Keep up on the latest play-related news! Here you'll find information about KaBOOM! playspace builds, other community builds, tips and ideas, and general news about play.
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December 2005
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 |
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Kids Konnection
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 740 Views ::
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Kids Konnection Could Be Open in Spring 2006
By Suzanne Le Breton
St. Tammany News
COVINGTON - Susan McHugh, president of Kids Konnection, said plans are on schedule to have children playing on the new handicap-accessible playground by next spring.
McHugh said she is putting the finishing touches on the fund-raising campaign and shoring up some last needed donations as she waits for engineers to complete the site plan for the playground, to be built off Koop Drive behind the Tammany Trace Caboose.
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| Thursday, December 29, 2005 |
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| Wednesday, December 28, 2005 |
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Rebuilding Playgrounds, Restoring Childhoods
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 1084 Views ::
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KaBOOM! Builds First New Playground in Gulf Coast After Hurricane Katrina
Check out recent media coverage here and post your comment about this article by clicking the headline above!
More than 650 volunteers gather in Bay St. Louis, Miss. to build new playground in just one day!In an effort to rebuild playgrounds and restore childhoods, on December 17, 2005, KaBOOM! led its first community build playground project in the Gulf Coast since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita swept through the region. The project was the first for the organization as part of a new initiative to restore playspaces lost or damaged in the storms. Read all about it and see Build Day photos.
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| Friday, December 16, 2005 |
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Community Unites to Rebuild Playground
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 585 Views ::
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After a fire destroys the new facility in Lacoochee, more than 200 people come back together to rebuild it.
By JAMAL THALJI, Times Staff Writer
Published December 16, 2005
LACOOCHEE - At 5 a.m. Thursday, Richard Someillan was the first one there. He stood alone in front of what was once the Lacoochee Boys and Girls Clubs' state-of-the-art playground before flames and arson destroyed it.
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay's director of facilities thought back to that October day he first surveyed the damage, when he made a promise he wasn't sure he could keep.
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| Thursday, December 15, 2005 |
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Children Need Physical Education & Play
By KaBOOM News @ 8:17 AM :: 662 Views ::
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The Importance of Physical Education & Play for Children
By: Mr. David Del Busto, Masters of Sport Science Degree (candidate), USSA
Teaching physical education and play are as crucial to a child's development as any academic endeavor. Perceptual motor skill development is directly related to central nervous system and how it processes information received from sensory organs through out the body. Trained children can better process information regarding their place in space and time (Chapan 2005). An assumption is generally made, that with time children automatically become coordinated, and attain spatial and directional awareness. This in not true; maturation and practice are two key elements for children to develop greater coordination and spatial awareness.
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| Thursday, December 15, 2005 |
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Build Day Playground
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 572 Views ::
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KaBOOM! Project Manager Helps Her Former School Get More Playful
Project Manager Meghan Fugate had an extra special homecoming when she led a playground build at her former elementary school, South Ward Elementary School. Read More...
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| Thursday, December 15, 2005 |
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Build Day Playground
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 683 Views ::
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In one day, the playground at the county's oldest school site is transformed into a showpiece.
By JANE MADDEN WELCH
Published December 13, 2005
CLEARWATER - In the same amount of time that Barbara Newman spends teaching on a typical school day, more than 300 volunteers transformed her school's playground from drab to fab.
In a joint effort organized by KaBOOM!, a Build Day was held at South Ward Elementary on Dec. 3 to upgrade the playground area at the oldest school building in Pinellas County.
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| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 |
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Operation Playground
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 569 Views ::
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 Rebuilding a Community
Hurricane Katrina may have changed the landscape of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, but not its spirit. KaBOOM! is proud to join the citizens of Bay St. Louis on Dec. 17 to bring the uplifting power of play back to this community. Check out the full story and read the article in the Biloxi Sun Herald.
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| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 |
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| Tuesday, December 06, 2005 |
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| Monday, December 05, 2005 |
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Snack Food Companies Promote Healthy Lifestyles
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 864 Views ::
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Snack Food Companies Promote Healthy Lifestyles
BY CAROLINE E. MAYER
Washington Post News Service
WASHINGTON - Four-year-old Ylan Isaac earnestly dumps mulch into a big plastic funnel, then pours it out. He dumps and pours, dumps and pours, in his favorite spot in the new playground at his preschool. Here, ''you get to play with dirt,'' he says.
Playing is exactly what PepsiCo had in mind when it decided to fund the playground at the CentroNia preschool in Washington, the first of 13 that the beverage and snack-food company will build around the country as part of its campaign to promote exercise. Like other big food companies, PepsiCo is trying to put the spotlight on fitness and nutrition to ''balance'' the calories consumed while eating many of the foods it sells.
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| Friday, December 02, 2005 |
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KaBOOM! on NBC's 'Three Wishes'
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 619 Views ::
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KaBOOM! and The Home Depot Grant a Child's Wish to Play on NBC's 'Three Wishes'
On Friday, December 2, KaBOOM! and The Home Depot were featured on NBC's hit show 'Three Wishes.' The segment featured a wish for a playground from Nathaniel, a participant in the after school program at Full House Child Development Center in Alamogordo, NM. Read more in the Alamogordo News. |
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| Thursday, December 01, 2005 |
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| Thursday, December 01, 2005 |
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KaBOOM! and JetBlue Announce New Partnership
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 771 Views ::
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KaBOOM! and JetBlue Announce New Partnership
Fares Start at $59* Each Way
NEW YORK, (Nov. 17, 2005) –JetBlue Airways Corp. (Nasdaq: JBLU) today began daily nonstop service from Newark to San Juan, Puerto Rico, the sixth nonstop destination from Newark since the low-fare airline started operations Oct. 5, 2005. JetBlue now has 16 daily departures from Newark to: Fort Lauderdale; Fort Myers; Orlando; San Juan, PR; Tampa; and West Palm Beach.
JetBlue is offering an introductory fare starting at $59* each way. This fare must be purchased by Dec. 15, 2005.
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| Thursday, December 01, 2005 |
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KaBOOM! and The Home Depot to Appear on NBC's "Three Wishes"
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 572 Views ::
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KaBOOM! and The Home Depot to Appear on NBC's "Three Wishes"
On Friday, December 2, at 9:00 PM EST on NBC, KaBOOM! and The Home Depot will be on the hit show Three Wishes. The Christmas Wishes episode will feature the wishes of 15 children, including one for a new playground in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Don't miss it!
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