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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
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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!
Site Map
Primary links
- Home
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- DIY Playground Improvement Projects
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- Youth Engagement Activity Guide
- Take Action
- Playmaker Network
- Learn More About Play
- Get a Group
- Assess and Improve
- Mobilize the Media
- Spread the Word
- Work with Elected Officials
- All-Star Playmakers
- Plan a Play Day
- Playmaker of the Month
- Cynthia Gentry
- Mayor Tammy de Weerd
- Richard Bemm
- Kathy Little
- Gina Lazo
- Myrdin Jhana Thompson
- Dr. Frank Kelly, M.D.
- Nancy Serrand
- Eileen Spitalny
- Mark White
- Bert Millett
- Michele Whiteaker
- Alex Griffith
- Jennifer Martin
- Toni Shreffler
- Mara Kaplan
- Gretchen Smathers
- Latricia Bryant
- City of Oldsmar
- Lynn LeFeber
- Wanda Quon
- James Blessington
- Jennifer Kresin
- Pat Rumbaugh
- Mary Alice Long
- Ann Campbell
- Alex Smith
- Bethany Ingraham
- Dustin Brown
- Mary Hanisco
- Mercer Island Parks and Recreation
- Liza Sullivan
- Sarah Brown
- Wanda Cheeks
- Action Ideas
- Playful City USA
- Play Day
- Summer Challenge 2012
- Play Today
- Play Research
- Online Training
- Playful City USA
- The KaBOOM! Community
- Play Day
- Play Day
- Pledge to Save Play
- Goof Off Guide
- Playmaker Network
- The Map of Play
- About KaBOOM!
- Our Mission & Vision
- Programs
- Press Room
- Reports and Studies
- Our Story
- Staff
- Our Culture
- Supporting Partners
- Careers
- Videos
- Active Kids are Healthy Kids
- All About KaBOOM!
- Arne Duncan speaks at KaBOOM! 2000th Playground Build
- Become a KaBOOM! Community Partner
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois Playground Build in Berwyn, IL
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Playground Build in Dallas, TX
- Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health Inc. build in Caldwell, ID
- Build Timelapse - DIRECTV and KaBOOM! in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
- Build Timelapse - Georgia-Pacific and KaBOOM! in Lakeside, CA
- CCF, AHA Waterbury Build Day
- California First Lady Maria Shriver Speaks at a Playground Build
- Collaboration. Curiosity. Confidence. Victory.
- Cornell McClellan on the Importance of Play and Physical Activity
- DIRECTV & KaBOOM! & Atlanta Volunteers Build a Playground
- DIRECTV Builds a New Orleans Playground
- Darell Hammond at the 100th Operation Playground build
- Disney builds a new playground at Brocato Park in Berwyn, IL
- Domonique Foxworth at Design Day
- First Lady Michelle Obama Speaks at a Build
- First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at KaBOOM! 2000th Playground Build
- Football Field Renovation Day - Time Lapse
- HCSC Thank You
- Honorable Arne Duncan Talks About the Importance of Play
- How Can You Save Play?
- Humana Challenge: Health for All Ages
- Imagination Playground in a Box
- Imagination Playground: A Drive to Candy Land
- Innovation in Play
- KaBOOM! 2000th Playground Build
- KaBOOM! Fighting Childhood Obesity
- KaBOOM! Open House 2012
- KaBOOM! Operation Playground
- KaBOOM! Theory of Change
- Kraft Foods: Delicious Difference Week
- LexisNexis Builds a Playground in Atlanta, GA
- Meaning of Play
- MetLife: Todo Comienza con un Sueño
- NBA Cares and KaBOOM!
- NHP Foundation: Let the good times roll!
- Philadelphia Flyers and KaBOOM!
- Playground Build: AAOS
- Playground Build: Antawn Jamison, Shreveport
- Playground Build: Antawn teams with Simmons YMCA to build a playspace in Charlotte
- Playground Build: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of NC
- Playground Build: CaliforniaVolunteers
- Playground Build: Deloitte, San Diego
- Playground Build: Dustin Brown and Los Angeles Kings
- Playground Build: Fannie Mae
- Playground Build: Home Depot Volunteers Travel Far
- Playground Build: Indianapolis Colts
- Playground Build: Junior League of New Orleans
- Playground Build: KOOL-AID
- Playground Build: KOOL-AID and City of Inglewood
- Playground Build: Los Angeles Kings
- Playground Build: MetLife, Providence
- Playground Build: NFL PLAY 60 - Part 1
- Playground Build: NFL PLAY 60 - Part 2
- Playground Build: Nestlé & Villages at Cabrillo
- Playground Build: Nestlé in 1 Min.
- Playground Build: Omaha
- Playground Build: Orlando
- Playground Build: SAP + Jon Bon Jovi, Camden, NJ
- Playground Build: SAP + Jon Bon Jovi, Camden, NJ
- Playground Build: Salt Lake City
- Playground Build: Warmup
- SEGA, KaBOOM!, and Youth Uprising Playground Build
- Save Play "Playground"
- Secretary Shaun Donovan and The Importance of Play
- Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Talks About Play
- So Kids Can 2010-11
- Sonal Shal on the Importance of Playgrounds in Communities
- Timelapse Build Video
- Washington Capitals Build a Great Place to Play
- Washington Capitals and Elliot Segal Help Out on Design Day
- We Advocate for Play
- What is Imagination Playground?
- You Are Here - KaBOOM! Playspace Finder
- KaBOOM! News
- Closing the 'Hello' online community
- Volunteer on a KaBOOM! Build
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