Stories of Play
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December 26, 2013
Happier, Healthier Children ›
This letter arrive at Playworks earlier this school year: When Playworks came to our school, it changed Gabriel's world. Gabriel is my son. He's 11 years old. Since he was…
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November 22, 2013
Taking Care of Our Students ›
Every day educators, parents and community members go above and beyond to support our children. It is with support from these wonderful people that our kids are able to shine.…
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August 20, 2013
Deep meaning often lies in childish play ›
It was with the passion to make change in children’s lives that then 25-year-old Jonathan Reid moved 3,000 miles away to Los Angeles for his first cross country experience. After…
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July 25, 2013
2013 Most Playful CEO Trip Hawkins ›
If You Can company's Trip Hawkins is the 2013 Playworks Most Playful CEO. As former CEO and Founder of the large gaming company Electronics Arts, Hawkins knows a lot about…
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July 2, 2013
Chicago Principal Values Play and Community ›
Principal Adam Parrott-Sheffer (Mr. P) of Mary Gage Peterson Elementary in Chicago Public Schools embodies the Playworks core value of healthy community. “We have a mechanism that families care about…
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June 12, 2013
Honoring a Great Youth Development Worker ›
Every year at Playworks, we honor a first year Playworks program coordinator who is doing great work leading play and physical activity in their school. This person takes their service…
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January 17, 2013
Parents Improve School Play Space ›
Both as a mother and former pediatric nurse, I see kids today spending less and less time just playing! Kids’ play should entail running, skipping, jumping and hopping, using their…
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December 3, 2012
City Kids get to Camp ›
As a child, I lived for the two months each year I spent at a sleepaway sports camp in the Catskill Mountains. I loved everything about camp: the people from…
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November 27, 2012
Bringing Play to Refugee Children ›
Two months after finishing my AmeriCorps service with Playworks, I moved to Egypt. I have gotten my Masters of Art in International Human Rights Law and am working as a…