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February 2006
| Tuesday, February 28, 2006 |
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Franklin Academy
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 692 Views ::
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 Community Project Update: Charter School Comes Together for PlayMeet Tara Dew and learn how 176 parents, four local businesses and 126 kids came together to make Franklin Academy's playspace dream a reality. Read more. . .
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| Tuesday, February 28, 2006 |
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Why Sign Up?
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 559 Views ::
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 You're Off to a Great Start!
In this week's blog, Dennis extends the following invitation: "We encourage everyone who comes to the site and is genuinely interested in play or in creating great playspaces, to come join in the conversation and help build the online play community." Read the rest -- and get the scoop on a new weekly contest!
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| Monday, February 27, 2006 |
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KaBOOM! Receives Corporate Philanthropy Award
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 828 Views ::
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 KaBOOM! Partnership With The Home Depot Receives Award for Excellence
The Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) recognized KaBOOM! and The Home Depot with its Directors Award for a high impact partnership that positively changes the lives of children and communities across North America.
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| Wednesday, February 22, 2006 |
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Poor Children Need More Play Says Charity Chief
By KaBOOM News @ 9:21 AM :: 891 Views ::
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SOCIAL Children London, 21 Feb 2006
The head of a London children's charity was today calling on a new independent commission set up to tackle child poverty in the capital to make play for deprived youngsters a priority.
Dr Ute Navidi, director of London Play, is urging the London Child Poverty Commission launched yesterday to ensure that all children in the capital - regardless of where they live - have access to playgrounds or open spaces.
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| Friday, February 17, 2006 |
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The New KaBOOM! Web Portal
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 569 Views ::
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Welcome to the Web 2.0
In his latest blog entry, Dennis Reynolds writes, "We hope you will share in the excitement of the new KaBOOM! Web portal. Stay tuned, the Play Movement has just begun!"
Be the first to know the latest about these new and useful features -- and don't forget to log in and leave a comment. Click Here...
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| Friday, February 17, 2006 |
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KaBOOM! On CNN
By Trishb1 @ 12:00 AM :: 855 Views ::
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 KaBOOM! Operation Playground Build Featured on 'CNN Presents' The KaBOOM! Bay St. Louis playground, which was the first new structure constructed in the town after Hurricane Katrina, was featured on "CNN Presents Saving My Town: The Fight for Bay St. Louis," a documentary that examines what it takes to rebuild a community -- physically and psychologically -- from the ground-up. |
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| Tuesday, February 14, 2006 |
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| Monday, February 13, 2006 |
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WE Play! Coming to L.A.
By KaBOOM News @ 3:23 PM :: 616 Views ::
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KaBOOM! to Bring Workshop Entirely on Play to Los Angeles!  On February 28, 2006 KaBOOM! will bring our Workshop Entirely on Play (WE Play!) to Los Angeles, CA. WE Play! is an informative and fun-filled training that packages a decade of KaBOOM! community-build leadership experience into one day. Workshop topics will range from playground design to effective FUNdraising strategies, and one of the most valuable benefits of WE Play! is the opportunity for participants to learn from and network with other project leaders embarking on the journey to great places to play and stronger communities. Read more and also visit our Training Opportunities page.
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| Monday, February 13, 2006 |
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Limited Access to Exercise Facilities Fueling Childhood Obesity Epidemic
By KaBOOM News @ 5:39 AM :: 278 Views ::
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HealthDay News
February 8, 2006
Lack of access to exercise facilities, particularly in low-income areas, is one force that's driving the obesity epidemic that's endangering America's children.
But "food insecurity," a term used to describe the feeling generated by not having a guaranteed food supply, doesn't seem to be a factor in the trend.
Those are the conclusions of two studies that appear in the February issue of Pediatrics.
"Our country faces a serious obesity problem -- one that disproportionately impacts poor, minority individuals and communities," said Penny Gordon-Larsen, an assistant professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina's School of Public Health and Medicine, and the author of the physical activity study. "Our research suggests that perhaps one way to address this would be to argue for greater opportunities for exercise in disadvantaged communities.
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| Monday, February 13, 2006 |
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Operation Playground News
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 1194 Views ::
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 KaBOOM! and Long-Time Partner Motorola Build New Playground in Waveland, Mississippi
Playground is third built by KaBOOM! in the Gulf Coast through Operation Playground On a beautiful Mississippi day, more than 250 volunteers from Motorola, the local community, Hands on Network, AmeriCorps*NCCC and City Year gathered in Wilcox Community Park to build a great new place to play for children in Waveland, Miss.
