Pour Taproom Nonprofit Fundraising Night with Playworks!

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Come one, come all! Pour for a wonderful cause during this special event, Pour Taproom is donating 15% of all sales from 6-9 pm to benefit Playworks North Carolina. Visit Pour Taproom at 202 N. Corcoran St. in Durham.

Playworks is the leading national nonprofit leveraging the power of play to transform children’s social and emotional health. Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play. While having fun, kids build relationships, learn how to resolve conflicts, and solve challenges together. Locally we are currently partnered with elementary schools in Durham, Wake, and Rockingham County as well as other youth-serving organizations across the state.

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January 10, 2023

Understanding the Complex Simplicities of Play ›

Play is a behavior that is natural and has existed for thousands of years and across species. It combines a set of made-up rules or norms and a willingness to explore. Researchers, scientists, and doctors have studied the effects of play on kids–and adults–and understand that this natural behavior has tremendous benefits. As the American…

three people with Playworks shirts
three people with Playworks shirts

July 28, 2022

A year of social and emotional learning ›

“You can’t do SEL, trauma, or equity work without each other,” Jennette Claassen, Head of Evaluation, Playworks. As Playworks continued to progress on our equity journey, we explored a critical question: what are the intersections between play, social and emotional learning, physical activity, and trauma? A working group focused on this question decided, among other…

August 24, 2021

Playworks Founder Jill Vialet Publishes ‘Why Play Works’ ›

Play brings out the best in every kid. Over the course of 25 years since Jill Vialet founded Playworks, she and her colleagues, as well as researchers and play experts, have demonstrated precisely how and why play works to help kids learn and grow in the most positive and healthy ways. Jill gathered stories from people…