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Trivia: The Home Depot and KaBOOM! Partnership

  1. Who won the first-ever American Country Music Awards/The Home Depot Humanitarian Award?
  2. True or False: KaBOOM! and The Home Depot built a playground with Miss America, the Secretary of Commerce and Washington Redskins players in attendance.
  3. In what city is the easternmost playground located that The Home Depot and KaBOOM! have built?
  4. Where was the first playground KaBOOM! built with The Home Depot?
  5. What parade did KaBOOM! staff members participate in as part of The Home Depot sponsorship?
  6. Where did KaBOOM! and The Home Depot build on a rooftop?

    Answers: 1) Reba McEntire; 2) True; 3) St John's, Newfoundland; 4) Washington, D.C.; 5) Rose Bowl Parade; 6) New York, N.Y.

THD Main.jpg A Decade of Play With The Home Depot

From Nova Scotia to Alaska and almost everywhere in between, our 10-year partnership with The Home Depot has brought invaluable in-kind, financial, and most importantly, volunteer power to the cause of play and community-building across North America. Through initiatives like 1,000 Playgrounds in 1,000 Days, Operation Playground and Racing to Play, The Home Depot is helping KaBOOM! reach thousands of children in neighborhoods where play is needed most!

1000 Main150.jpg1,000 Playspaces in 1,000 Days

This unprecedented initiative was launched by KaBOOM! and The Home Depot in 2005 to create and refurbish 1,000 playspaces in 1,000 days throughout North America. Through this commitment, The Home Depot has enabled KaBOOM! to reach communities where play is needed most by offering highly effective trainings, challenge grants, and technical assistance to spark and support community-led playground, field, and ice rink projects.


OPmain150.jpgOperation Playground: Bringing Play Back to the Gulf Coast

A two-year KaBOOM! initiative to build 100 playgrounds in Gulf Coast communities affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. By the end of 2006, KaBOOM! will have mobilized more than 6,000 volunteers to build 30 playgrounds in the Gulf Coast through Operation Playground. Team Depot has brought tremendous support to this effort, including the first permanent structure to be rebuilt in Pass Christian, Miss.! This program has restored for thousands of children a sense of childhood taken away in the aftermath of the hurricanes. It has also provided hope and momentum to local rebuilding efforts throughout the Gulf Coast.

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RTP Main150.jpgRacing to Play

This partnership between The Home Depot, Joe Gibbs Racing, and KaBOOM! was designed to make a lasting, positive impression in the lives of at-risk children who live in race communities throughout America. Racing to Play has quickly become a well-known charitable activity within the NASCAR community. By the end of 2006, this partnership will have built 20 special racing-themed playgrounds and brought thousands of smiles to young racing fans from Nashua, N.H., to Las Vegas, Nev. Learn about NASCAR day pins that benefit KaBOOM!
More on Racing to Play: Read Jayski's take on the 2007 kick-off build here, and see photos from the event.

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