Playworks will rock (and paper and scissors) at our annual Get in the Game Gala on Tuesday, June 19, 2018 featuring recess games, cocktails, a live auction, special guests and more.
This year we will shine the spotlight on our student and principal honorees for their inspiring leadership every day within their schools and communities!
Honoring
Most Valuable Principal
Principal Atiba Buckman
Speedway Academies, Newark, New Jersey
Presenting
Junior Coach Leadership Awards
Performance by
Rebecca Black
Musician, Actress, and Social Influencer
Location
Tribeca Rooftop
2 Desbrosses St
New York, NY 10013
6:30 p.m. Reception including cocktails and recess games
7:30 p.m. Programs, awards, and live auction featuring
Playworks founder and CEO, Jill Vialet and auctioneer, CK Swett
Junior Coach Leadership Awards
8:45 p.m. Entertainment, dinner and games
Festive cocktail attire
Our Sponsors
National
Roshambo Rockstars
Foursquare Phenom
Double Dutch Dynamo
Host Committee
Paul Teti, Normandy Real Estate Partners
Michael Carlone
Elaine Thomas
Herschel Goldfield
Jason Nagler and Juliette Zimmerman
About Get in the Game
Playworks Get in the Game is our fun and impactful series of signature fundraising events that transports guests from the ballroom to the playground, and has cumulatively raised more than $4.5 million for our critical programs.
Funds raised at the event will support the expanding efforts of Playworks to leverage play to improve the social and emotional health of every girl and boy in New York and beyond, by increasing opportunities for physical activity in schools. Locally, our programs serve over 100,000 kids at 200 schools across the region.
About Playworks
Playworks is the leading national nonprofit leveraging the power of play to transform children’s social, emotional and physical health. In the 2017-18 school year, Playworks will reach 1,000,000 students at 2,200 schools in 23 U.S. cities directly and through professional training services. We are changing the educational experience and school culture by leveraging the power of safe, fun, and healthy play at school every day. We create a place for every kid on the playground to feel included, be active, and build valuable social and emotional skills. Our vision is for 3.5 million kids in 7,000 elementary schools nationwide to experience safe and healthy play every day by 2020.
Past Honorees
Rob DeMartini, New Balance President/CEO
Christine Driessen, ESPN CFO
David Einhorn, Greenlight Capital Founder
Mark Hawkins, Salesforce CFO
Trip Hawkins Electronic Arts CEO/Founder
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President Emerita
Larry Miller, Portland Trailblazers President
Stuart Snyder, Cartoon Network President/COO
Past Sponsors
Deloitte
Einhorn Family Charitable Trust founders David and Cheryl Einhorn
Eminence Capital founder Ricky Sandler
Goldman Sachs
Mattel
Moody’s
National Basketball Players Association Foundation
National Football League
New Balance
Nickelodeon
Omega Advisors Inc. Chairman and CEO Leon Cooperman
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Salesforce
Third Point founder and CEO Dan Loeb
Tudor Investment Corporation founder Paul Tudor Jones
Universal Music
UPS
Walt Disney Company
Check out some pictures from last year’s gala.
(Photos courtesy of AM Media Group)