Updates

May 14, 2013

April Coach of the Month: DeShea Blake ›

DeShea Blake is Playworks Durham’s April Coach of the Month. Shea is a second-year coach at Eno Valley Elementary School. Coach Blake is doing a great job with his program…

April 2, 2013

Meet Three Stellar Volunteers ›

Ben DeMarco is a recent graduate of Duke University working at the Duke Division of Community Health. He plans on attending medical school in the fall. Why Ben enjoys volunteering…

April 1, 2013

Playworks Durham goes to Washington ›

With the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Playworks executive directors and coaches swarmed Capitol Hill in late February to talk with members of the Senate and House of Representatives.…

March 28, 2013

March 2013 Coach of the Month ›

Erica Savage is Playworks Durham’s March Coach of the Month. Erica is a first year AmeriCorps coach at Bethesda Elementary School. She’s always optimistic and ever ready to pitch in…

February 22, 2013

February 2013 Coach of the Month ›

Crystal Massenburg is Playworks Durham’s February Coach of the Month. Crystal is a first year coach at Merrick-Moore Elementary School.  Crystal’s always enthusiastic personality, ability to bring a ton of energy to…

February 7, 2013

January 2013 Coach of the Month ›

Ashley Morie is Playworks Durham’s Janaury Coach of the Month.  Ashley is a first year coach at Glenn Elementary School. Ashley’s dedication and commitment to high quality program and inclusion…

January 29, 2013

Playworks Durham Girls Basketball Extravaganza 2013 ›

Playworks Durham hosted its 2nd annual Girls' Basketball Extravaganza at the Emily K Center. Over 100 players from all 15 of our Durham schools attended the skills-building event! Each player…

January 17, 2013

Playworks Durham Run for Recess 5K 2013 ›

Thank you to everyone that came out and participated in our first annual Run for Recess 5K on Saturday May 11th, 2013! It was so great to see the support…

January 14, 2013

Playworks and Duke ›

The Duke Women’s Tennis team made a surprise visit to Playworks at CC Spaulding Elementary. Students in Coach Lee’s after school program participate in a once a week “ACES” tennis…