Meet Playworks Minnesota
Founded in 1996, Playworks expanded to Minnesota in 2010. Playworks Minnesota serves schools across Minnesota through our year-round, on-site support services. We’re also reaching thousands more students across Minnesota through professional development workshops for schools and youth organizations.
Our Mission
Playworks’ mission is to improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play.
Our Vision
Playworks’ vision is that one day every child in America will have access to safe, fun, healthy play every day.
Every child deserves
• to learn how to be a good friend.
• to feel like a hero.
• a voice.
Playworks outcomes speak for themselves. Last year school principals and teacher reported:
Meet Our People
April 23, 2024
Neetu Agrawal ›
Neetu (pronounced like “knee-2”) currently serves as the Operations Manager, supporting the regions of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin and New England. She joined Playworks in 2009, supporting AmeriCorps members in…
February 7, 2025
Meme Wolfork ›
With over a decade of experience in youth development, Meme has had the privilege of working with children and teens from early childhood through high school. Since 2013, she has…
August 23, 2023
Isaiah Marshall ›
Isaiah has been a paraprofessional for the last few years working in different elementary schools across the cities, most previously with the Mounds View School District. Isaiah has also spent…