Updates

To improve school climate and alleviate playground chaos, Playworks provides each of our partner schools with a youth leadership training program. These youth leaders, or Junior Coaches, are students who…

In partnership with Academy of Art University (AAU), youth leaders from across the Bay Area gathered at The Cannery to celebrate their leadership roles. The Cannery was teeming with inspiration…

It’s a warm Saturday. There are no classes today, but the atmosphere around the playground at Buena Vista / Horace Mann School is electric – a cacophony of bouncing basketballs,…

We had joy, we had fun playing in the sun. It was a great time for everyone. Silicon Valley's  first AmeriCorps driven service project for the month of March kicked…

Some of Playworks' Silicon Valley AmeriCorps members teamed up with Our City Forest to plant some trees in the Silver Creek neighborhood of San Jose. Bringing their green thumbs and…

JOIN US at the Pacific THERx 5K4Play, benefitting Playworks Silicon Valley Celebrate the importance of physical fitness and value of play by running or walking the Pacific THERx 5K4Play on…

Participants in our Girls Basketball league spent an afternoon learning and practicing basketball skills. A group of about 70 girls came to Sherman Oaks Elementary where 12 of our AmeriCorps…

Held at Shirakawa Elementary in San Jose, 18 teams of approximately 8-10 girls each, came together for a day of flag football! Our AmeriCorps members did a great job both…

Teams from 14 different schools came together at Hughes Elementary in Santa Clara to enjoy a lovely day of soccer games! Girls and boys from across Silicon Valley enjoyed lots…