Playworks New England

Our Rock Paper Scissors Tournament is officially ONE MONTH AWAY! Purchase your tickets ahead of time for entry into the tournament, complimentary appetizers, and FREE raffle tickets for some awesome raffle prizes! donate.playworks.org/RPS2024

We’re so excited to offer a variety of sponsorship opportunities for this year’s Rock Paper Scissors Tournament! For more information, fill out the sponsor interest form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Do you think you have what it takes to be our Rock Paper Scissors Champion? Save the date for our Rock Paper Scissors Tournament on April 11! Learn more and pre-purchase your tickets: donate.playworks.org/RPS2024

Give it up for our January Coach of the Month...🥁Coach Sam! Coach Sam is a second year coach at the Mildred Avenue School. His fellow coaches share that Coach Sam is always willing to be a helping hand, offer advice, and most importantly make them laugh! We appreciate you Coach!

Round of applause for our amazing October, November and December Coach of the Month! Read more on our blog: playworks.org/new-england/20…

"My students bring joy to me by trusting me and giving me the opportunity to be there for them and them be there for me.” - Coach B, Condon School #joyseries

“I bring joy to my students by always having a smile on my face, being playful and having great energy around them. My students bring out the fun in me and that brings me so much joy.” - Coach Sam, Mildred Ave School #joyseries #joymatters

We asked students to finish the sentence "I love recess because..." Read our new blog to hear their responses! playworks.org/new-england/20…

"My students bring joy to me when I see them playing the games that they learned during CGT or like my Junior coaches trying to be like me during recess and teachers telling me that they are doing great when I'm not there!” - Coach R, Kenny School #joyseries #joymatters

We're so excited to kick off our Joy Series again! Check out our most recent blog to read our plans for celebrating and centering joy as we enter the last month of the year. playworks.org/new-england/20…

"My students bring joy to me because there’s always something funny going on either at recess or in the halls. They’re always super excited to see me and I always get all the hugs I need" - Coach Lai, Dever School #joyseries

Happy Thanksgiving Here are a few things that our team is thankful for:

Hey @RedSoxFund - thanks for making recess so awesome last week! We ♥️ Play Ball Field Days!

Last week we made our way up to Boston to attend @MassService's Opening Day. The event included celebrating 30 years of AmeriCorps with other programs from across the state and learning how to incorporate the power of play into service with @PlayworksNewEng. 🅰️💪🤾‍♂️

Playworks knows teaming up with other organizations is key for achieving our mission. We're equipping them with our approach with a goal of ensuring every kid has access to safe and healthy play. Find out how in this article by CEO Elizabeth Cushing: ssir.org/articles/entry…

We kicked off our Girls Basketball League this week! At our Extravaganza, we taught our students important basketball techniques, ran through drills, and played together 🏀🤩

Playworks’ free webinar series The Game Plan returns on October 25! Join us to explore the basics of recess mapping and discover how it can create safe and healthy play environments for all students. Register now: playworks.org/services/the-g…

We just finished up our last Playground Paint of the season! Huge thank you to @BCBSMA for todays colorful paint. The five hours that you worked today is going to create thousands of hours of safe and healthy play for students in the community - thank you!

Last week we had the pleasure of hosting @ BCBSRI volunteers for their 12th annual Blue across Rhode Island Service Day. Read more about the day and the impact that it had: playworks.org/new-england/20…

Recess is off to a great start with Coach Rodgers! Basketball is a favorite on Coach Rodgers’ playground!🏀