Reading, Pa. is now the proud owner of an Audiovox Audio Homebase Message Center and 7" Digital Picture Frame, thanks to the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes!

Carla started using kaboom.org last year to help raise money for a new playground at a local school. "It was nice to get ideas for fundraising and see what other people are doing," she said. "We have a very small school, one class, one grade, and there's a playground for very young children on one side of the school but nothing for the older children."

Carla sent letters to businesses and wrote a grant to help fund the new playground, and her group also held a walkathon to raise money. "Combining all that, we managed to scrape together $14,000 and bought a playground for the older kids on the other side of the school," she said.

Here's what the new playground looks like:

Congratulations to Carla on a successful project! And congratulations on winning the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes!

This week, you can win a Flip video camcorder through the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes! Learn more.

This week's prize in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes is one of the hippest tech toys of the moment - but it's also really easy to use!

The Flip Video camera fits in your pocket and can record up to 60 minutes of video, then plug directly into your computer to download. No need to mess with memory cards, DVDs, or tapes - the built-in hard drive holds the video and then transfers it right to your computer.

Built-in software lets you easily e-mail videos, upload to YouTube, and capture still photos from your video.

To enter, add at least one playspace with a photo into the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Sept. 15. Each playspace you enter with a photo counts as an entry!

Learn more about the sweepstakes.

Start entering playspaces in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder!

Jessica Hamer of Auburn Hills, Mich. is the latest winner in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes! She's now the proud owner of a Garmin nüvi GPS, thanks to her efforts entering playspaces into the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder.

"I am so excited!" she said. "I have friends who go geocaching. I didn't have a GPS to go geocaching with them, and now I do!"

Jessica attended WE Play! in Cleveland, has helped out on a previous playground build, and is now working on a playground project of her own. "I learned about KaBOOM! because we have an area in our subdivision that needs to be revitalized," she said. "We removed old equipment and are having a meeting on the 11th to get board members and neighbors excited."

You, too, can be a winner! Every week we're drawing one lucky winner among those who enter playspaces into the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder. This week's prize is an Audiovox Audio Homebase Message Center and 7" Digital Picture Frame. Enter some playspaces with photos before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Monday to be eligible to win!

Learn more about the sweepstakes.

This week's prize in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes, the Audiovox - Audio Homebase 7" Digital Photo Frame with Message Center, has lots of great features!

First, you've got a digital photo frame, which stores and displays over a hundred digital photos!

Next, you've got an audio message center. Want to leave a message for your kids when they get home from school? Record it here!

Then, you've got the whiteboard - write reminders, notes, messages, and more. It's also magnetic, so you can use it to show off your kids' latest artwork!

It also has an interactive, digital calendar built into the photo frame.

Stand it on the counter or mount it on your fridge - this handy device will help keep you and your family organized either way.

How do you enter to win this marvel of modern technology? Simply add at least one playspace with a photo to the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder before Sept. 9. Every playspace added counts as an entry, so the more you add, the better your chances of winning!

Learn more about the sweepstakes.

Start entering playspaces in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder!

Sherri Penton of Gardendale, Ala., the first winner in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes, is now the proud owner of a Canon PowerShot 8 megapixel Digital Camera!

"I don't usually win anything, so I'm kind of in shock!" she said.

The mother of three boys, Sunday school leader of K-1st grade at her church, and a pediatric R.N. for 12 years, Sherri is currently working on a playground project for North Birmingham Elementary School. "The school is turning 100 this year, and I'm guessing the equipment is at least 30 years old," she said. "These kids need a new playground!"

Sherri won the digital camera by adding playspaces to the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder last week. This week, you can win a Garmin nüvi GPS by doing the same thing! If you're heading outside this Labor Day weekend, snap some photos of nearby playgrounds and add them to the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder before 11:59 p.m. Monday to enter this week's sweepstakes.

Learn more about the sweepstakes.

The KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes continues...this week with a fabulous GPS navigation system as the prize!

You can enter to win this Garmin nüvi 205 (in metallic red, no less!) simply by adding at least one playspace with a photo to the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder by 11:59 p.m. Monday, Sept. 1. Every playspace you enter counts as an entry into the sweepstakes!

Learn more about the sweepstakes.

Read the official rules.

