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Build a Playground
Project Planner
Our step-by-step Project Planner equips you with all the know-how you'll need to build a playground—in one day!
Tools and Resources
Get funding, learn the nuts and bolts of building a great place to play, and improve your local playground.
Become a Community Partner
Build a great place to play for your community with the help of your neighbors, friends, KaBOOM! and our Funding Partners.
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Take Action for Play
Save Play in Your Community
Get tips, ideas, and inspiration for making your community more playful.
Playful City USA
Our Playful City USA program recognizes cities and towns that embrace play as a priority.
KaBOOM! Community
Connect and share with other folks who are trying to bring play to their communities.
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The Map of Play
Playing Near You
Find, add, rate, and review playgrounds in your community.
Play Deserts
Where are playgrounds needed most and what happens when kids have nowhere to play?
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About KaBOOM!
What We Do
KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit dedicated to saving play for America's children.
Who We Are
We are peppy, purple-adorned people who passionately promote the power of play!
Partner With Us
Our partners help us to create new playgrounds and to spread the word about the importance of PLAY.
Profile
- About Me
I grew up with seven brothers and sisters at Mooseheart, a group home outside of Chicago. The Mooseheart community instilled in me the power of volunteerism and helping those less fortunate. My journey would eventually lead me to co-found KaBOOM! in 1995 and begin a lifelong commitment to give all children the opportunity to play. KaBOOM! has raised over 100 million dollars to build over 1,500 playgrounds, skateparks, sports fields and ice rinks and improved thousands of others across America in just 12 years.
- My favorite piece of playground equipment
- Swing, by far swings!
- Playspaces I've helped build
- too many to name by name but all of them special and memorable and can't wait till my next one!
- Skills I can contribute to a playspace build or campaign for play
- concrete, defiantly concrete but that's about it.
- Follow me on Twitter!
- @DarellHammond
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