Earlier this month, nearly 300 professionals representing 24 companies across Metro Boston ditched their desks to round the bases for the 11th annual Playworks New England Corporate Kickball Tournament. The event was a tremendous success, raising $36,500 to support Playworks programming for more than 75,000 youth in 140 elementary schools across the region. Playworks corporate…

  Every day at Playworks schools in Lawrence, you can see students getting active at recess and interacting with their peers and their Playworks Coach. On many days of the school year, you also see a group of adults in red t-shirts on the playground alongside Lawrence students. These adults are volunteers from New Balance…

As a kid, Claire Collins loved recess. It was her time during the school day where she could play games with her peers, try new things, and imagine what life would be like as an adult. However, recess for kids today is different. Kids aren’t always playing, and conflicts that arise on the playground often…

As a kid, Zach Brown remembers being bullied at school during recess. In fact, there were days he’d rather stay in the classroom than play outside with his peers. As a coach for Playworks New England, Zach works to ensure that children at the Gardner Pilot Academy in Allston do not face bullying on the…