Tag: Kaboom!
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Disney VoluntEARS and Community Complete the 12th KaBOOM! Playground in Anaheim
Just a couple of miles from the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim is Julianna Park. On Friday, it was bustling with over 300 volunteers from the Disneyland Resort, KaBOOM!, and the Anaheim Family YMCA. They were on hand to build a playground about six hours for the local children. This playground is extra special as kids…
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Disney VoluntEARS and KaBOOM! Build First of its Kind Playgound For Kids with Disabilities in Anaheim
This past Saturday, 300 volunteers descended on Barton Elementary School and Park in Anaheim, California for an extra special playground build. It’s the first of its kind in Anaheim, and will allow everyone the opportunity to play, regardless of any disability they may have. The reason this playground is special, is because it has wheelchair…
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Disney Sponsors Anaheim’s First Ramped Playground for Children with Disabilities
11th Disney-sponsored KaBOOM! Playground in Anaheim Coming to Barton Park on Jan. 26 More than 300 volunteers from the Disneyland Resort, city of Anaheim and Anaheim Family YMCA will join KaBOOM! on Saturday, Jan. 26 to transform an empty site into a playground with accessible play features for children with disabilities in just six hours…
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City of Anaheim, Anaheim Family YMCA, Disney and KaBOOM! Partner to Increase Play Opportunities for Anaheim Kids
ANAHEIM, CALIF – Feb. 24, 2018 – Today, more than 300 volunteers from the City of Anaheim (@City_Of_Anaheim), Anaheim Family YMCA (@anaheimymca), Disney (@CitizenDisney) and the community joined KaBOOM! (@kaboom) to build a kid-inspired, state-of-the-art playground at Pearson Park. The new playground, which is the 10th Disney-sponsored KaBOOM! playground in Anaheim, will help more than 2,500 kids get…
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Disneyland Resort Volunteers Build Ninth Disney-sponsored KaBOOM! Playground at Willow Park in Anaheim
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Willow Park in Anaheim was transformed into a kid-designed play space in less than eight hours with the help of close to 300 people from the City of Anaheim (@City_of_Anaheim), Anaheim Family YMCA (@anaheimymca), Disney (@CitizenDisney), Disney alumni area residents and organizers from KaBOOM! (@kaboom). With this new addition to the neighborhood,…
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Disney and KaBOOM! Build Their Eighth Playground in Anaheim
Disneyland continues to transform the community of Anaheim by teaming with KaBOOM! to build the eighth playground in the same city as the theme park. With 300 volunteers from Disney VoluntEARs, KaBOOM!, Girl Scouts, and the City of Anaheim, Imperial Park was open to reach over a thousand kids in the community. Below is the…
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KaBOOM! Teams up with the Disneyland Resort & More to Build Five New Playgrounds in Anaheim
Over the weekend, KaBOOM! and the Disneyland Resort announced that several new areas of play will be built in the Anaheim area. Since its start in 1996, the non-profit KaBOOM!, has helped create and redevelop over 16,300 playgrounds, nationwide. With that in mind, the start of these new playgrounds will begin in February of 2017.…
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Disney & KaBOOM! Build Seventh Playground Together in the City of Anaheim
The Disneyland Resort and KaBOOM! have once again teamed up to create a brand new playground in the Orange County area. Marked as the seventh new playground in the City of Anaheim by KaBOOM! since 2011, Lincoln Park’s new playspace will benefit more than 1,200 children in the local area. On a misty Saturday morning, more…
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Disney & KaBOOM! Team Up to Create a Brand New Playground in Anaheim
On a beautiful Saturday in Anaheim, over 700 volunteers teamed up with KaBOOM! and the Disneyland Resort to build a brand new playground. Located at Twila Reid Park, just miles minutes away from the Disneyland Resort, a new space for play was created. The 27-acre park was transformed into something great with the help from…
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San Miguel Park Welcomes New Playground by KaBOOM! & Disney
On a bright and early Monday morning, over 200 volunteers from Orange County came together to create a brand new playground in the City of La Habra. With the of help Disney and the nonprofit organization KaBOOM!, a safe area for play was created. As the day began, Disney voluntEARs, City of La Habra volunteers…
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KaBOOM! & Disney to Build New Playground in the of City of La Habra
This September 29, a brand new playground will begin construction in the City of La Harba with the help of KaBOOM! and Disney. With this, it will be the seventh playground built in Orange County by these two amazing groups. Over 200 volunteers will be taking part in constructing the new playground. People from all over…
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KaBoom! Play Together Tour Makes its First Stop in Anaheim
This past Saturday at the Center Street Promenade in Anaheim, the KaBoom! Play Together Tour, powered by Disney Parks, made its first stop. This tour, which will be traveling nationwide, brings forth fun activities that families can take part together in. With six city stops all together, it is something that all families can enjoy.…
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Disney, City of Anaheim, Anaheim Family YMCA and KaBOOM! Build New Playground for Children in One Day
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE ANAHEIM – As the sun was setting on March 4, children in Anaheim had a great new place to play. The new playground at Schweitzer Park (238 S. Bel Air St.) was fully assembled in less than eight hours with the help of more than 200 volunteers, including local…
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Designed by Kids, Built by Volunteers
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE City of Rockledge, ROC Foundation, Disney Cruise Line and KaBOOM! build new playground for children in one day ROCKLEDGE, Fla. (July 28, 2012) – More than 200 volunteers from the City of Rockledge, the Rockledge Recreation Open-Space and Conservation (ROC) Foundation, Disney VoluntEARS, and local community residents came together today to assist…
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Disney Donates Playgrounds To Encourage Creativity, Fun
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Dec. 15, 2011 – Children at the Welbourne Avenue Nursery and Kindergarten in Winter Park have a brand new way to exercise their minds and show off their creativity, thanks to the new Imagination Playground they received from Walt Disney World Resort. Part of…
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Series Highlights Organizations That Make A Difference
DAPs Magic Disney News – PRESS RELEASE From packing boxes of food for Second Harvest and building KABOOM! playgrounds for children, to collecting items for Toys For Tots, Disney VoluntEARS work with numerous nonprofit organizations in Central Florida all year long that share Disney’s commitment to improve the lives of children and families in the…