Arizona

Run the Runway
2017-04-08 06:30 - 10:00 (America/Phoenix) | Scottsdale Airport, 15000 N Airport Dr, Scottsdale, 85260, United States
Over 2,000 runners participated in Playworks Arizona’s 5th Annual ‘Run the Runway’—a 15K, 10K, 5K and 1 Mile Kids Dash event—at the Scottsdale Airport. This event, sponsored by United Healthcare, raised over $100,000 which will go towards ensuring 80 schools in Arizona experience safe and healthy play next year!
Get ready to take off for Arizona’s original runway race!
This year marks the Fifth Annual Run The Runway and our race promises to be even bigger and better than years past. Grab your friends and your sneakers to join us for a one-of-a-kind morning run to benefit Playworks Arizona. Together, we can end bullying on the playground.
Participants will take in the beautiful views from the Scottsdale Airport runway then prepare for landing into our post-race festival that can’t be beat. Create memories at our Run The Runway photo booth, collect samples and goodies from top-notch vendors, dance like no one is watching with the Be Kind Dance Crew and sneak a selfie with Arizona sports team mascots!
15K to Celebrate Five Years
This year, we are revving up our engines and adding a 15k for the first time ever in Run The Runway history. To celebrate five years of fun and fundraising, we will offer an exclusive opportunity to run in the First Annual 15k Race. Hurry! This offer will sell out quickly and there is a cap of 200 runners for the 15k Race. Participants will receive a limited edition die-cut airplane medal along with an official Run the Runway shirt, custom finisher medal, custom bib, and chip timing.
Race Beneficiary
Run the Runway benefits Playworks Arizona, the only nonprofit organization in the country to send trained, full-time coaches to low-income, urban schools, where they transform recess and play into a positive experience that helps kids and teachers get the most out of every learning opportunity.
Sponsored by United HealthCare. For more information, go to the Run the Runway website. It’s not too late to participate.
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PlayShop Arizona
2017-04-01 13:15
Playworks Arizona is pleased to offer our Group Management 1 Playshop. Group Management 1 introduces the importance of play and lays the foundation for creating a safe, healthy, and respectful environment for youth. Participants will explore four key group management strategies that adults can use to set students up for successful group behavior:

building rapport
attention getters and signals
transitions
learning styles

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to verbalize the benefits of using proactive behavior management strategies, as well as identify strategies to integrate into daily routines immediately.
When:Saturday, April 1, 20179:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
Where:Loma Linda Elementary2002 E. Clarendon AvenuePhoenix, AZ 85016
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Playworks Power Breakfast 2017
2017-03-02 15:00 | Talking Stick Resort (Suns) Arena, 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, AZ, 85004, United States
Event Details
When: Thursday, March 2, 2017
7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m
Program to start promptly at 8:00 a.m.
Where: Talking Stick Resort (Suns) Arena
201 E. Jefferson St. Phoenix, AZ 85004
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PlayShop in Arizona
2017-01-21 10:00 - 13:00
Playworks Arizona is pleased to offer our PlayShop, a three hour experiential workshop designed to empower you to transform your recess or your physical activity programming! The PlayShop will equip you with:

Tangible group management and conflict resolution tools that can be implemented immediately
An inspired understanding of how recess, play and physical activity can positively impact school climate
A powerful perspective on the barriers students face when accessing healthy play and how adults can ease those challenges

This training is great for principals, supervisors, all teachers pre-school through eighth grade, recess staff, parent volunteers, after school program staff and really any adult working with youth!

When:
Saturday, January 21, 2017
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Where:
Loma Linda Elementary
2002 E. Clarendon Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85016
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