Celebrating Good for you Play in California

2018 Parks Make Life Better Tour

Let's Play California!

In July 2018, GameTime and PlayCore joined California Parks and Recreation Lodge (CPRS) on a statewide tour of California to visit five of the 28 communities who participated in the CPRS Statewide Salubrious Play Initiative. Started in 2015 by CPRS, the intiative provided all-time-practice grooming and education from PlayCore for designing play and recreation spaces. It also offered upwardly to $two meg in funding assistance from GameTime to put research into action to build research-based playgrounds and fitness areas for children and families.

View or download the map of all the communities that participated in the CPRS Statewide Salubrious Play Initiative.

Stephanie Stephens - Executive Director, California Parks and Recreation Society "Play brings communities together. Nosotros're excited to share how Parks Make Life Better®, share state-wide training, and help local communities put research into action!"

Robb Davis - Mayor, Metropolis of Davis, CA "We are fortunate to have received a grant from GameTime to help leverage our resources to achieve our desired healthy lifestyle goals for our residents."

Cindy Tuttle - Parks and Recreation Managing director, City of West Sacramento "The CPRS Salubrious Play Initiative was critical in helping the city leverage resource to install improvements at Elkhorn Park to better run into the needs of the customs."

Kris Lofthus - Recreation and Customs Services Director, Metropolis of Suisun City "Nosotros are so excited to partner with CPRS Healthy Play Initiative and provide an accessible play infinite to non only Suisun City, but all of Solano County."

CPRS Healthy Play Initiative By the Numbers

4 Years

Started in 2015, the CPRS Statewide Healthy Play Initiative has provided educational events, funding opportunities and the structure of play and recreation spaces over the span of nearly four years.

28 Communities

From Redding to Mammoth, Fresno to San Diego, and everywhere in betwixt, 28 communities throughout the state of California were awarded $1.seven million in funding by GameTime to put all-time practise enquiry into action and create new play and recreation spaces for children and families.

thirty Educational Sessions

Across the state, in communities large and minor, PlayCore presented educational workshops on best practices in the areas of active play areas for children, outdoor fitness for adults, nature and trail-based play for families, and inclusive play for people of all ages and abilities.

31 National Demonstration Sites

PlayCore recognized 31 CPRS Statewide Good for you Play Initiative Projects as National Demonstration Sites, added them to a national annals and included them in their network for ongoing data drove.

300+ Symposium Attendees

Parks professionals, landscape architects and program specialists from across the state attended education sessions to learn pattern best practices in the areas of inclusive play, outdoor fitness and youth physical activeness, and nature-based play.

650+ CEU Hours Awarded

PlayCore is certified by IACET to award Standing Education Units to attendees of didactics sessions. Over the last four years, PlayCore awarded more than 650 CEU hours to attendees of our CPRS Statewide Salubrious Play Initative Didactics Sessions.

Millions of People Served

The combined population of the communities served by the CPRS Statewide Healthy Play Initiative is 6,048,900. According to the National Parks and Recreation Parks Association, lxxx% of Americans visit parks on a regular footing. Past creating 31 new play and recreation spaces across California, CRPS is contributing to the overall wellness and wellness of millions of children and families!

Goals of the Healthy Play Initiative

  • Statewide professional development to encourage best practice blueprint considerations for healthy play.
  • Deploy research and data drove to demonstrate CPRS as an essential contributor to improving the quality of life for families in California.
  • Provide matching funding to assist loftier quality projects in each of the 5 regions to create outdoor recreation spaces that marshal with research-based best practices.
  • Publish advocacy and communication tools to further champion play and recreation initiatives.

Calexico, California

The inclusive playground at Adrian C. Cordova Park is a tribute to a community hero and a place to play for people of all abilities.

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Glendale, California

A National Demonstration Site for nature-based play, as well every bit youth physical action, Carr Park in Glendale is a community centerpiece.

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McFarland, California

McFarland Park was designated every bit a National Demonstration Site for both Youth Physical Activity and Inclusive Play.

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Suisun City, California

The inclusive playground and adult fettle space at Heritage Park take both been named National Demonstration Sites.

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Turlock, California

This enquiry-based play area is designed to encourage more concrete activity for children and aligns with national PE standards.

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