KaBOOM! Community Blog

Play Hangman on the Forums to hear a fun announcement from KaBOOM! http://tinyurl.com/5dqgwq

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:14:14 -0400

Play Hangman on the Forums to hear a fun announcement from KaBOOM! http://tinyurl.com/5dqgwq

KaBOOM! Forums poster Sammy12 just had a huge success in her quest for an accessible playground....

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:06:52 -0400

KaBOOM! Forums poster Sammy12 just had a huge success in her quest for an accessible playground. Check it out. http://tinyurl.com/sammy12

It’s hot outside… and hotter on the kaboom.org forums. People are trading ideas and...

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:48:20 -0400

It’s hot outside… and hotter on the kaboom.org forums. People are trading ideas and asking for help. Check it: http://tinyurl.com/592w37

Win a trip to a playground ribbon-cutting with Rev. Run! http://tinyurl.com/5zf46a

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:45:40 -0400

Win a trip to a playground ribbon-cutting with Rev. Run! http://tinyurl.com/5zf46a

We did it! The KaBOOM! Playspace Finder now has *drumrolldrumrolldrumroll**drumroll*—...

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:21:04 -0400

We did it! The KaBOOM! Playspace Finder now has *drumroll**drumroll**drumroll**drumroll*— 10,001 playspaces! www.kaboom.org/playspacefinder

Support play with a complaint. Call, write, & talk with your city officials and tell them to...

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:21:04 -0400

Support play with a complaint. Call, write, & talk with your city officials and tell them to make play a priority! http://tinyurl.com/6pmqgj

Want to support play? Sit on a bench! http://tinyurl.com/sitonabench

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:57:46 -0400

Want to support play? Sit on a bench! http://tinyurl.com/sitonabench

Check out the new kaboom.org Forums!

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:22:36 -0400

We’ve changed the Forums! We have a new area to help you get started, learn what’s new in the community, and an area where we will feature active members of the community.

We’ve also greatly reduced the number of Forum categories. For instance, the threads for the Playmaker Network and Playful City USA have now been combined. Also, nearly all of the Forums about building playspaces have been combined into two categories: building and fundraising. We’ve eliminated many of the categories that no one was visiting and we think it will easier for you to find useful conversations.

Finally, you can now search the Forums by thread, username, date, and by keywords. The search function is what we are calling a “beta” test. There may be some bugs and if you come across some, we would be very appreciative if you posted them in the Community Forum (along with any other questions and comments about the changes we’ve made too!) [More]

New Playmaker Webpages

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:53:06 -0500

Everyone at KaBOOM! is very excited to announce the all-new, super glossy, refreshed, revamped and re-launched KaBOOM! Playmaker webpages!

Wait, what’s that? You are not a Playmaker?!

Luckily for you, not only can you learn more about the Playmaker Network and the KaBOOM! National Campaign for Play, but you can also join!

Start by visiting www.kaboom.org/playmaker and learn why it’s so important for us to work together to bring play back into the lives of children. Read the Playmaker Pledge and then make the commitment to support play— become a Playmaker now!

Once you have joined, its time to take action. Take the Local Action and speak out for play or take the National Action and sign up for a helpful webinar.

I could list all of the new features, but that would only slow you down from all the work you will soon be doing in support of play. It doesn’t matter if you’ve just toyed with the idea of building your own playground or if you have successfully completed a playspace build, you are already a Playmaker— now its time to take the pledge and sign-up.

Learn more, take the pledge, take action—Become a Playmaker!

Playtime for Grandma: Council opens new playground for the...

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:06:57 -0500

Playtime for Grandma: Council opens new playground for the over-60

Talk about his article on the Forums!

An example of both structured and unstructured play.

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:41:04 -0500

An example of both structured and unstructured play.

Check out our newest website feature— Downloads! We have...

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:14:00 -0500

Check out our newest website feature— Downloads! We have wallpaper, widgets, and instant messenger icons!

Go to the Downloads page!

Playspace Funding Opportunities At KaBOOM!

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:03:20 -0500

Is your community in need of a playground? Do you know of an organization that is in need of a playground? Do you have dreams of helping design your own playground?

KaBOOM! might be able to help. There are a limited number of these oppotunities so we can’t help everyone finanically, but if you are in one of the cities listed after the link we might be able to help you.

Visit this page to see if your city is on the list of cities where we are currently trying to find community partners to build playspaces and to learn how you can apply.

Fantastic Project Website

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:40:12 -0500

Whenever you have an opportunity, please check out the project website for the H.O.P.E. Childcare and Development Center, built by dcenti72 from Wilmington, North Carolina.

The website has a great homepage that displays the mission of the project and does a great job of showing the excitement of their April build day. Contact information and the Project Committee members are right on the homepage so a visitor doesn’t need to hunt for the information.

They aren’t using Paypal for donations, but there is “How to Donate” information right on the homepage as well. Best of all, they have lots and lots of pictures!

If you have a project website that you would like to see featured here, email Jason at jcooper[at]kaboom.org.

Visit the H.O.P.E. Childcare and Development Center.

New Forum!

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:52:51 -0500

Today we created a new forum for everyone to visit and post on; its called Founder’s Forum and you can find it on the KaBOOM! Forums page.

What is the Founder’s Forum?

The place for the founding 31 Playful City USA communities, recognized in 2007, to share best practices, updates, next steps, and questions.

Learn more about the founding 31 Playful City USA communities by visiting www.kaboom.org/playfulcityusa. Don’t forget to visit the new Founder’s Forum too!

6000 and Counting

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:01:00 -0500

The KaBOOM! Playspace Finder hit a huge milestone that I wanted to share with everyone.

6000 Playspaces!

There are now 6000 playgrounds, ice rinks, skate parks, and fields that have been rated, commented, mapped, and upload to the largest directory of playgrounds on the web.

And once again, it’s all due to the hard work of everyone who loves and celebrates play and playgrounds. (Pssst- thats you!)

Give yourself a big pat on the back and stop by the Windham Ridge Community Playground, the 6000th playground entered into the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder.

KaBOOM! Community Blog

Play Hangman on the Forums to hear a fun announcement from KaBOOM! http://tinyurl.com/5dqgwq

KaBOOM! Forums poster Sammy12 just had a huge success in her quest for an accessible playground....

It’s hot outside… and hotter on the kaboom.org forums. People are trading ideas and...

Win a trip to a playground ribbon-cutting with Rev. Run! http://tinyurl.com/5zf46a

We did it! The KaBOOM! Playspace Finder now has *drumroll**drumroll**drumroll**drumroll*—...

Support play with a complaint. Call, write, & talk with your city officials and tell them to...

Want to support play? Sit on a bench! http://tinyurl.com/sitonabench

Check out the new kaboom.org Forums!

New Playmaker Webpages

Playtime for Grandma: Council opens new playground for the...

An example of both structured and unstructured play.

Check out our newest website feature— Downloads! We have...

Playspace Funding Opportunities At KaBOOM!

Fantastic Project Website

New Forum!

6000 and Counting

We did it! The KaBOOM! Playspace Finder now has *drumrolldrumrolldrumroll**drumroll*—...