Tag Archives: play

Rising Stars

Rising Stars 657 Commercial Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530 Contact:  Emily Ades (917) 750-1641 emily@risingstarsinc.org Our mission is to utilize the game of basketball as the vehicle to promote education, reinforce values and provide our youth with a safe environment to PLAY, LEARN and GROW. The ultimate goal of our programming is to provide structured, youth-centered activities which will provide participants with the skills and mindset to lower the ever-growing poverty rate, promote healthy living and focus on the rewards of academic success, developing leadership skills and building constructive relationships within the family, community and society as a whole. […]

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KaBOOM!

kaboom.org 4301 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite ML-1, Washington, DC 20008 Contact:  Anna Morozovsky, Sr. Manager of Individual Giving, (650) 389-9562, amorozovsky@kaboom.org KaBOOM! is a national non-profit dedicated to saving play for America’s children. Our mission is to create great play spaces through the participation and leadership of communities. Ultimately, we envision a place to play within walking distance of every child in America. There is a Play Deficit in America and it is harming our children. We fight this deficit by constructing innovative kid-inspired playspaces, sharing our knowledge and tools, and building a national movement to save play. Opportunities for teen […]

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