Updates
March 2, 2015
The Honorary Junior Coach ›
In celebration of AmeriCorps week, I want to share a story of an honorary Junior Coach, who I have had the pleasure to work with in the past 6 months.…
January 8, 2015
A Slam Dunk Extravaganza! ›
Teams from all 20 Playworks partner schools joined together to learn new skills, meet new friends, and get in the game at the 6th Annual 4th & 5th Grade Girls’…
October 22, 2014
Trail Blazers and Playworks Partner to Make it Better for Every Kid ›
Playworks is collaborating with the Portland Trail Blazers as part of five make it better community partners throughout the 2014-15 season. The five Trail Blazers make it better partners include Big…
October 22, 2014
5 Years of Play in the Pacific Northwest! ›
2009-2010 Playworks opens the Portland office on June 30, 2009 Starts partnerships with 8 schools in the Portland metro area and adds a 9th school mid-year 7 AmeriCorps members serving…
October 7, 2014
Meet our Coaches ›
Coach Arone, AmeriCorps Member Cesar Chavez School, Portland Public School District Favorite Sport: Soccer Coach Courtney Alder, Reynolds School District Favorite Sport: Basketball Coach Chelsea…
October 7, 2014
Portland Children’s Levy Invests in Play! ›
The Portland Children’s Levy will invest $33 million over the next three years in 57 programs benefitting Portland children, one of those programs being Playworks. These investments span a…
September 25, 2014
Laureus Foundation, Playworks Partnering to Create a Generation of Leaders through Sport ›
This June, I had the opportunity to visit a Playworks recess at Jason Lee School in Portland, where I learned about the support Playworks provides to my community. As Head…
May 2, 2014
4 Things I Learned at my Playworks Internship ›
Cassandra Marshall is a recent college graduate who recently completed a six month internship with Playworks Pacific Northwest. Cassandra supported Playworks both in the office and on the playground by…
May 1, 2014
Coach into the Classroom ›
Abby Peterson served two years as an AmeriCorps member with Playworks before making the transition into the classroom. Abby is now a kindergarten teacher at one of our partner school. After several months…