playspaces

This year alone, over 42,000 volunteers hauled mulch, mixed concrete, and assembled playground components, dedicating their sweat equity to build great playspaces in communities that otherwise couldn’ t afford them.

Darell Hammond: What I Am Thankful For: Play Advocates Who Have Turned our Mission Into a Movement Darell Hammond 2010

Through joint-use agreements with the local school district, Orlando, Fla. increased the quantity of playspaces available to the general public.

Darell Hammond: What I Am Thankful For: Play Advocates Who Have Turned our Mission Into a Movement Darell Hammond 2010

Through joint-use agreements with the local school district, Orlando, Fla. increased the quantity of playspaces available to the general public.

Darell Hammond: What I Am Thankful For: Play Advocates Who Have Turned our Mission Into a Movement Darell Hammond 2010

We aren't just failing our children when we don't bother to invest in safe outdoor playspaces; we're also failing our communities.

Darell Hammond: How to Heal a Community and Resolve International Conflicts: It Starts With a Playground 2010

We aren't just failing our children when we don't bother to invest in safe outdoor playspaces; we're also failing our communities.

Darell Hammond: How to Heal a Community and Resolve International Conflicts: It Starts With a Playground 2010

This year alone, over 42,000 volunteers hauled mulch, mixed concrete, and assembled playground components, dedicating their sweat equity to build great playspaces in communities that otherwise couldn’t afford them.

Darell Hammond: What I Am Thankful For: Play Advocates Who Have Turned our Mission Into a Movement Darell Hammond 2010

As someone who was consulted by the task force during the creation of this action plan and who has dedicated the better part of my career to mobilizing communities, particularly in low-income areas, around creating safe outdoor neighborhood playspaces, I paid particularly close attention to the section on increasing physical activity.

Darell Hammond: Six Ways that Play Can Help Solve Childhood Obesity (As Reported by the White House Task Force) 2010

Increasing access to playspaces and opportunities for play is paramount to ensuring that kids are getting the physical activity they need to stay healthy.

Darell Hammond: Six Ways that Play Can Help Solve Childhood Obesity (As Reported by the White House Task Force) 2010

Through Imagination Playground in a Box -- a mobile version of Imagination Playground that can be installed in schools, parks, and other community playspaces -- and through the planned construction of more parks like Burling Slip, we can hopefully fight the decline of creativity by putting imagination back into play.

Darell Hammond: How to Restore American Creativity: Bring Imagination Back to Play 2010

We aren't just failing our children when we don't bother to invest in safe outdoor playspaces; we're also failing our communities.

Darell Hammond: How to Heal a Community and Resolve International Conflicts: It Starts With a Playground 2010