Northern California
July 12, 2010
Buffalo Bills Running Back Marshawn Lynch and Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterback Josh Johnson cherry bombed and roshamboed alongside Playworks staff at an appreciation reception Saturday, July 10th at the Vitamin…
June 28, 2010
The Second Annual Playworks Corporate Kickball tournament was a big success! We had some great corporate teams this year: Microsoft; Cisco; All Stars; Cupertino Electric; Trader Joes; El Camino Hospital; Squire, Sanders &…
May 14, 2010
As the school year comes to a close, Playworks staff and Americorps members met at the Headlands Institute by Rodeo Beach Friday, April 23rd for our annual staff retreat. 2010…
Playworks' own Bill Vanark, Ellen Goodman, and Emma Rapp brought old school recess to San Francisco's culinary elite on April 29th. At Share Our Strength's annual Taste of the Nation…
May 12, 2010
Proving the point that you can play 4-square anywhere, the SF Team ran recess with 18 Salesforce employees on Tuesday, April 20th atop an office building high above downtown San…
Fifty-five Playworks students received brand new bikes at yet another successful Community Bike Build Event, organized in partnership with the Rotary Club of San Francisco. On one of the warmest…
March 8, 2010
Playworks Junior Coaches – those 4th and 5th grade students best known for wearing bright purple shirts on the playground – came out in full force for a pair of…
March 5, 2010
Playworks partnered with Kaiser Permanente employees and community members to volunteer and help community organizations to restore the Gilroy Community Greenhouse located on the Gilroy High School Campus. Our efforts…
March 1, 2010
Thanks to a joint project with Old Navy, San Francisco Urban Riders, and Variety Children's Charity, 120 students from Playworks' Cleveland Elementary School now have shiny new bikes. The bikes…
