Updates
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December 14, 2017
Pies (and more) for Playworks, Success! ›
Playworks would like to thank ButtercuP Diner for their partnership in Pies (and more) for Playworks! High-Five for supporting our mission of bringing safe and healthy play to kids every…
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December 11, 2017
Why We Should Preserve the Johnson Amendment ›
A message from our Founder & CEO, Jill Vialet Why we should preserve the Johnson Amendment We believe that it is important to preserve the nonpartisanship of the philanthropic sector.…
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December 1, 2017
My Cause, My Cleats ›
My Cause, My Cleats is an National Football League campaign in which players and team staff from around the league wear cleats designed to highlight the causes they support. Look…
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November 28, 2017
Real Players Don’t Bully 2017 ›
October is National Bullying Prevention Month At Playworks Michigan, we promote inclusion and respect in everything that we do. This year alone, we are helping over 17,000 students feel included…
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November 17, 2017
Free resources to help school staff encourage active learning ›
Active and healthy play helps students develop self-control, build social skills, and get the “brain break” needed for academic success. A report from the Institute of Medicine found that children…
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October 26, 2017
We All Need Each Other ›
We live in extraordinary times. We struggle to make sense of the catastrophes, threats, and conflicts we see at a distance and up close. Sometimes, we even forget that we…
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October 5, 2017
Explore Online Learning from Playworks ›
Try out new online mini-courses from Playworks. Many of you have shared that you’d like to do more to incorporate play into learning. These mini-courses share best practices you can use…
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September 27, 2017
New Attendance Report Highlights Playworks ›
Loma Linda Elementary reduced their chronic absence rate from 12% to 4%. The first step? Making sure that students felt safe at school, both physically and emotionally. “Portraits of Change:…
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August 21, 2017
Self-improvement lessons from the playground for all of us ›
As the season transitions and temperatures cool, September is the perfect time to reflect, look ahead, regroup, and focus on our self-improvement. In fact, it is #SelfImprovementMonth. How can we…