Two-time "Dancing with the Stars" best and Mercury Nashville recording artisan Julianne Hough has partnered up with KaBOOM!, a civic non-profit, to map and amount playspaces everywhere online.
(Vocus/PRWEB ) March 23, 2009 -- Two-time "Dancing with the Stars" best and Mercury Nashville recording artisan Julianne Hough has partnered up with KaBOOM!, a civic non-profit, to map and amount playspaces everywhere online. Once it has this absolute user-generated amphitheater audit, KaBOOM! will apperceive which areas of the country accept a abundant abode for kids to play every day and which areas abatement short. Toward this end, Julianne will accord $1 to baddest charities every time anyone uploads a new abode to play (up to $100,000).
Two-time "Dancing with the Stars" best and Mercury Nashville recording artisan Julianne Hough
In the U.S. adolescence blubber numbers accept tripled back I was little. Statisics say that about a third of our nations kids are ample or able-bodied on their way. I accept abutting with KaBOOM to try and accomplish abiding that kids accept a abode to play and run about every day I ambition to advice parents apperceive area all the abundant places are to play in their neighborhood The claiming runs 100 days, from March 23 - June 30, or until Julianne gives abroad $100,000 to civic non-profits that accept teamed up with KaBOOM! for this project: YMCA of the USA, National Wildlife Federation, Shaping America's Health, Jumpstart, America's Promise Alliance and First Book. To participate, users go online to the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder (kaboom.org/playspacefinder) aces a abundant alms to acquire money for, again column a account they took of a abode to play, and amount it. Julianne will again accord the non-profit they called $1 anniversary time they amount a new playspace to the map. In accession to benefiting charity, every playspace loaded counts as an access in a sweepstakes to accommodated Julianne or win autographed merchandise. By application online technology to activate and appoint individuals, the 100,000 Playspaces in 100 Days Campaign will active communities of the accent of play, and actuate individuals to alpha demography action.
"In the U.S. adolescence blubber numbers accept tripled back I was little. Statisics say that about a third of our nations kids are ample or able-bodied on their way. I accept abutting with KaBOOM to try and accomplish abiding that kids accept a abode to play and run about every day," said Julianne. When complete, the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder will serve as a civic analysis of playspaces, acceptance communities to appraise how abounding there are, their quality, and how accessible they are.
Growing up in Utah, Julianne had a actual breath childhood. She and her ancestors were consistently alfresco arena calm as able-bodied as dancing and singing. She wants to advice added kids accept some of the aforementioned opportunities as she did.
To do something about the situation, Julianne teamed up with KaBOOM! to advice them complete an online map of playgrounds, the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder. "I ambition to advice parents apperceive area all the abundant places are to play in their neighborhood," Julianne said. Once 100,000 new playspaces are entered assimilate the KaBOOM! Playspace Finder, KaBOOM! will accept a civic map abounding of places to play, parents can see area to crop their kids, and KaBOOM! can atom areas that charge attention.
The KaBOOM! Playspace Finder is a Google-based map that currently shows added than 16,000 user-generated entries with photos, amenities, and ratings of places kids play. The KaBOOM! Playspace Finder includes all altered sorts of places to play: playgrounds, able-bodied fields, ice rinks, basketball courts, skateparks, and pond pools, even attributes trails and association gardens.
Since 1995, KaBOOM! has complete about 1,600 playgrounds, skateparks, sports fields and ice rinks above North America. KaBOOM! aswell created the KaBOOM! National Campaign for Play.
Contact:
Alison Risso
202.464.6186
http://playspacefinder.kaboom.org
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