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HEALTHY SCHOOLS CAMPAIGN RECOGNIZES
PEACEFUL PLAYGROUNDS™ IN THE HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AWARD
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA
(March 25, 2010) – Peaceful Playgrounds™ has
been recognized by Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC), a leading authority on healthy
school design environments, as a featured product in its 2010 Innovation Showcase.
The Peaceful Playgrounds Program kit is an environmentally friendly playground design system, low-cost program
that maximizes physical activity while utilizing existing blacktop and recess game areas. The
kit offers a wide variety of activities to promote wellness in a non-combative
environment. By providing a blueprint that assists with game measurements, layout, spacing
and placement, a structured optimization of the available area exists.
In 2009, HSC conducted a nationwide search for new and innovative products and
services that help create healthier school environments. The search focused specifically
on two areas: the environmental impact of a school, and the way that a school supports
healthy eating and physical activity for students.
“It makes recess more of a learning and creative experience for the students,” said
showcase judge Jay Snyder of the Association of School Business Officials International.
“It’s safe for the students and the environment. And it’s easy to clean, which is very
important to the custodians, directors of facilities, and to the school and school districts in
general.”
The products spotlighted in the Innovation Showcase were selected by a judging panel
with representatives from the Healthy Schools Campaign, American School & University
magazine, and the Association of School Business Officials International. The judges
selected products based on the creativity of the innovation and the potential positive
impact. To learn more, visit www.healthyschoolscampaign.org/?innovation.
“We are excited and encouraged to have been recognized by the Healthy School
Campaign as an innovator,” said Andrea Bossenmeyer, vice-president and sales manager,
Peaceful Playgrounds, Inc. “Knowing that our efforts to promote and create healthy play
environments that increase physical activity while reducing injuries and bullying are
being noticed, strengthens our commitment and resolve.”
The Healthy Schools Campaign, an independent not-for-profit organization, is a voice for
people who care about their environment, their children and education. Their mission is
to advocate for policies and practices that allow all students, teachers and staff to learn
and work in a healthy school environment. For more information visit
www.healthyschoolscampaign.org.
Peaceful Playgrounds, Inc. is headquartered in Lake Elsinore, California and serves over
4 million students annually in over 8,000 schools across the nation. For over 15 years,
Peaceful Playgrounds has been providing a low-cost avenue for K-8 schools to organize
and manage their schoolyards and playgrounds. For a tenth of the cost of conventional
playground structures, schools can now have a structured play area that makes use of
more surface area than traditional equipment. With a simple goal to get more children
involved in physical activity rather than waiting in line for their turn or just standing
around talking, recognizing that a child who burns off energy, not only reduced their risk
for obesity, but they increase their focus on education when returning to class. For more
information, visit www.peacefulplaygrounds.com.
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