Today, over 200 volunteers joined our Play More B'More team, along with KaBOOM!, Family League of Baltimore, CarMax and others, to build a new playground at Glenmount Elementary/Middle School. Here's a gallery of the build from The Baltimore Sun:
Play More B'More: Putting Kids First in Baltimore
Building safe spaces for kids to play, creating jobs for local youth and energizing thousands of volunteers: Play More B'More puts kids first in Baltimore.
Learn more about Play More B'More, and why play matters, in this new video featuring Baltimore Corps' Cirron Greenidge and Fagan Harris:
Play More B'More Draws Hundreds of Volunteers, Constructs Three Playgrounds
On October 23rd, Play More B'More led the construction of three playgrounds across the city. The three builds took place at Gilmor Elementary, LIGHT Health and Wellness and Tench Tilghman Elementary. Each site drew over 200 volunteers who not only helped build the playgrounds, but also constructed benches, painted murals and sidewalks, and landscaped around the sites. Read more about the builds in the Baltimore Sun:
Playgrounds play healing role in Baltimore neighborhoods
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Play More B'More featured on People.com
Play More B'More, managed by Baltimore Corps Fellows Cirron Greenidge and Rashaad Whitfield, welcomed NBA star Rudy Gay to meet with the fall interns:
http://www.people.com/article/rudy-gay-sacramento-kings-playgrounds-baltimore