Updates

October 26, 2011

Bringing Playworks to the Streets ›

It is often said that a Playworks Coach's real office is the playground. On Sunday, September 11th, twelve coaches created a new, temporary office right in the middle of Western…

October 26, 2011

Rock Band for Charity ›

It goes without saying that taking a group of people – people whose office is a school playground – to a bar event will result in an absolutely incredible time.…

October 26, 2011

Oracle Open World Conference ›

In our modern, tech-saturated lives, many old-fashioned pleasures get overlooked. One is the simple pleasure of receiving a hand-written letter with your name on it. Another is the feeling of…

October 26, 2011

Make a Difference Day Service Project ›

Our AmeriCorps members continued to serve their community and make an impact by partnering with The Native Garden organization at Lake Cunningham Park in San Jose. We broke into teams…

October 12, 2011

Local business women team with Playworks ›

Heidi Marchesotti, Highland Partners Real Estate and Ruth Stroup Insurance Agency are sponsoring a play ground clean-up and paint at Hillcrest school with the proceeds going to support Playworks coaches…

October 12, 2011

PG&E and Playworks Team up to Celebrate National Service Day ›

More than 80 PG&E employees and their families will roll-up their sleeves to clean-up and paint two East Bay elementary school Playgrounds on Saturday October 22 in honor of the…

October 10, 2011

Day of Service at Full Circle Farms ›

Our lovely AmeriCorps team spent a day out on the farm at Full Circle Farms, in Sunnyvale, CA. They put their backs into it and harvested (and sampled along the…

August 26, 2011

Rock Band for Charity ›

Playworks San Francisco Rock Band for Charity event will be held Thursday, October 6, 8:30 pm -12:30 am at Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco. Put on your dancing shoes…

August 22, 2011

Welcome to New Staff ›

John Quinn Program Manager John Quinn is the program manager for Playworks San Francisco and has been with the organization for six years. After graduating from UC Davis, John started…