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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!
Take Action for Play
Take Action for Play
How can YOU bring play back to your community? Saving play can start with something as simple as a bucket of sidewalk chalk.
We want to empower you to take action and connect you to other moms, dads, teachers, and community advocates who want to give all children the time and space to play. Join us!
Save Play in Your Community
- Get tips, ideas, and inspiration for making your community more playful.
- » Pledge to Save Play
- » Read our blog, Play Today
- » Take an online training
Is Your City Playful?
- Playful City USA communities are committed to taking action for play, and they qualify for $2 million in grants.
- » Learn about Playful City USA
- » See best practices for Playful Cities
- » List of 2012 PCUSA Cities
KaBOOM! Community
- Connect and share with other folks who are trying to bring play to their communities.
- » See what’s new
- » Join our community
- » Join a discussion group
- Host a Play Day
- Bring old-fashioned fun to your neighborhood! Get started with our free Play Day resources.
- » Sign up now
- Why Play Matters
- Take it from the experts: Play is not a luxury, but a basic human need.
- » Browse studies and research
- Volunteer for Play
- Looking for one-day service projects for an eager group of volunteers?
- » Get ideas
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