KaBOOM!

One day not too long ago DH and I wanted to take DS1 to a nearby park with his friends to run around and play, but we could only think of one park nearby that was adequate. We knew there had to be other options, so we looked in the phone books and researched online. Now I know if we ever need to find a nearby park, or a park anywhere in the state or even on the mainland, I can simply visit KaBOOM!, a site I found out about through Mom Central.

KaBOOM!, which maps playspaces and makes it so much easier to find a playground near you,is “the national non-profit that empowers communities to build playgrounds. We passionately believe that play has purpose, and that unstructured play in particular helps make children happier, fitter, smarter, more socially adept and creative.”

Mom Central has teamed up with KaBOOM! in an effort to find 100,000 playspaces in 100 days. A playspace is considered “a field, skatepark, horseshoe pit, roller hockey rink, disc-golf course, playground, lake, dog park, community center, basketball court or ice rink - any public place where anyone can engage in unstructured play either for free or for a nominal fee.” For every playspace added into the KaBOOM! database on behalf of the Mom Central team, $1 will be donated to Jumpstart, "a national non-profit organization working toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed."

Not only is KaBOOM!’s 100,000 playspaces in 100 days a fantastic cause that benefits our kids and great organizations, but you could win great prizes for participating, and the end result is a fantastic resource for us to find playspaces for our kids! You can view photos of the playspace, find out about what types of equipment and amenities may be there, and even find out what others rated the playspace. This is such a neat tool, and I plan to take photos and jot down information the next time I take the boys to a playspace so I can add it into the KaBOOM! database.

Visit Mom Central’s Team Page on KaBOOM! for more information on 100,000 playspaces in 100 days, and to add a playspace near you!

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