Stories of Play

Janet Carter’s path to the role of executive director at Coaching Corps is not one you might expect: she spent the first twenty years of her career working to end violence against women. But Janet insists that this work taught her three things that led directly to Coaching Corps. First, the most important thing in…

With the advent of Playworks’ 20th Anniversary and our aim of reaching 3.5 million kids in 7,000 schools by 2020, I've launched a blog that I am calling "Bringing out the Best." I welcome your ideas and suggestions for stories!  Three years after entering the first ever integrated Jewish and Palestinian team into the Israeli National…

With the advent of Playworks’ 20th Anniversary and our aim of reaching 3.5 million kids in 7,000 schools by 2020, I've launched a blog that I am calling "Bringing out the Best." I welcome your ideas and suggestions for stories!  It seems unlikely, but Coaching 4 Change had its start in the subprime mortgage crisis.…

Wayne Meisel is the Director of the Center for Faith and Service at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, and served as the founding President of the Bonner Foundation. As a Presidential appointee to the Commission on National and Community Service, Meisel served as one of the architects of the AmeriCorps programs and also as a charter…

With the advent of Playworks’ 20th Anniversary and our aim of reaching 3.5 million kids in 7,000 schools by 2020, I've launched a blog that I am calling "Bringing out the Best." I welcome your ideas and suggestions for stories!  Whenever I spend time with Jim Thompson, the CEO and founder of Positive Coaching Alliance,…

Jacob Masur likes to play, and he likes to win. In elementary school, he recalls, “We would spend a lot of time playing soccer, and I always wanted to win. I was really competitive.” “I always thought the Junior Coaches were really cool, because they were always the people organizing sports and games at lunch,”…

With the advent of Playworks’ 20th Anniversary and our aim of reaching 3.5 million kids in 7,000 schools by 2020, I've launched a blog that I am calling "Bringing out the Best." I welcome your ideas and suggestions for stories!  I liked Debbie Rhea from the moment I started talking with her on the phone. Debbie…

With the advent of Playworks’ 20th Anniversary and our aim of reaching 3.5 million kids in 7,000 schools by 2020, I've launched a blog that I am calling "Bringing out the Best." I welcome your ideas and suggestions for stories!  I love the story of how Ed Foster-Simeon came to lead the US Soccer Foundation,…

With the advent of Playworks’ 20th Anniversary and our aim of reaching 3.5 million kids in 7,000 schools by 2020, I've launched a blog that I am calling "Bringing out the Best." I welcome your ideas and suggestions for stories!  Steve Gross, founder of the Life is Good Kids Foundation, is quick to point out…