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Not-so-scary playground

Posted by KaBOOM! on February 2, 2012
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You may remember our Scary Playgrounds: Let’s Find ‘Em and Fix ‘Em contest last Halloween, when we asked for photos of playgrounds that were in desperate need of repair. Our grand prize winner, Dan Watson of Fredonia, Ariz. recently wrote to let us know what they’re doing with the $1,000 VISA Gift Card they received:
 

"We are still adding equipment to the park as we remodel our larger park. 

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Dispatch from Davos: The promise of collective impact

Posted by KaBOOM! on January 25, 2012
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Twenty-five hundred citizens from around the world have descended on the snowy ski resort of Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum's annual meeting. This year's theme is The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models. I like that it is about ‘shaping' new models and not necessarily ‘creating' them.

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Interview with Foresters President and CEO

Posted by KaBOOM! on January 24, 2012
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George Mohacsi is the President and CEO of Foresters, a life insurance provider committed to the well-being of families. Foresters and KaBOOM! began their partnership in 2006 when the organizations built four playgrounds across the U.S.

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From our CEO: Leading the way through play

Posted by KaBOOM! on January 20, 2012
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As a Schwab Social Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011, KaBOOM! Founder and CEO Darell Hammond has the opportunity to participate in the World Economic Forum next week in Davos, Switzerland. It's a chance to meet business and thought leaders, but also to advocate for something that sparks true entrepreneurial thinking: unstructured play.

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From our CEO: Accidents happen – and that’s okay

Posted by KaBOOM! on January 5, 2012
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The article “Societal Values and Policies May Curtail Preschool Children’s Physical Activity in Child Care Centers,” and associated study published yesterday by the American Academy of Pediatrics, shows what we at KaBOOM! have seen happening increasingly over the years: the risk of lawsuits and increased academic competitiveness is harming our children.

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Monkey bar success

Posted by KaBOOM! on December 31, 2011
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"My son's school (ATCPS) in Sacramento, Calif., received one of your playgrounds earlier this year. For the last year and a half since the school opened, (was originally a high school), my son and his school-mates only had a few basketball hoops and a soccer field to play on.

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A year to remember, recommit and continue to act!

Posted by KaBOOM! on December 30, 2011
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As we look back on the KaBOOM! 15th birthday year, it is hard not to feel pride in all that we – the broader KaBOOM! community – have accomplished toward realizing our vision of a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America.

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Save recess

Posted by KaBOOM! on December 30, 2011
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"I am fighting to save recess at our elementary schools and was referred to KaBOOM! as our fight got started. I have found valuable research and a supportive community at KaBOOM!.

Our fight has progressed slowly but we haven’t given up, and when I feel the stress that comes from being outspoken in our community I find much renewed strength by visiting the online community at KaBOOM!."

– Sarah Brown, Houston, TX

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Playing in the snow

Posted by KaBOOM! on December 29, 2011
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"I was already running a playgroup, but the KaBOOM! webinar, Get Outside: an All-Weather Guide to Outdoor Playgroups, made me take the initiative to set up an 'Outdoor Playgroup' within our existing playgroup. Usually we try to meet outside anyway, but during winter in New England, that's not always the first impulse- many people just want to stay inside- we also have a lot of southern people who have relocated to this area and they find it hard to get out with the kids.

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Building a great place to play in West Palm Beach

Posted by KaBOOM! on December 28, 2011
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On February 12th, 2011 KaBOOM!, the Police Athletic League of West Palm Beach and PNC Foundation turned the worst dumping site in West Palm Beach into a beautiful new playground. Now people pick up trash every day.

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