Hey! Do you love to play? Stoked to live in the world's greatest playground? Well do we have a challenge for you!
From July 1st to July 31st, take on the challenge of raising pledges towards your daily activities and make an impact on future generations! Improve your fitness, challenge yourself to get outside more, and help build playgrounds for kids! Get everyone you know to pledge $1+ for every KM you achieve! Be one our top challengers and win great prizes!
What is a daily activity? Do you love to hike, bike, walk, run or climb? How about play? We at The Power of Play love nothing more than to see people playing and enjoying the most simple gift of Play. For the month of July, during your regular outdoor adventures, collect pledges from your friends and family, in doing so you will support The Power of Play as we raise funds for building innovative, sensory, and sustainable playgrounds around the world, and right here in British Columbia!
The Power of Play builds sustainable playgrounds all around the world for children 2 to 14 years old. Play is not only vital in childhood development, but it is their right as declared in Article 31 of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Our projects focus on children living in conditions that have stripped away this right and we are committed to bringing joy and happiness back into their lives. Approximately 50% of our playgrounds are built from recycled material, and all projects count on rich collaboration with local communities for volunteering and funding.
What playgrounds are we currently building?
A playground for love in a Lytton First Nation Community!
In Lytton, this project is being created for the good of the entire community, especially the youth who’ve been through a great deal of trauma over the past few years from floods to fires, and losing their homes. Over a few hundred people live on the west side of the Fraser River and the only access to school or a playground is by ferry. The children normally travel by bus and then by a cable drawn 2 car ferry. The ferry shuts down on average 29 – 90 days per year and the children must cross by railway bridge to get to school or town. They have almost 800 on reserve but a total population of 2,027. It would be a great day to unveil a playground!
A sensory, innovative playground in Sivaraja Deaf and blind school in Nattandiya, Sri Lanka!
This playground will be built for 94 children in the Sivaraja Deaf and blind school in Nattandiya, Sri Lanka, and hundreds of more children in the surrounding area. The playground is set to be built in July 2022. Funds are still needed to complete the project. $15000 has been raised through The Power of Play and the Bliss Project, $10000 is still needed to complete the project. The Power of Play (TPOP), established in 2017, has partnered with Emily Carr Design University in Canada and GDUT university in China to collaborate and design an innovative, sensory and sustainable playground.
On the horizon in later 2022, we will be building more playgrounds around the world including in Zambia and Tanzania. These playgrounds will impact thousands of children in marginalized communities, sustainability, community collaboration and empowerment.
Our Sea to Sky’s Plays will be based on how many KM you can do in one month. For each KM, collect pledges from family and friends! It’s easy to do! Create your profile. Link it to your Strava and it keeps track of your KM for you! Fill out your profile, set a goal, and then share with your family and friends. EASY!
There are two ways to make a pledge:
- You can sponsor a participant for a fixed amount. If you donate $20, you will owe $20 regardless of the number of hikes she/he/they hike
- You can pledge an amount per KM. For example, if you pledge $5 per KM, and they hike/walk/run/bike 4km 8 times in the month, you owe $5x4x8=$160. Be sure to ask your sponsored athlete how many adventures they anticipate making.
At the power of play, we let kids be kids. With your help, we can make a global impact.