- Hundreds of volunteers built a
2,400-square-foot playground in eight hours
More than 200 volunteers from the New England Patriots
Charitable Foundation, the New England Revolution Charitable
Foundation, UnitedHealthcare and Boston-area residents built a new
playground at Children’s Services of Roxbury (CSR) today, which is
located within YouthBuild Boston.
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New England Patriot Geneo Grissom joined
teammates and more than 200 UnitedHealthcare, New England
Revolution and Roxbury-area volunteers to build a new playground at
Children's Services of Roxbury. The new 2,400-square-foot
playground includes a triple racer slide, tic-tac-toe activity
wall, rock climber and more. This playground build is part of
UnitedHealthcare's "Do Good. Live Well." program, an
employee-volunteer initiative to help prevent obesity. The
volunteers worked with KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit organization
dedicated to bringing play to all kids (Photo:
UnitedHealthcare).
The new 2,400-square-foot playground includes a triple racer
slide, tic-tac-toe activity wall, rock climber and more. The
playground’s design is based on drawings created by kids from CSR
who participated in a “design day” event in August.
“We are grateful for our new state-of-the-art playground,” said
Sandra M. McCroom, president, Children’s Services of Roxbury. “It
will support our children’s social and emotional development in a
safe space. Through play, they will use their imaginations,
exercise, solve problems, learn, grow and thrive.”
CSR is a community-based nonprofit founded in 1968 to
effectively handle the growing number of African-American children
in need of foster homes and adoption. CSR has grown to provide
critical services to families and children of every race, and
ethnic and linguistic background. It also provides emergency and
transitional housing services for homeless families and adults. Its
programs include early childhood education; behavioral health
services; emergency, transitional and permanent housing support;
and intensive foster care and adoption services.
The volunteers worked with KaBOOM!, a national nonprofit
organization that works to bring balanced and active play into
children’s daily lives. This playground is the 2,688th
KaBOOM!-organized build since 1996 and the 19th created by KaBOOM!
and UnitedHealthcare.
“Participation in this project promotes the core values of the
youth we serve and provides an important avenue of growth for the
young people in our community,” said Ken Smith, executive director,
YouthBuild Boston.
YouthBuild Boston was founded in 1990 with the goal of providing
underserved youth with the support and credentials needed to
successfully enter the trades. For this project, young people from
YouthBuild Boston volunteered to help with the site preparation,
landscaping and planning for the playground build.
“We’re proud to be working with UnitedHealthcare on our sixth
playground together,” said Josh Kraft, president of the New England
Patriots Charitable Foundation. “We hope this playground will
enrich the lives of children at Children’s Services of Roxbury and
demonstrate the importance of volunteering and giving back to the
community.”
“It’s great to be working with UnitedHealthcare to construct a
playground that will help the youth of Children’s Services of
Roxbury participate in healthy activities,” said Brian Bilello,
president, New England Revolution.
“UnitedHealthcare’s employees are honored to help build a
playground that will give local children a safe place to play and
exercise outdoors with their friends and families, while creating
healthy habits that will last a lifetime,” said Stephen Farrell,
CEO, UnitedHealthcare of New England.
This playground build is part of UnitedHealthcare’s “Do Good.
Live Well.” program, an employee-volunteer initiative to help
prevent obesity. For more information about the benefits of
volunteering and to find local opportunities to get involved, visit
DoGoodLiveWell.org. Follow @DoGoodLiveWell on Twitter or "like" Do
Good. Live Well. on Facebook.
UnitedHealthcare serves more than 400,000 people in
Massachusetts with a network of 108 hospitals and other health
facilities and more than 30,000 physicians and other care providers
statewide.
About the New England Patriots
Charitable FoundationThe New England Patriots Charitable
Foundation is the 501(c)(3) non-profit entity created by the Kraft
family to support charitable and philanthropic agencies throughout
New England. This support comes in the form of direct grants, and
the donation of signed memorabilia to a variety of charitable
causes, and from Patriots players who offer their direct support by
appearing at charity functions throughout the year. Robert Kraft
established the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation when he
purchased the team in 1994 as a way for the organization to give
back to the communities it calls home. The Foundation’s primary
goal is to support programs that aid the youth and families of New
England while underscoring the Kraft family’s deep commitment to
philanthropic activities in the community. For more information
about the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation, please visit
www.patriots.com/community.
About the New England Revolution
Charitable FoundationThe New England Revolution
Charitable Foundation is the team’s 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization through which the Revolution support charitable and
philanthropic organizations throughout New England. This support
comes in the form of both direct grants and in-kind donations of
tickets and Revolution memorabilia used at charity fundraisers, and
through a select number of player appearances at charity functions
and educational programs. New England Revolution Charitable
Foundation assists organizations and programs by supporting their
health-and-wellness and educational campaigns and initiatives,
especially those targeting youth and those with close ties to the
game of soccer and sports. For more information about the New
England Revolution Charitable Foundation, please visit
www.revolutionsoccer.net/community/charitable-foundation.
About Children’s Services of
RoxburyChildren’s Services of Roxbury, Inc., is
dedicated to providing comprehensive child care services and
helping families establish strong foundations for living. Our child
care services are designed to meet the needs of families in our
communities whose composition, cultural background, ethnicity and
language are diverse and varied. For more information, visit
www.csrox.org.
About YouthBuild BostonThe
mission of YouthBuild Boston (YBB) is to empower and assist
underserved young people from the Boston area with the essential
social, vocational, academic, and life skills necessary to navigate
a positive pathway to self-sufficiency and neighborhood
responsibility.
www.facebook.com/ybbostonwww.twitter.com/@YBBoston
About KaBOOM!KaBOOM! is the
national non-profit dedicated to giving all kids – particularly
those growing up in poverty in America – the childhood they deserve
filled with balanced and active play, so they can thrive. Since
1996, KaBOOM! has collaborated with partners to build, open or
improve nearly 16,300 playgrounds, engaged more than one million
volunteers and served 8.1 million kids. KaBOOM! creates great
places to play, inspires communities to promote and support play,
and works to drive the national discussion about the importance of
play in fostering healthy and productive lives. To learn why
#playmatters: visit kaboom.org or join the conversation at
twitter.com/kaboom or facebook.com/kaboom.
About
UnitedHealthcareUnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping
people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health
care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and
sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company
offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for
individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and
their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and
contracts directly with more than 850,000 physicians and care
professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at
www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
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