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Promoting
Play in Your Camp Community
U Play! is a 3-day training that provides all the tools and know-how you need
to promote play and build great playspaces such as playgrounds, skateparks, sports
fields and ice rinks in your community.
Join the national non-profit KaBOOM! in
New Orleans, February 8-10, for the award
winning University of Play (U
Play!).
Attendees of U Play! will:
- Get the facts on why play is vital
and how to rally your community around
your project.
- Participate in workshops, led by experts,
on every aspect of building a playspace
(best practices, finding volunteers,
resources and funding).
- Receive priority consideration for
training scholarships and challenge grants
up to $5,000 each to be used towards
play equipment.
- Learn from playspace designers, funders,
and successful playspace organizers.
- Hear nationally renowned speakers motivate
and inspire on topics from community
organizing and fundraising to the importance
of play.
- Get hands-on experience by participating
in an actual playground build.
To register or for more information visit www.kaboom.org,
e-mail uplay@kaboom.org or
call us at 202-659-0215.
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The Benefits of Volunteering
If you use volunteers at your camp or are
thinking of recruiting volunteers, this
latest news from www.childtrends.org will
be of interest:
- Baby Boomers: the untapped resource.
How many baby boomers could potentially
volunteer in programs serving at-risk
children and youth? How large is the
need for volunteers? Child Trends' newest
Research-to-Results research brief does
the numbers. Read
More.
- Teens who volunteer reap personal
rewards. Learn about who volunteers and
what benefits they gain through their
volunteer experiences. Read
Why.
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