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Team Alex
Team Alex had another amazing run for play. 28 people turned out in purple shirts for the 2013 NYC Half Marathon. Thanks to all of our dedicated runners and donors!
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A New Playground for Brooklyn
More than 150 people from Alexandra’s Playground and the local community came out to build a new playground for Spring Creek Towers on Nov. 3rd. Read More -
A New Playground for Newark, NJ
Alexandra’s Playground together with the City of Newark and the Trust for Public Land has brought a new playground to Jesse Allen Park in Newark, NJ
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Alexandra’s Playground
Led by the joyful spirit of Alexandra, we are committed to raising awareness of the importance of safe, active play and providing more opportunities for children to be active.
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Our Playground Builds
We build playgrounds and create programming to encourage activity and prevent injuries during play.
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The Gift of Play
The increasing lack of play among today’s children is having a disastrous impact on their physical and mental well-being. Alexandra’s Playground is committed to ensuring children have the opportunities to be active, safely and to creating greater awareness around the importance of activity throughout childhood.
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Pediatric Concussion Video
We’ve created Pediatric Concussions: Early Detection and Treatment to provide valuable advice to kids 14 and under, their parents, teachers and coaches to help avoid any potential long term impacts from concussions.
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"Team Alex ran the NYC Half Marathon March 17. "
A BIG thank you to our amazing runners and generous donors.
Who We Are
At Alexandra’s Playground, we believe that active play is a critical part of a happy, healthy childhood. We are parents, doctors, businesspeople, teachers, artists and active members of our communities. We share a vision for a world where all children have opportunities for safe, active play throughout childhood. We also share an understanding of how [...]
What We Do
We encourage safe, active play with the hope of imprinting enduring active, productive lifestyles. Today’s children spend less time playing outside than any previous generation. Every year, children in the US lose more hours of active play per week as it is increasingly replaced by sedentary activities such as TV and online gaming. The result? [...]
Our Purpose
Children who regularly engage in active play grow up more physically, emotionally & cognitively healthy. But opportunities for safe, active play are increasingly threatened. That’s where we come in. Alexandra’s Playground helps parents to ensure their children have opportunities for safe, active play throughout childhood. We do this by developing, executing and partnering on initiatives [...]
Alexandra’s Playground was founded in 2009 on the principle that active play leads to the nurturing of the spirit and, by extension, to the nurturing of young bodies and minds.
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