Pacific Northwest
October 22, 2014
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…
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 7, 2014
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…
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
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
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
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…
April 21, 2014
Playworks’co-ed volleyball leagues came to a close after five awesome weeks where fourth and fifth grade players bumped it, set it, spiked it—because that’s the way they like it! Cheers rang out…
March 14, 2014
The power of play has made a seriously positive impact on schools in the Bellevue School District. Located just east of Seattle, Bellevue contracted Playworks trainers to lead professional development programs for…
