Build a Playground
Our Dream Playground

Our new step-by-step project planner offers the money and know-how to make your playground dreams come true.
Tools and Resources

Get funding, learn the nuts and bolts of building a great place to play, and improve your local playground.
Become a Community Partner

Build a great place to play for your community with the help of your neighbors, friends, KaBOOM! and our Funding Partners.
More:
- Volunteer opportunities — Fundraising ideas — Alumni Network — Fund a KaBOOM! build
Help
Take Action for Play
Save Play in Your Community

Get tips, ideas, and inspiration for making your community more playful.
Playful City USA

Our Playful City USA program recognizes cities and towns that embrace play as a priority.
KaBOOM! Community

Connect and share with other folks who are trying to bring play to their communities.
More:
- Host a Play Day — Earn badges for your actions — Volunteer for play
Help
The Map of Play
Playing Near You

Find, add, rate, and review playgrounds in your community.
Play Deserts

Where are playgrounds needed most and what happens when kids have nowhere to play?
- What is a Play Desert?
- How is the play deficit harming our children?
More:
- Get our mapping badge
Help
About KaBOOM!
What We Do

KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit dedicated to saving play for America’s children.
Who We Are

We are peppy, purple-adorned people who passionately promote the power of play!
Partner With Us

Our partners help us to create new playgrounds and to spread the word about the importance of PLAY.
More:
- Contact us — Jobs at KaBOOM! — Financial statements — Our founder's memoir
Help

Mass Action

Click each staff member's name to see their kaboom.org community profile.

Jim Hunn
Vice President

Emily Hummel
Operations Manager

Communications

Stephanie Bowen
Director

Mike Vietti
Manager

Community Engagement

Danielle Marshall
Director

Tia Hodges
Manager
Playful City USA

MJ Kurs-Lasky
Manager
Playful City USA

Ebonie Cooper
Coordinator
DIY Community

Marketing

Michael Cooper
Director

Gillian Hersh
Manager
Graphic Design

Online

Kerala Taylor Senior Manager Online Content & Outreach	Nancy McLaughlin Web Developer	Mary Lewis Web Developer	Bernabas Dagnachew Web Developer	Jason Cooper Coordinator Quality Assurance
Erin Hamilton Coordinator Online Production

Build a Playground

Our Dream Playground

Tools and Resources

Become a Community Partner

More:

Take Action for Play

Save Play in Your Community

Playful City USA

KaBOOM! Community

More:

The Map of Play

Playing Near You

Play Deserts

More:

About KaBOOM!

What We Do

Who We Are

Partner With Us

More:

Mass Action

Communications

Community Engagement

Marketing

Online

Staff

From Our Blog

Play in Motion

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