Updates

May 23, 2012

Junior Coach Appreciation Day Honors Tomorrow’s Leaders ›

After a successful year of leadership training, Playworks’ junior coaches were honored and celebrated in a day-long event filled with food, fun and games at Longfellow Elementary School. Longfellow’s playground…

May 8, 2012

AmeriCorps members spruce up Evergreen Acres Farm ›

AmeriCorps members from Playworks Silicon Valley recently participated in a day of service. The group spent the day sprucing up the new site for the petting zoo and farm, clearing…

May 8, 2012

Playworks’ Second Annual Run for Recess Was a Stunning Success! ›

Due to the support and participation of the entire San Francisco Playworks community, our Second Annual Run for Recess 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run was a fantastic success! We…

May 8, 2012

East Bay Junior Coach Leadership Conference Brings Out the Best ›

Playworks East Bay celebrated and acknowledged our junior coaches at the 2nd Annual Junior Coach Leadership Conference (JCLC). Nearly 200 junior coaches and Playworks staff spent a fun filled and…

May 4, 2012

Playworks Playground Paint ›

Clean, safe playgrounds are vital for fun and inclusive play! Partnering with Harvard Alumni Association as part of their Global Month of Service, Playworks has organized a fun and important…

April 16, 2012

Meet Jonathan: An Outstanding Junior Coach ›

Jonathan Avila is a fifth grade student at World and Achieve Academy in Oakland, where he’s been a Junior Coach since the beginning of the school year. On a recent…

April 16, 2012

The Second Annual Junior Coach Youth Leadership Conference ›

To improve school climate and alleviate playground chaos, Playworks provides each of our partner schools with a youth leadership training program. These youth leaders, or Junior Coaches, are students who…

March 30, 2012

Junior Coaches Hone Their Leadership Skills ›

In partnership with Academy of Art University (AAU), youth leaders from across the Bay Area gathered at The Cannery to celebrate their leadership roles. The Cannery was teeming with inspiration…

March 29, 2012

Boys Basketball Extravaganza ›

It’s a warm Saturday. There are no classes today, but the atmosphere around the playground at Buena Vista / Horace Mann School is electric – a cacophony of bouncing basketballs,…