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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
See the 2010 entries!
Important Playground Design Contest links:
Enter the Playground Design Contest | Your Playground Projects | Contest Official Rules
Let's Play is a community partnership led by Dr Pepper Snapple Group to get kids and families active nationwide. The first Let's Play initiative is a $15 million, three-year commitment to build or improve 2,000 playgrounds with KaBOOM!.
Learn more about Let's Play on Facebook
Looking for some inspiration for your design? Here are the submitted designs from the 2010 Promote Your Project Design Contest.
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Allen ParkYork, PA This new playground is at Allen Park, located at Hay and Sherman Streets in York, PA. Community volunteers will build new playgrounds for 2 to 5 year olds and 5 to 12 year olds. Learn more. |
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AudubonplaygroundAudubon, MN We want to help children not only have fun but also enourage development-social, neurological, and physical. We are goining to make sure they get their playground! Learn more. |
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Barrier Free PlaygroundLexington, KY The Castlewood Park Playground renovation will serve to improve the existing playground and to make it a Barrier Free Playground that provides opportunities for safe and engaging play for all. Learn more. |
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Carver Inclusion PlaygroundCarver, MA Parents and staff of Carver Elementary feel it is important to add a section to the current playground that better meets the needs of some of our students who have various disabilities. Learn more. |
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Good Hope School PlaygroundArusha, Tanzania We plan to bring both a playground and electricity to the children of the Good Hope Orphanage and School for the very first time. Learn more. |
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Lewis & Clark Playground, Inc.Missoula, MT L&C Elementary's 468 students need a great place to play in the 21st Century—one that is safe, inclusive, and age-appropriate and fosters activity, exploration, friendships, and lifelong play. Learn more. |
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Meadow ParkAlpine, WY Meadow Park will fill the void for a fun, family-oriented, action-packed playspace that kids lack in this community. Learn more. |
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Mount Tabor Meadows CommonsBlacksburg, VA We envision transforming the MTM commons into a space for everyone, promoting healthy lifestyles and a healthy environment. Learn more. |
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North Shore Christian SchoolLynn, MA NSCS is a Christian school committed to partnering with parents to provide a challenging foundation for their children. We have so much but want to enhance the experience with a playground! Learn more. |
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NVA PlaygroundGooding, ID Our goal is to build a playground that is fun, allows imagination play, and is developmentally challenging for K-6th grades. We hope to include swings, tires, climbers, slides, trapeze rungs, and balance beams. Learn more. |
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Pajarito PlaygroundEspanola, NM The Pajarito Playground will serve the public housing tenants of an underserved area in a poorer county in New Mexico. The playground will afford the children a place to play and exercise in a safe space. Learn more. |
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Paraclete PlaygroundSouth Boston, MA The Paraclete Academy seeks to create learners committed to academics, leadership, and fitness. Our dedicated students need a space to learn about sports, their abilities, and teamwork. Learn more. |
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PoPgroundAulander, NC We seek to build an interactive, intergenerational space that encourages physical activity, aids relationship-building and problem solving amongst a diverse population, and develops creative thinking. Learn more. |
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Project HopeHobson City, AL Our mission is to build a safe and fully functional park facility that serves the community’s recreational and social needs. Learn more. |
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Randall School ParkMadison, WI Help revitalize Olive Jones Park, the city park next to Randall School. We have a world class design for new play equipment and a vision for a new community park in a neighborhood that needs one. Learn more. |
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Redwood PlaygroundPeoria, AZ Our mission is to provide our very deserving students with a safe and developmentally appropriate place to learn and play. Our students are primarily low-income and special-needs. Learn more. |
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ReplayMyPlayPittsburgh, PA ReplayMyPlay converts the mechanical energy of children playing on a play structure to electricity used to power lights in the play area while teaching children about fundamental energy concepts. Learn more. |
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Richard E. Miller PlaygroundPhoenix, AZ The new Richard E. Miller Playground will provide rich learning opportunities for all students! Join us in helping to create an exciting new playspace. Learn more. |
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Rising Star PlaygroundRising Star, TX Our vision is to be able to have a safe place for all children to play in our community. Learn more. |
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Roseland Park PlaygroundJamestown, NY We aim to build a new playground that meets current standards for safety and ADA accessibility, providing a playspace that is inclusive for all children. Learn more. |
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Rosholt City Park ProjectRosholt, SD The Rosholt City Park is in major need of a facelift. This is Rosholt Beautification Committee's first project to give the community a family space for young and old alike. Learn more. |
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Walnut Avenue Women's CenterSanta Cruz, CA Our three Early Education centers serve children birth to 5 years. We are the only subsidized center for infants in our county. Our play area is a dirt lot with yard toys and there is no safe outside play area for our infants. Learn more. |
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Wheeler Historic FarmMurray, UT Wheeler Historic Farm is a 75-acre farm that was purchased by Salt Lake County in 1976. Its mission is to provide education and recreation for the county. Learn more. |
























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