The Syfy network delivers on its “Imagine Greater” motto by teaming up with KaBoom!, a non-profit organization, dedicated to saving playtime. With the proceeds from the promotional auction on syfy.com, Syfy has funded playground donation to a charter school in Washington D.C. for an innovative Imagination Playground equipment system. Check out the press release for the details of this contribution to stimulate young minds.
SYFY PARTNERS WITH NATIONAL NON-PROFIT KaBOOM!
TO PRESENT AN INNOVATIVE PLAYGROUND TO THE CHILDREN OF
WASHINGTON D.C.’S DC PREP
THURSDAY, MAY 26 AT 9:45 A.M.
WHO: Thanks to funding from Syfy network, in partnership with national non-profit KaBOOM!, local charter school DC Prep will receive an innovative new Imagination Playground play equipment system. Forty kids from DC Prep will be part of the surprise presentation, along with VIPs and special guests from Syfy, KaBOOM and DC Prep. KaBOOM! is the national non-profit dedicated to saving play.
WHAT: As part of their ongoing commitment to encourage imagination, Syfy funded the playground donation with proceeds from a promotional auction held on www.syfy.com in which fans could bid on science fiction memorabilia and experiences. The online auction was in conjunction with the premiere of Syfy’s reality series Hollywood Treasure, which returns with all-new episodes Wednesday, June 1 on Syfy.
With focus on loose parts, Imagination Playground offers a changing array of elements that allows children to constantly reconfigure their environment and to design their own course of play. Giant foam blocks, mats, wagons, fabric and crates overflow with creative potential for children to play, dream, build and explore endless possibilities.
WHERE: DC PREP SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
707 Edgewood Street, NE
Located between the Brookland/CUA and Rhode Island Avenue metro stops
WHEN: Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 9:45 a.m. eastern
About Syfy
Syfy, a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as SCI FI Channel, and currently in more than 99 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. (Syfy. Imagine greater.)
About DC Prep
DC Prep is committed to bridging the educational divide in the nation’s capital by increasing the number of students from low-income communities with the academic preparation and personal character to succeed in competitive high schools and colleges. DC Prep currently operates three tuition-free public charter schools that are open to any child in Washington. DC Prep students are chosen by random lottery. Our Edgewood Elementary Campus, which is located in the poorest census tract west of the Anacostia River, serves 375 preschool-3rd grade students. Ninety-eight percent of the students are African-American; over 80% qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
About KaBOOM!
KaBOOM! is the national non-profit dedicated to saving play. Children today spend less time playing outdoors than any previous generation, a fact that is having disastrous consequences on their health, achievement levels, and overall well-being. To fight this Play Deficit, social entrepreneur Darell Hammond founded non-profit KaBOOM! 15 years ago in Washington, D.C. with a vision of creating a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America. Since then, KaBOOM! has mapped over 85,000 places to play, built almost 2,000 playgrounds, and successfully advocated for play policies in hundreds of cities across the country. KaBOOM! also provides communities with online tools to self-organize and take action to support play on a both a local and national level. Hammond chronicles the founding of the organization and the importance of the cause of play in his The New York Times Best Seller KaBOOM!: How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play. The book details how businesses and communities can to work together to save play for children across the country. All author proceeds support KaBOOM!. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., KaBOOM! also has offices in Chicago and San Mateo, Calif. For more information, visit www.kaboom.org.
[Source] Syfy
