First Lady launches "Let's Move" campaign
In snowy Washington D.C. yesterday, despite the weather more than one hundred champions in the battle against childhood obesity gathered in the White House to…
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KaBOOM! offers "shovel-ready" projects to support First Lady's anti-obesity initiative
As First Lady Michelle Obama prepares to launch her campaign against childhood obesity on Tuesday, KaBOOM! CEO Darell Hammond has pledged support for the initiative…
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First Lady Obama addresses childhood obesity
Yesterday, at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ winter meeting, First Lady Michelle Obama discussed the importance of healthy eating and physical activity initiatives to help…
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Play Day $10,000 grant recipients announced
Today, two schools in communities with approximately 2,000 people managed to garner more than 160,000 votes in an online competition to win a $10,000 playground…
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Review for play with Kudzu and KaBOOM!
Active kids need safe spaces to play outside, and busy parents need reliable service professionals to get things done. So Kudzu and KaBOOM! are bringing…
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KaBOOM! and Huggies® Brand team up
Kimberly-Clark’s Huggies® brand understands how important it is for kids to keep active, and how important play is to the development of a child. As…
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KaBOOM! releasing report this weekend
KaBOOM! is attending the National League of Cities Youth, Education, and Families (NLC – YEF) biennial summit in Boston, Mass. this weekend. Mayors, council members,…
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Shoe auction for KaBOOM! kicks off
On Tuesday, Huggies® Brand brought together moms, dads and their speedy, on-the-go babies in Madison Square Park to kick off the Huggies® Big Movers shoe…
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Play Days start this weekend!
Kids in all 50 states, in 12 different countries and on every continent (including Antarctica) get out to play from September 19-27! With children between…
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NFL PLAY 60 supports KaBOOM! Play Days with $25,000 in grants
Kids aren’t getting enough playtime, so KaBOOM!, the national non-profit dedicated to bringing play back into the lives of children, is giving communities free kits…