The playground was the ninth built by Motorola and KaBOOM! since 1999 and the third built by KaBOOM! in the Gulf Coast as part of Operation Playground: Rebuilding Playgrounds; Restoring Childhoods, an initiative to help Gulf Coast communities build or refurbish playgrounds destroyed during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Read the story and view more photos from the build.
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| Monday, February 13, 2006 |
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KaBOOM! Playground in Waveland
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 647 Views ::
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SunHerald.com, MS - Feb 13, 2006
A slice of woodsy, marshy and cleared land on Waveland Avenue was donated by the family of Delmer and Mary Wilcox to the city for use as a park and playground. Waveland was contemplating the best way to use the six acres when Hurricane Katrina downed trees and deposited debris on the land.
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| Monday, February 13, 2006 |
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Obesity Doubles Kids' Diabetes Risk
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 723 Views ::
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HealthDay News
MONDAY, Feb. 6
There's more evidence that being overweight is bad for kids, with a new study finding that obese children are more than twice as likely as normal-weight children to have diabetes.
Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor also estimated that 229,000 American children have diabetes, and that a third of those diabetic children are obese. This combination of obesity and diabetes may soon strain the nation's health-care system, the researchers added.
"Among school-aged children, obese children have a greater than twofold chance of having diabetes, compared with children of normal weight," study author Dr. Joyce Lee, of the division of pediatric endocrinology and the Child Health Evaluation Unit, said in a prepared statement.
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| Friday, February 10, 2006 |
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| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 |
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February Workshop Planned
By Trishb1 @ 12:00 AM :: 167 Views ::
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KaBOOM! to Bring Workshop Entirely on Play to Los Angeles! On February 28, 2006 KaBOOM! will bring our Workshop Entirely on Play (WE Play!) to Los Angeles, CA. WE Play! is an informative and fun-filled training that packages a decade of KaBOOM! community-build leadership experience into one day. Workshop topics will range from playground design to effective FUNdraising strategies, and one of the most valuable benefits of WE Play! is the opportunity for participants to learn from and network with other project leaders embarking on the journey to great places to play and stronger communities. Read more . . .
To learn how you can support play in your community click here.
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| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 |
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Kliln Mississippi
By Trishb1 @ 12:00 AM :: 178 Views ::
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 First Lady Laura Bush, KaBOOM! and The Home Depot Build New Playground to Begin Restoring Childhoods in Kiln, MississippiFirst Lady Laura Bush and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings joined KaBOOM! and more than 250 volunteers to dedicate a new community-built playground at Hancock North Central Elementary School in Kiln, Miss. Read more . . .
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| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 |
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Franklin Academy
By Trishb1 @ 12:00 AM :: 181 Views ::
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Community Project Update: Charter School Comes Together for PlayMeet Tara Dew and learn how 176 parents, four local businesses and 126 kids came together to make Franklin Academy's playspace dream a reality. Read more. . .
To learn how you can support play in your community, click here.
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| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 |
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I need a playground
By KaBOOM News @ 12:00 AM :: 515 Views ::
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By Kathleen Hinson
Special to the Star-Telegram
Bleary-eyed, I stumble into the bathroom after turning off the alarm and rolling out of bed. There, in the corner of the room, sits the monster waiting to pounce. She lures me with her bright, shiny buttons and sleek façade. I cringe, fighting the urge, resisting her call, but finally I give in.
I stand on the scale; she buzzes happily as the numbers go higher and higher in a dizzy whirl of ecstasy. I moan in despair and pronounce the white porcelain beast the victor. Two more pounds have been added since last week!
What happened to that skinny little girl who used to eat anything she wanted and never gain a pound? She would snack on Halloween candy for months after the holiday had ended. There was no letting out the waistline on her pants or moving the buttons to accommodate the extra inches.
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| Thursday, February 02, 2006 |
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Report Flags Playgrounds in Bad Shape
By KaBOOM News @ 8:23 AM :: 504 Views ::
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By Keach Hagey
Staff Writer - Greenwich Time
Published January 31 2006
Despite unseasonably warm and sunny weather, no children played on the section of Glenville School's playground reserved for the youngest grades last week.
In fact, had it not been for some delays at the Department of Parks and Recreation caused by recent storms, at least three of the 20-year-old play structures would not have been there at all.
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| Thursday, February 02, 2006 |
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Rubber Mulch Chips: Playground Fire Hazard?
By KaBOOM News @ 7:45 AM :: 1267 Views ::
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From: Central Florida News 13
Osceola County is ordering an investigation into whether rubber mulch chips on playground are too flammable to use and a danger to children.
The investigation comes after flames engulfed a Buenaventura Lakes playground on Sunday.
The Fire Marshal's Office says it took nothing more than a lighter to set the blaze.
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