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MONETT, Mo., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Miracle Recreation Equipment Company announced today their partnership with the new NBC reality series, "School Pride," to provide a Miracle playground for the Lanier Elementary School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. "School Pride," from Horizon Alternative Television, is a proactive, alternative series on NBC that tells the stories of communities coming together to renovate their aging and broken public schools. Cameras follow students, teachers, parents...
Lack of Play Opportunities Has Greater Impact on Girls and Lower-Income Neighborhoods WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, opportunities for play are dwindling -- the U.S. is suffering from a severe shortage of places for kids to play. According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control, there aren't enough parks and playgrounds for children to be active every day. And while the lack of play opportunities affects all kids, it has a particularly negative effect...
KaBOOM! Constructs Two Gulf Playgrounds this August to Commemorate the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina NEW ORLEANS, July 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the past five years, Gulf area residents have struggled to rebuild roads, homes, schools and businesses devastated by Katrina. To help rebuild childhoods, national non-profit KaBOOM! has channeled more than $9,975,000 into the Gulf and mobilized 31,325 volunteers to build playgrounds in the areas hit hardest by Hurricanes Katrina...
WASHINGTON, July 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Summer for many Americans is a time for outdoor activities, including trips to playgrounds with children. The nation's emergency physicians encourage everyone to have fun and stay active in parks and playgrounds throughout the summer, but urge parents and guardians of children to be aware of injuries that can occur in a matter of seconds if everyone's not careful. "In many cases, a playground injury may include a minor cut or a scrape," said...
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- With the recent announcement of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move initiative to battle childhood obesity, The International Play Equipment Manufacturers Association (IPEMA) is reminding parents and caregivers of the importance of providing an hour of free play outdoors in a safe play environment during National Playground Safety Week (April 26-30). IPEMA, a leader in safety certification of playground equipment, has compiled a list of 5...
Simple tools developed by researchers in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Human Studies will help parents and teachers identify potential dangers on playgrounds and in gymnasiums and give them the means to lobby for safer conditions.The tools consist of two checklists that list a series of questions about the conditions of facilities and equipment on playgrounds and in gymnasiums. The checklists are available at no cost on the UAB Center for Educational...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- PLAYTIME LLC is pleased to announce the installation of a new, colorful dinosaur-themed indoor playground at MCGHealth Children's Medical Center in Augusta, GA. "While our new playground is certainly a place for fun, it has also been specifically designed to complement the physical and occupational therapy needs of our patients," reports Barbara Meeks, Vice President, Pediatric Patient Care Services, at MCGHealth Children's Medical Center. "We are...
MONETT, Mo., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Miracle Recreation Equipment Company proudly launched its new MiracleTech product line at the National Recreation Park Association annual conference held in Salt Lake City, UT this month. The new integrated Security product line, which is patent-pending, features the ParkWatch® - infrared security camera to wirelessly record (digitally) events, SiteBrite® - low-voltage lighting and the SonicScreen® - patented sound technology designed to deter...
Injury is the leading cause of death for children over the age of 1 in industrialized countries and improving the safety of the manmade (built) environment will benefit children's health, according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/press/cmaj080162.pdf www.cmaj.ca.Injury accounts for about 40% of childhood deaths in industrialized countries and is even higher in developing countries. It often involves failure to negotiate a manmade environment....
Sixty-nine percent of U.S. children in the lowest income bracket don't have access to a community playground, a survey indicates. KaBOOM!, a national non-profit dedicated to bringing play back into the lives of children, commissioned the survey conducted by Harris Interactive of 1,677 parents with children between the ages of 2-12. The group says U.S. children experience a national play deficit because they don't have enough time and space to play every day. The survey found 59 percent of...