Don't forget to take photos of playspaces this weekend to enter the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes! Only entries added before 11:59 p.m. on Monday will be eligible to win this week's prize - a Canon PowerShot A590IS 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (translation: a nice digital camera!).

Learn more about the sweepstakes.

Read the official rules.

Every week between Aug. 19 and Dec. 29, we're offering great prizes for people who enter playspaces in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder!

Every time you enter a playspace in the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder that includes a photo, you’ll be entered to win in that week's sweepstakes!

The first prize in the sweepstakes is a Canon PowerShot A590IS 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (translation: a nice digital camera!).

Learn more about the sweepstakes.

Read the official rules.

Cathie Schanz, programs and organizational development manager for the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation, is the big winner in the KOOL-AID and KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes!

Cathie has been a Playmaker for over a year and co-chaired a playground build in Tampa. She learned about the contest on the KaBOOM! website while looking up information for an upcoming Play Day she was planning and took up the contest challenge by entering a whopping 72 playspaces with photos!

As the lucky winner, she gets to attend a playground ribbon-cutting with Reverend Run in Atlanta, thanks to KOOL-AID and KaBOOM!.

"I will be bringing my family and maybe a lucky co-worker!" Cathie said. "I am so excited. Atlanta is a great city to visit and I am looking forward to participating in another KaBOOM build!"

Help us find every playspace in America, good and bad... and win a trip to a playground ribbon-cutting with Reverend Run!

KaBOOM! and KOOL-AID are teaming up to make great play possible through the KOOL-AID and KaBOOM! Playspace Finder Sweepstakes!

Every new playground (with an uploaded picture) you add to the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder between Aug. 4 and Aug. 9 will enter you to win a trip for four to a playground ribbon-cutting with Reverend Run in Atlanta!

Learn about the sweepstakes!

Think you know your stuff?

A member of the KaBOOM! community is asking how many audits are needed per playspace to apply to become a Playful City USA.

If you know the answer, Ben Duda is promising to send six KaBOOM! kickballs to the first KaBOOM! community member who posts it in this thread.

Help KaBOOM! and Win a Free Apple iPhone.

Please join me in congratulating Neal 'videoflyer' Katz from Illnois, because he is the winner of the KaBOOM! iPhone Giveaway!

Neal added four playgrounds to the Playspace Finder from his local area in Deefield, Illinois.  Take a look at Jewett Park (also with a skatepark), Maplewood Park, McLean Rohn Memorial Playground, and Brickyards Park.

KaBOOM! would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who entered the contest.  Hundreads of new playgrounds, skateparks, and more were added to the Playspace Finder, making it an even better way to find the great places to play in your neightboorhood.

Click here to learn more about KaBOOM! contests and other winners.

KaBOOM! is very happy to announce the first three winners in our "Spruce Up" contest.

The three Playspace Finder users below just won a $500 dollar gift card to help "Spruce Up" their playspaces! Add a Playspace and you could win!

• Kelly "kaffy123" Frey won for adding the Lincoln Park playground in Beaver Dam, WI.
  
  
• Char "cmad" Madsen won for adding Turner School Playground in West Chicago, IL
  
  
• Mark "Mr. Playground" White won for adding Howard Park in Lee's Summit, MS

And don't forget that the last day to enter the iPhone Contest is July 16th! If you haven't entered yet, please sign-up and add those playgrounds. Remember, each new playspace you add is another chance to win an Apple iPhone!

See more contests and past winners

KaBOOM! wants to reward one person, chosen at random, with the most talked about gadget of 2007, the Apple iPhone (fair warning - you'll need to buy a two-year service plan to make it work). Entering is simple - just fill out the form below and add an entry to the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder, a national directory of playgrounds, fields, ice rinks, and skate parks. You can search for and add playspaces yourself. Each playground, skate park, and ice rink in the Playspace Finder was entered by people who have a passion for promoting play, just like you.

Each playspace you add is another chance to win! Enter now!

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Because we are so fond of the people who visit and post on the KaBOOM! Forums, we've started a new contest to add some more fun and play to the conversation.

From now until the end of 2007, KaBOOM! will post a new question or challenge each week on the forums.  Nothing too difficult, we promise.  To participate, all you have to do is login and post a response!  KaBOOM! will choose a winner from the entries and promptly send that person a great piece of KaBOOM! gear.

The first contest is Caption This Photo!

Happy Posting!

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