Updates

Junior Coach Serey is a fourth grade student at Crestline Elementary School. His essay was selected among 43 finalists for the Junior Coach essay contest. Below is his essay answering the question, “How does…

Playworks is excited to partner again with the Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC as an official Stand Together Community Partner. Stand Together represents the relationship between the Portland Timbers,…

We are growing our impact in Oregon and southwest Washington by developing new service models based on input gathered from school communities across the region. Playworks will travel to different regions…

In celebration of AmeriCorps week, I want to share a story of an honorary Junior Coach, who I have had the pleasure to work with in the past 6 months.…

Teams from all 20 Playworks partner schools joined together to learn new skills, meet new friends, and get in the game at the 6th Annual 4th & 5th Grade Girls’…

2009-2010 Playworks opens the Portland office on June 30, 2009 Starts partnerships with 8 schools in the Portland metro area and adds a 9th school mid-year 7 AmeriCorps members serving…

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…

  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…

  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…