Communities With a Can-Do Attitude and Playful Spirit Wanted!
2008 KaBOOM! Playspace Opportunities Available Now!
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Can you imagine collaborating with friends and neighbors to build your community 
a new place to play? Can you imagine a new playspace materializing in just one day? If so, a KaBOOM! playspace project may be the perfect opportunity for you! Thanks to the generosity of our many corporate partners, KaBOOM! has ongoing opportunities for community organizations to build a new playground or skatepark.
We are currently doing outreach to locate potential community partners in cities and towns across North America to create playspaces with KaBOOM! and our corporate partners in 2008. Ideal community partners are usually child-serving non-profit organizations, but can be community development organizations, neighborhood coalitions, schools or any organization that can mobilize a volunteer force and is in need of a new placespace!
When a community partner is selected they will:
- Be awarded a project that will substantially, but not completely, cover the costs of building a new playspace;
- Receive two months of step-by-step guidance from a KaBOOM! project manager on planning and building a playspace;
- Receive our Toolkit to help plan the perfect playground from start to finish;
- Benefit from a community building experience;
- Work with a KaBOOM! project manager to develop a maintenance plan for the care of your new playspace;
- Acquire the skills needed to undertake future community projects on your own; and
- Build an amazing playground with the help of 200 volunteers, all in just one day!
Ideal community partner candidates:
- Are able to raise and contribute up to $10,000 cash towards the cost of equipment;
- Serve children from low-income or disadvantaged backgrounds;
- Provide land for the playground (at least a 50-foot by 50-foot space is ideal);
- Agree to insure and maintain the playground for the lifetime of the playspace;
- Provide food, water and restroom facilities for the volunteers on Build Day;
- Recruit 15 parent, community and staff volunteers to participate in planning committees;
- Recruit 50 to 100 parents and community volunteers to help build the playspace in one day; and
- Demonstrate enthusiasm, excitement and commitment to planning a community revitalization project
To Apply:
If you are a member of an organization that meets the above qualifications and would like to be considered for an opportunity, please download a PDF copy of the Playground Profile here and follow the noted instructions on the application to submit. Otherwise, please email your name, email address, phone number, and the playground opportunity city in which you would like to build a playspace (from the list below) to Alejandro Cardemil (acardemil@kaboom.org), senior manager, client services, 202-464-6066. We will then send a Playground Profile application to the provided e-mail address.
These opportunities are competitive, so don’t delay - apply today!
2008 and 2009 KaBOOM! Opportunities are currently available in the following cities**:
Playground Opportunity Cities:
Arizona
Phoenix
California
Anaheim
Bay Area
Carlsbad
Inland Empire
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Ramon
Colorado
Denver
Longmont
Florida
Jacksonville
Orlando
Tampa
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Georgia
Canton
Atlanta
Hawaii
Oahu
Illinois
Chicago
Indiana
Indianapolis
Louisiana
New Orleans
Maryland
Gaithersburg |
Massachusetts
Lowell
Mexico
Mississippi
Gulf Coast
Jackson County
Missouri
St. Louis
Nebraska
Omaha
Nevada
Las Vegas
New York
New York City
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Ohio
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Puerto Rico
Juncos
Texas
Dallas
El Paso
Fort Worth
Houston
Watauga
Washington, DC
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We are currently accepting applications from organizations throughout the Gulf region. For more information, please visit the Operation Playground page or e-mail info@kaboom.org to request an application.
**If your city is not indicated above, but you are interested in a playspace opportunity, you may complete and submit a Playspace Profile and KaBOOM! will contact you immediately when an opportunity arises in your area. You may also start organizing your playground project today registering your project.