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Sussex, NJ has a new playground

Admin — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 19:02:39 +0000

Sussex, NJ finally has their own playground! It was perfect building weather as volunteers from the Sussex community, Norwescap, Lakeland Bank, Girl Scout Service Units 63 & 74, Alexandra’s Playground, and more, joined to build our 33rd Alexandra’s Playground.

The warm up led by Lisbeth, and food provided by Driscoll Foods, energized all as we dedicated the playground in memory of Joseph J. Berry and Alexandra Vitale. The playground by LSI is designed for ages 2-12 and includes a double slide, rope climber, balance beam, spinner, swings, and more. Thanks to General Recreation, Inc for design support and installation guidance.

The children were excited when the playground was complete and it was time to play. More families arrived early the next morning, their children ready to explore and make new friends!

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A fabulous Golf Outing, 2021

Admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:00:39 +0000

What a fabulous day for our first annual Golf Outing! We loved spending the sunny day at Ardsley Country Club with so many wonderful supporters. It felt great to be able to meet in person again. Congratulations to Jeff and his team of high school players, Alex, Greg and Jack, for their first place win! With winners for a variety of fun contests, the biggest winners of the day were the children growing up in underserved communities who will be the recipients of everyone’s generosity in Giving the Gift of Play.

First Annual Golf Outing June 7th

Admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 18:42:09 +0000

Join us on Monday, June 7th at Ardsley Country Club. Visit giftofplay.givesmart.com to Register and learn more. Support the Gift of Play while enjoying a fun day together. Many sponsorship opportunities available.

Get #Active4Alexandra – Begins April 15th

Admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:39:17 +0000

#Active4Alexandra is a movement to get kids and adults active. Join the challenge to be active for 30 days! Begins on April 15th.

On TikTok, and all of our social media, you can follow along as our Youth Advisory Board shows us how they are getting #Active4Alexandra. Will you accept their challenge?

JOIN OUR 30 DAY VIRTUAL CHALLENGE RACE Visit giftofplay.givesmart.com. Select the purple “virtual challenge’ button for more info and a link to REGISTER. Our Virtual Race travels through the Mohonk Mountain Preserve and the Shawangunk Mountains, a place dear to Alexandra’s family. At our online Racery course, you’ll enter your daily activity and watch your Avatar move along the course. You can be active any way that works for you: run, walk, bike, swim, yoga, play tennis, and so much more. Your activity and fundraising can earn you raffle entries!

Our event is hosted on the Racery‘s virtual race platform. Using Racery, companies build virtual races for staff fitness, and charities create virtual races for fundraising and community.

Coming soon to Yonkers, NY

Admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 03:37:50 +0000

This spring we will be building a new Kompan playground for ages 2-12 at Westhab’s Dayspring Community Center.

Summer Fun: JUST PLAY!

Admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 03:33:51 +0000

Our summer of 2020 activity bag initiative, Summer Fun: JUST PLAY!, began as a way to fill the play void during the pandemic. We distributed 550 bags to children in need throughout the tri-state area. They included items such as a frisbee, jump rope, soccer ball, and garden kit. Each purple bag also included a packet of sunflowers, as they remind us of Alexandra.

A new playground at School 10

Admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 03:23:28 +0000

The new playground built in the spring of 2020 at School 10, was our 8th in Paterson, NJ and our 30th overall. It is designed for their students in grades K-8. Though the pandemic prevented our usual Community Build, Kompan’s professional installers made sure it would be ready for the kids when the school could re-open.

School 19’s new playground

Admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 03:11:35 +0000

Music wafted through Paterson, NJ’s School 19 yard on a sunny day in October 2019. The volunteers were full of energy and determination as they worked to build this long awaited playground. As soon as it was complete, the children began climbing, spinning and filling the air with their laughter and joy.

Paterson’s School 19 has been waiting for this playground

Admin — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 04:29:55 +0000

Paterson’s School 19 has been waiting patiently for their new playground. And this October the wait will be over. Their new Kompan playground for ages 5-12 will provide the students in grades K-4 with places to spin, climb, explore and socialize with each other. As with all of our playgrounds, it will be open to the community after school hours and on weekends so that all children in the neighborhood can enjoy it.

A new playground in Afghanistan

Admin — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 04:21:05 +0000

We’re excited to be donating our second playground in Afghanistan. There are more than 3,500 students attending this all girls school, in multiple shifts each day. This will certainly give the playground quite a workout. We are glad to partner again with the charity “Playground Builders”, which builds playgrounds in war affected countries.