Updates
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November 1, 2019
Playworks Recruits Playful Professionals with LinkedIn For Nonprofits ›
At Playworks, we seek out energetic, creative people who ensure every kid has the chance to play every day. Our core values of inclusion, respect, healthy community, and healthy play…
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October 29, 2019
Detroit Lions and Playworks Michigan Team Up for 2019 #RealPlayersDontBully Event ›
Several members of the Detroit Lions and the Detroit Lions Cheerleaders joined Playworks Michigan at Mason Academy for a Real Players Don’t Bully Pep Rally in conjunction with National Bullying…
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October 2, 2019
Expanding the Power of Play Across the State ›
We have a vision—of safe, healthy play occurring throughout the state. It is a vision that, with each passing day, is becoming a reality. In fact, for the recently inaugurated…
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September 23, 2019
Playworks Michigan Giving Detroit Schools a Makeover ›
Playworks Michigan and StockX volunteers teamed up to promote the need for safe and healthy play everyday by transforming a plain blacktop at a local elementary school into a colorful…
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September 23, 2019
It’s Recess Checkup Week ›
It can be hard to understand the impact that your play space has on your school’s culture and your students’ experience, and while there are a lot of solutions worth…
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September 17, 2019
Playworks Coach Program named in DOJ’s ‘Promising Program’ ›
Recently, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reviewed evidence of the Playworks Coach program and found that the program met the criteria for a Promising Program intended to improve school attendance. …
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August 12, 2019
School’s Out and the Results Are In! ›
School’s Out and the Results Are In: Survey Validates Playworks’ Mission on the Playground and in the Classroom In our field of play, we are often afforded the unique and…
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May 17, 2019
Prepare. Grow. Love. ›
As our organization began preparing for the Detroit Regional Chamber’s 2019 Mackinac Policy Conference, the annual gathering of business and governmental leaders aimed at the betterment of our state, I…
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April 5, 2019
Playworks on WDIV (NBC) ›
Our Executive Director, Angela Rogensues, sat down with WDIV’s Shawn Ley to talk about the power of play during school breaks and the importance of keeping kids active with healthy…