We are building a new playground for Bayville in Berkeley Township, NJ on Saturday June 20th 2015.  We are looking for 30 adult builders and their kids to join us with volunteers from Bayville to install the playground.  If you’d like to come out and help us build, please email Tricia by May 15th tricia@alexandrasplayground.org We are busy working with Kompan US, our playground equipment provider, and Berkeley Township to complete the...

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On Tues., March 24, 2015, Alexandra’s Playground again helped to fund and participate in the annual American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons playground.  This year, the playground was built for the very deserving children and community of Palabra Viva church in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hundreds of volunteers—orthopaedic surgeons, allied health and industry partners, and families—gathered at Palabra Viva to help transform the site so that...

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Congratulations to our amazing 2015 Team Alex runners!  This year’s team not only achieved stellar race times, they hit a a new fundraising record. And donations continue to come in. The starter pistol went off at 7:30AM and the first of 30,000 participants took their first steps of the 13.1 mile run through Manhattan.  Thirty of those runners were sporting black and purple Team Alex running shirts. Together they had already raised more...

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We are thrilled to announce the completion of our third playground in Haiti. We transformed a public space in Grand Goave, a major suburb on the outskirts of Port au Prince, with the addition of playground equipment, benches and trees. This playground will provide a safe place for thousands of kids and their families to play and relax. As with all of our playground builds in Haiti, we had support from a wonderful group of local community...

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On a very chilly November 2, Jim Irish ran another NYC Marathon on behalf of Alexandra’s Playground!! Jim a huge thank you to your and all of your amazing supporters. Your efforts and donations will go long way to helping us continue to create opportunities for safe, active play.

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On October 25th, 2014 more than 300 volunteers from Alexandra’s Playground and the community of Paterson, NJ came out to roll up their sleeves and build a new playground for school #27 in Paterson, NJ. We had a beautiful day for building benches, assembling playground equipment, mixing concrete and raking mulch. It was hard work and a lot of fun! This playground is the first for this school since being built in the 1950s. The playground...

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