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WE Play! Trainings Coming to a City Near You

Just received this email from Kaboom. 

Kids Need Playgrounds! Learn how to make it happen at WE Play!

Learn how to fundraise, build and advocate for great places to play in your community! Thanks to the generous support of our partners KOOL-AID and The Home Depot and led by KaBOOM! presenters, KaBOOM! Workshops Entirely on Play are one-day, FREE regional trainings packed with interactive sessions, including:

• Guidance on how to build a playground in a day with volunteers from your community
• Research to build your case for play
• Proven fundraising techniques and planning strategies to get the job done
• Tried-and-true ways to engage the community
• The opportunity to meet other local and national activists who share your commitment to kids

Click here for the official flyer.

The fun doesn’t stop there! On the following day at most of the WE Play! workshops, allWE Play! participants have an opportunity to take part in a KaBOOM! Build Day. During this event, you’ll witness how 150 volunteers can transform an empty lot into a dream playground in six hours! Learn these important Build Day execution strategies firsthand:

• Site layout and logistics
• Volunteer management and youth engagement
• Flow of the day
• Equipment installer relations
• Celebration and appreciation