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Playworld also provides equipment for the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation’s Healthy Playground Makeover Sweepstakes each year. [ 12 ] In 2012, Playworld donated $50,000 of playground equipment to Detroit in honor of Joshua Smith, a young boy concerned with the city’s financial crisis.
In July 2001, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported that each year, more than 200,000 children are taken to hospital emergency rooms due to playground-related injuries. Most injuries occur when a child falls onto the playground surface.
Most injuries on public playground equipment were associated with climbing equipment (53%), swings (19%), and slides (17%). Falls to the surface was a contributing factor in 79% of all injuries. On home equipment, 81% were associated with falls. In 1995, playground-related injuries among children ages 14 and younger cost an estimated $1.2 ...
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What: Sky Zone indoor playground. Where: Catalina Shoppes, 1729 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach. Cost: $25.99 for 90 minutes, $29.00 for all day. Monthly memberships are available for families and ...
It purchased the Setmaker Company in California, and with the help of Claude's son, Paul Ahrens, creating playground designs for fast food giant McDonald's. The firm had installed play equipment at over 500 McDonald's throughout the USA. Together, Paul and Claude developed over 16 patents for their designs.
A playscape is either a piece of land modified for children's play (a natural playscape), a particular structure on a playground, or a nontraditional type of play environment. Landscape architects and designers are increasingly using the term to express areas of cities that encourage interaction and enjoyment for all ages. [1]
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