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Playworks' Recess Coaches lead games that maximize playtime, reduce bullying, and increase classroom focus for schoolchildren across the US.

UPDATE: Join us for Food & Fun at the Harpoon Brewery on Friday, March 9 at 5:30PM. $25 is requested you can donate here or at the door. Harpoon is at 306 Northern Avenue, Boston. See you there!

Today kids spend less time playing and being outdoors than ever. Playworks brings trained play coaches into schools to help students and teachers organize playtime games and activities. The result is a more inclusive, more educational, safer recess time.

Why am I involved? I believe in play. My children are given opportunities to run and play every single day, rain or shine. They're are out-jumping and out-climbing kids three times their age. They're already swimming. And we do a ton of hiking! By the time they go to kindergarten, they will both have completed a Presidential traverse in New Hampshire's White Mountains.

With more playtime and time spent outdoors, kids can do amazing things. Keep playing!

Please donate to Team Playworks at the link below or contact me at tom@myleftone.com. No donation is too small.

Thank you so much for your support!

Updates and Donor Comments

  1. Kenneth FrazerKenneth Frazer 02/02/2012 at 05:59 PM ET
    Don't cheat!
  2. Tom BishopTom Bishop 01/30/2012 at 03:43 PM ET
    Sean, I don't know if they'll let me carry a backpack or bring the stick! I did run the hill this weekend toward the end of a 12 mile loop. It is the real deal.
  3. Tom BishopTom Bishop 01/30/2012 at 03:41 PM ET
    Thank you so much Mary! I'm so glad Lisa's helping me with these meltaways.
  4. Mary HagertyMary Hagerty 01/29/2012 at 12:08 PM ET
    keep up the great work,lots of luck auntie mary!!!!
  5. sean buckleysean buckley 01/28/2012 at 11:44 AM ET
    Are you running or hiking heartbreak hill? - Go Tom!
  6. William G. SiroisWilliam G. Sirois 01/04/2012 at 11:31 AM ET
    Hi Tom, Best of luck .... Bill Sirois
  7. Tom BishopTom Bishop 11/23/2011 at 10:24 PM ET
    Here's a great story about how in ten minutes, one school saw the value of Playworks in action.

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