Fundraising: How a little sense of community can go a long way Bullying: How to help children cope Reasons you won't want to miss the NRPA Congress and Expo Plus: Amenities & Beyond. They're not just a side note Articles in This Issue Playground Fort Christmas Want a place to play a game of Soldiers or Cowboys and Indians? The playground at Fort Christmas, Florida just might be the place you’ll want to go. The PVC… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Playground Magazine Education The Long and Short of Abbreviations One thing I have noticed about the playground industry is the many abbreviations floating about. We have the NRPA, ASTM, IPEMA, NPSI, NPCAI, NPPS, and the list… Updated Oct 4, 2022 Playground Magazine Health The Choking Game On a summer evening early in July, our friend and neighbor reported their ten-year-old boy was missing. Twenty-four hours later, the county search and rescue… Updated Oct 18, 2022 Playground Magazine Construction Pre-Construction Before any crew arrives on the job site with shovels and wrenches, many pre-construction issues need to be addressed. The 5 Ps of playground construction —… Updated Nov 15, 2022 Playground Magazine Bullying Bullying on the Playground Mia Miseria, a spinster aunt, lived on a sweet spot of country land. Every day she would sit on her porch, read a good book, and sip her tea. Her life would… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Rhonda Borman Playground Raising in New The first school day back from summer vacation validated the long hours invested over the past 18 months by the playground committee. Teachers and students… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Playground Magazine Parenting Billie Patton After nearly five years of planning, fundraising and coordinating, Billie Patton’s dream of making over the playgrounds in the Village of Blissfield, Mich., is… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine Parenting Keith Addleman Addleman, the vice president of Recreation Creations, Inc., a playground equipment company based in Hillsdale, Mich., had heard the family story many times… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine Fund Raising Brining a Community Together What more could you possibly add to a Jimmy Carter Work Project, a “blitz build” of 30 homes in one week, to make it even more complete? A playground, of… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine Safety Strangers on the Playground There’s an elephant in the room, and nobody’s really talking about it. We all know it’s there, but sometimes nobody really wants to acknowledge its presence.… Updated Nov 30, 2022 Playground Magazine Maintenance When you want your playground cleaned... Who are you going to call? There’s a new playground sanitization service on the scene. It‘s the Playground Patrol, based in Minneola, Fla., and it is dedicated to helping you keep your… Updated Oct 25, 2022 Playground Magazine Skatepark The Ultimate Ride What does it take to have the ultimate ride without breaking the bank? Sk8Parks International may have what you’re looking for. With their modular, you are… Updated Oct 24, 2023 Playground Magazine
Playground Fort Christmas Want a place to play a game of Soldiers or Cowboys and Indians? The playground at Fort Christmas, Florida just might be the place you’ll want to go. The PVC… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Playground Magazine
Education The Long and Short of Abbreviations One thing I have noticed about the playground industry is the many abbreviations floating about. We have the NRPA, ASTM, IPEMA, NPSI, NPCAI, NPPS, and the list… Updated Oct 4, 2022 Playground Magazine
Health The Choking Game On a summer evening early in July, our friend and neighbor reported their ten-year-old boy was missing. Twenty-four hours later, the county search and rescue… Updated Oct 18, 2022 Playground Magazine
Construction Pre-Construction Before any crew arrives on the job site with shovels and wrenches, many pre-construction issues need to be addressed. The 5 Ps of playground construction —… Updated Nov 15, 2022 Playground Magazine
Bullying Bullying on the Playground Mia Miseria, a spinster aunt, lived on a sweet spot of country land. Every day she would sit on her porch, read a good book, and sip her tea. Her life would… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Rhonda Borman
Playground Raising in New The first school day back from summer vacation validated the long hours invested over the past 18 months by the playground committee. Teachers and students… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Playground Magazine
Parenting Billie Patton After nearly five years of planning, fundraising and coordinating, Billie Patton’s dream of making over the playgrounds in the Village of Blissfield, Mich., is… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
Parenting Keith Addleman Addleman, the vice president of Recreation Creations, Inc., a playground equipment company based in Hillsdale, Mich., had heard the family story many times… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
Fund Raising Brining a Community Together What more could you possibly add to a Jimmy Carter Work Project, a “blitz build” of 30 homes in one week, to make it even more complete? A playground, of… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
Safety Strangers on the Playground There’s an elephant in the room, and nobody’s really talking about it. We all know it’s there, but sometimes nobody really wants to acknowledge its presence.… Updated Nov 30, 2022 Playground Magazine
Maintenance When you want your playground cleaned... Who are you going to call? There’s a new playground sanitization service on the scene. It‘s the Playground Patrol, based in Minneola, Fla., and it is dedicated to helping you keep your… Updated Oct 25, 2022 Playground Magazine
Skatepark The Ultimate Ride What does it take to have the ultimate ride without breaking the bank? Sk8Parks International may have what you’re looking for. With their modular, you are… Updated Oct 24, 2023 Playground Magazine
