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Volunteer for a Playworks Color Run in East Palo Alto!
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Playworks is a national non-profit serving 22 different regions across the United States. Our mission is to introduce respectful, inclusive, and healthy play to elementary school playgrounds, with the goal of empowering students to make new friends, settle conflicts on their own, and use their energy productively so they can transition back to class focused and ready to learn. Playworks provides each of our partner schools with a full-time coach, who is responsible for implementing our program throughout the school year. In the Spring, our AmeriCorps Coaches plan a Community Engagement Initiative designed to address a need in their school community, such as increasing parent engagement, promoting physical fitness, or painting lines on the playground.
Our AmeriCorps Coach serving Costaño Elementary in East Palo Alto is hosting a Color Run after school, where she’ll be promoting healthy play. Coach Derisa hopes to teach students and their families that participating in a healthy activity can produce powerful, positive outcomes for their bodies and family dynamics. Participants will be encouraged to run as many laps around the school’s track as they can, and participate in games and a color party with snacks and music afterwards. Volunteers will help with clean up and set up, manage designated areas for water breaks, game breaks, snack breaks, and the color party, sign in participants, help lead stretches, and make sure everyone is having fun!
This event is designed to be a positive opportunity for students and families to engage in healthy play together, and the ideal volunteer will be energetic and skilled at providing directions.
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About Playworks
Location:
380 Washington Street, Oakland, CA 94607, US
Mission Statement
To improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play.
Description
Playworks is the leading national nonprofit leveraging the power of play to transform children’s physical and emotional health. At Playworks we believe in the power of play to bring out the best in every kid. We are changing school climate by leveraging the power of safe, fun, and healthy play at school every day.
We create a place for every kid on the playground to feel included, be active, and build valuable social and emotional skills. We partner with schools, districts, and after-school programs to provide a service or mix of services including on-site coaches, professional training for school staff who support recess, and consultative partnerships.
Playworks currently serves more than 1,200 schools in 23 regions across the United States and reaches more than 700,000 students directly and through professional training services
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2695 Fordham StreetEast Palo Alto, CA 94303
DATE POSTED
April 15, 2019
SKILLS
- Sports Coaching
- Youth Services
- Physical Education
- Coaching
- Fitness Instruction
- Outdoor Recreation
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 15
- Volunteers may be asked to stay longer than 2 hours if the event requires additional set up or clean up.
- Interested Volunteers will be asked to register as a Playworks volunteer using an online form, which will automatically run a background check.