Playground Fundraising
Playground Safety
Playground Standards
Non-profit Resource Agencies
Resource Materials
Charitable & Fundraising Related Links
Kids Around the World
"Kids Around the World" is a Christian organization that believes that churches around the world want to embrace the children of their community with the love of God. They want to help churches reach their goals and therefore provide training and material.
Phone: (815) 229-8731
Playground Funding Links
Many in the SchoolGrants community are seeking assistance for purchasing playground equipment. Listed on this page are different sources.
http://www.schoolgrants.org/Links/playground.htm
http://www.k12grants.org/site_map.htm
Other Links
http://www.spra.sk.ca/funding.htm
Playground Safety Related Links
Canada Safety Council
The Canada Safety Council is a national, non-government, charitable organization dedicated to safety. Their mission is to lead in the national effort to reduce preventable deaths, injuries and economic loss in public and private places throughout Canada and to serve as a credible, reliable resource for safety information, education and awareness in all aspects of Canadian life.
http://www.safety-council.org/info/child/playground.html
Canadian Playground Safety Institute
The Canadian Parks and Recreation Association (CPRA) offers two separate comprehensive professional training courses through the Canadian Playground Safety Institute (CPSI). Includes list of Canadian playground inspectors.
http://www.cpra.ca/cpra-new/CPSI/index.htm
Children's Safety Association of Canada
The goal of the association is to provide as much information on children safety to as many parents as possible in order to reduce the number of preventable accidents in children.
http://www.safekid.org/welcome.htm
Injury Prevention Web
The Injury Prevention Web hosts the Web sites of several agencies and organizations working to prevent injuries. This site contains a weekly literature updates of recent journal articles and agency reports, injury data for every U.S. state, more than 1400 links to government and non-profit injury prevention sites worldwide.
http://www.injuryprevention.org/
Kids Health
KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence.
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/outdoor/playground.html
National Center For Injury Prevention and Control
The Center for Injury Prevention and Control is a major organizational component of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/cmprfact.htm
National Playground Safety Institute
NRPA has been the voice advocating the significance of making parks, open space, and recreational opportunities available to all Americans. The National Playground Safety Institute is focused on Playgrounds.
http://www.nrpa.org/content/default.aspx?documentId=999
National Program For Playground Safety
In 1995, the University of Northern Iowa established the National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS) with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Injury Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. Since that time, NPPS has become the premier non-profit organization dealing with playground safety information in the United States.
http://www.uni.edu/playground/
National Recreation and Park Association
NRPA has been the voice advocating the significance of making parks, open space, and recreational opportunities available to all Americans.
http://www.nrpa.org/content/default.aspx?documentId=25
National Safety Council
National Safety Council continues to extend its reach and influence across the nation and throughout the world. With the support of our Chapters, members and volunteers, and through private and public collaborations, we have made significant progress in our efforts to instill a culture of safety in businesses, in our homes and communities, and on our roads and highways.
http://www.nsc.org/library/facts/plgrdgen.htm
Playground Safety Links
ttp://www.rmis.com/sites/safplayg.htm
Playground Standards Links
ASTM International Standards Worldwide
ASTM International is one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world-a trusted source for technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services.
- 1292-04 Standard Specification for Impact Attenuation of Surfacing Materials within the Use Zone of Playground Equipment
- F2223-04 Standard Guide for ASTM Standards on Playground Surfacing
http://www.astm.org/
Canadian Standards Association
The Canadian Standards Association is a not-for-profit membership-based association serving business, industry, government and consumers in Canada and the global marketplace. Work in Canada and around the world to develop standards that address real needs.
- CAN/CSA-Z614-03, Children's Playspaces and Equipment
http://www.csa.ca/
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is the world's largest developer of standards.
http://www.iso.org/
Non-profit Resource Agencies
CAPP
The Canadian Association of Playground Practitioners (CAPP) is a voluntary, non-profit organization with an important mission - to act as a collective voice for the promotion of appropriate playground environments. This site is for members and people who want to learn who we are and what we do.
http://www.capp-online.ca/
CPRA
Through the Everybody gets to playT Initiative, the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association is creating awareness of the issue and providing the tools to help mobilize communities to provide recreation without barriers for kids without means.
http://www.cpra.ca/cpra-new/advocacy/CYPI/children-youth.htm
IPEMA
To represent and promote an open market for manufacturers of playground equipment and surfacing.
http://www.ipema.org/
National Center on Accessibility
A collaborative program of Indiana University and the National Park Service, the National Center on Accessibility is the nation's premiere resource promoting access for people with disabilities in recreation.
http://www.ncaonline.org/about/
Boundless Playgrounds
Boundless Playgrounds projects benefit children with and without disabilities by providing opportunities for all children to play together side-by-side.
http://www.boundlessplaygrounds.org/index.html
Injury Free Coalition for Kids
The Injury Free Coalition for Kids is among the country's fastest growing and most effective injury prevention programs. Coalition members work to empower the diverse populations who live there. They do so by helping people to make their communities safer and they do it in a manner that is respectful of various cultur es, beliefs, and lifestyles. Injury Free Coalition for Kids grant offers seed funding to pediatric trauma centers. Click Resources.
http://www.injuryfree.org/resources.cfm?ResourceCategory=
Injury%20Free%20Coalition%20for%20Kids%20Call%20for%20Proposals
KaBOOM
KaBOOM! is the longest-running non-profit organization that specializes in linking communities and corporations together to build much-needed, safe and accessible playgrounds, and has helped build more playgrounds than any other service organization, making it the #1 playground facilitator of its kind.
http://www.kaboom.org/
Resource Materials
Playground Safety Publications
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/playpubs.html
Handbook for Public Playground Safety
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/325.pdf
Other Web links
CADdetails
Use of this CADdetails website is absolutely free for design professionals and grants you access to thousands of manufacturer-approved, i-drop enabled CAD drawings, product photographs, CSI specifications, PDF product brochures and more. Includes details of Sof Surfaces products.
http://www.caddetails.com/
LandscapeOnline.com (Landscape Communications)
Landscape on line features the latest news and products for the landscape industry, including subscriptions.
http://www.landscapeonline.com/
World Playground
Web site will assist in locating Residential & Commercial Playground/Park & Recreation products, equipment & services World Wide within this exciting industry.
http://www.world-playground.com/
Publications
Landscape Architect and Specifiers News (LASN)
Landscape Architect and Specifiers News (LASN) is published monthly by Landscape Communications, Inc. Features the latest news and products for the landscape industry, including an annual directory.
http://www.landscapeonline.com/contact/contact_mag.php?pub=lasn
The Landscape Architect Trades
The Trades Publishing Company publishes this highly targeted trade industry product buying guide and others.
http://www.landscapearchitecttrades.com/
Parks & Rec Business Magazine
Parks & Rec Business is published monthly, and features the latest news and products, plus lively features and profiles. Parks & Rec Business is dedicated to bringing the 15,000 parks and recreation professionals across the North America who read the magazine the latest and best information to help them run their departments efficiently and profitably.
http://www.northstarpubs.com/parksrechome.html
Parks & Recreation Magazine
The monthly publication of the National Recreation and Park Association, Parks & Recreation provides an in-depth look at the latest trends and industry standards.
http://www.nrpa.org/department.cfm?departmentID=18&publicationID=11
Todays Playground
Today's Playground magazine is 100% dedicated to the Playground Industry.
http://www.nrpa.org/department.cfm?departmentID=18&publicationID=11
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