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January 8, 2013

Junior Coaches Cut Ribbon at Salesforce.com Chicago Office Grand Opening! ›

More than 100 Salesforce employees, Playworks Chicago staff members and Junior Coaches came together to help launch the opening of Salesforce's new Chicago office. Teams consisting of Salesforcers and Junior…

December 17, 2012

HealthScape Advisors Come Out for a Healthy Day of Play ›

A team of consultants from HealthScape Advisors recently left their desks behind for a morning of play at Sexton Elementary School! The HealthScape staff engaged in a day of team-building activities with their…

September 20, 2012

2012 Corporate Kickball Tournament – A Ball of Fun for Everyone! ›

IMC Financial Markets, Schiff Hardin LLP, and Konica Minolta all came out for a day of fun, sun, friendly competition and team-building at Chicago's famous Grant Park.  Schiff Hardin walked…

September 20, 2012

Open Streets Chicago 2012 – Double-Play! ›

For our first community service project of the 2012-13 school year, Playworks Chicago came out on two consecutive weekends to “play in the streets” with Active Transportation Alliance at the second…

June 29, 2012

Extreme Extravaganzas ›

Playworks Chicago kept our students moving with our League Extravaganzas! Boys from Namaste, Peterson, Inter-American Magnet, Melody, and Cameron Elementary schools came together at Wicker Park Field House for a…

June 27, 2012

Junior Coach Conference Introduces Youth Leaders to Lifelong Learning ›

Our second, all–day, Junior Coach Conference was held on Loyola University Chicago’s beautiful lakefront campus. Our Junior Coaches (JCs) are 4th and 5th grade students chosen by their teachers and…

March 21, 2012

Playworks Chicago Inaugural Corporate Kickball Tournament 2012 ›

Come kick it with Playworks Chicago at our first ever Corporate Kickball Tournament Friday, June 15. Join us for an afternoon of playful competition at Chicago’s historic Grant Park. Along with the fresh…

February 28, 2012

Playworks Chicago Holds First Junior Coach Conference ›

Fourth and fifth grade junior coaches (JCs) and Playworks Chicago staff came together at the Pulaski Park Field House for the first ever Playworks Chicago Junior Coach Conference. The day…

February 9, 2012

The Girls Got Game! ›

Playworks Chicago kicked off the 2011-12 Girls Basketball season with our first ever Extravaganza, an event where all of our schools’ teams (comprised of 4th and 5th graders) came together…