Minnesota
The Education Digest
David Wicklund
May 1, 2018
The K-12 education system is changing. Educators and lawmakers are starting to place as much value on helping young people to develop social emotional skills, such as leadership, collaboration, and conflict resolution, as they…
April 17, 2018
Playworks brings safe and healthy play to kids at recess. Corporate Recess includes fun and inclusive games that promote teamwork, collaboration and cross-generational communication. (Video courtesy of Twelve Consulting Group)
March 12, 2018
Hello, everyone! Over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting our current AmeriCorps members. Each week you will have the chance to meet our amazing coaches from the Minnesota…
March 5, 2018
Hello, everyone! Over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting our current AmeriCorps members. Each week you will have the chance to meet two of our amazing coaches from…
January 29, 2018
On Monday, January 17, members of the Playworks Minnesota team participated in a service day project in partnership with Fraser Group. Fraser Group is Minnesota’s largest provider of autism services.…
December 21, 2017
On December 5, Playworks Minnesota was invited to attend the Minnesota Vikings Adoption Fun Fest. The event, which brings together adopted children and their families for an evening of play,…
Thank you, Jill and Josh King, at Twelve Consulting for your amazing support of Playworks! You help to create safe and healthy play at recess for 24,500 Twin Cities students this…
How lucky are we to truly live our organization’s values? At Playworks, no meeting or celebration is complete without play, in this case, a healthy tourney of around-the-world ping pong.…
April 18, 2017
St. Paul, MN—May 25, 2017— Playworks Minnesota received a 2017 Minnesota Ethical Leadership Award on May 25 at the Character Recognition Awards Ceremony. We were one of three community programs, five…
