Northern California
May 23, 2012
After a successful year of leadership training, Playworks’ junior coaches were honored and celebrated in a day-long event filled with food, fun and games at Longfellow Elementary School. Longfellow’s playground…
May 8, 2012
Playworks East Bay celebrated and acknowledged our junior coaches at the 2nd Annual Junior Coach Leadership Conference (JCLC). Nearly 200 junior coaches and Playworks staff spent a fun filled and…
Due to the support and participation of the entire San Francisco Playworks community, our Second Annual Run for Recess 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run was a fantastic success! We…
AmeriCorps members from Playworks Silicon Valley recently participated in a day of service. The group spent the day sprucing up the new site for the petting zoo and farm, clearing…
May 4, 2012
Clean, safe playgrounds are vital for fun and inclusive play! Partnering with Harvard Alumni Association as part of their Global Month of Service, Playworks has organized a fun and important…
April 16, 2012
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…
Jonathan Avila is a fifth grade student at World and Achieve Academy in Oakland, where he’s been a Junior Coach since the beginning of the school year. On a recent…
March 30, 2012
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…
March 29, 2012
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,…
