In the News

In a rare double-feature event, Playworks hosted a Soccer Jamboree, as well as a Rock, Paper, Scissors qualifying tournament that will be part of an attempted Guinness World Record later…

Roughly one in five elementary school students gets less than 20 minutes of recess time each day, according to a new survey of school administrators conducted by the Coalition for Michigan…

Playworks Michigan pilots Corporate Recess post-pandemic employee team building. Think you’re too old to play tag or dodge a ball? Playworks doesn’t. It’s launching “corporate recess” team-building activities with Southeastern…

Several Lions players took time on Tuesday afternoon to visit the Mason Academy to encourage kindness and to discourage bullying through the act of play. The players met, played with…

Each year, we recognize a partner that goes above and beyond in helping provide safe and healthy play for children in our community. We were able to sit down with…

Executive Director Angela Rogensues talks about Playworks Michigan’s collaboration with four Grand Rapids area elementary schools to launch the Playworks Pro initiative this fall with WGVU/ Grand Rapids Radio.

Playworks Michigan, a Detroit-based nonprofit affiliate working to keep kids active and healthy through play, is expanding its reach to elementary schools in Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids and Lansing. Playworks, which…

Our Executive Director, Angela Rogensues, sat down with Kelly Cobb from The Nolan Finley Show on 910 AM Superstation during the Mackinac Policy Conference to discuss the Power of Play…

Today’s children face countless challenges when accessing safe and healthy play. Many elementary schools lack the basic infrastructure or personnel needs to support a daily recess for students. Alexandra Gardner,…