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October 22, 2014

Trail Blazers and Playworks Partner to Make it Better for Every Kid ›

Playworks is collaborating with the Portland Trail Blazers as part of five make it better community partners throughout the 2014-15 season. The five Trail Blazers make it better partners include Big…

October 7, 2014

Meet our Coaches ›

  Coach Arone, AmeriCorps Member Cesar Chavez School, Portland Public School District Favorite Sport: Soccer       Coach Courtney Alder, Reynolds School District Favorite Sport: Basketball       Coach Chelsea…

October 7, 2014

Portland Children’s Levy Invests in Play! ›

  The Portland Children’s Levy will invest $33 million over the next three years in 57 programs benefitting Portland children, one of those programs being Playworks. These investments span a…

September 25, 2014

Laureus Foundation, Playworks Partnering to Create a Generation of Leaders through Sport ›

This June, I had the opportunity to visit a Playworks recess at Jason Lee School in Portland, where I learned about the support Playworks provides to my community. As Head…

May 2, 2014

4 Things I Learned at my Playworks Internship ›

Cassandra Marshall is a recent college graduate who recently completed a six month internship with Playworks Pacific Northwest. Cassandra supported Playworks both in the office and on the playground by…

May 1, 2014

Coach into the Classroom ›

Abby Peterson served two years as an AmeriCorps member with Playworks before making the transition into the classroom. Abby is now a kindergarten teacher at one of our partner school. After several months…

April 21, 2014

Volleyball season draws to thrilling close ›

Playworks’co-ed volleyball leagues came to a close after five awesome weeks where fourth and fifth grade players bumped it, set it, spiked it—because that’s the way they like it!  Cheers rang out…

March 14, 2014

Bellevue School District features Playworks in Washington State ›

The power of play has made a seriously positive impact on schools in the Bellevue School District. Located just east of Seattle, Bellevue contracted Playworks trainers to lead professional development programs for…

March 10, 2014

Jill Vialet visits Portland and reads Recess Rules ›

Playworks Pacific Northwest had the pleasure of supporting and hosting a special book event in the Alberta Art District. Founder and CEO, Jill Vialet read excerpts from her new book…