The Sanneh Foundation Awarded $7,050 Grant for Rigamajig™ Play Equipment System from Target and National Non-Profit KaBOOM!
Target and national non-profit KaBOOM! awarded The Sanneh Foundation a $7,050 grant to use toward the purchase of a Rigamajig™ Play Equipment System at their Saint Paul-based Conway Community Center to increase access to unstructured, child-directed play.
St. Paul, MN, October 21, 2016 --(PR.com)-- Target and national non-profit KaBOOM! awarded The Sanneh Foundation a $7,050 grant to use toward the purchase of a Rigamajig™ Play Equipment System.
KaBOOM!, the national non-profit dedicated to giving kids the childhood they deserve through play, is working with Target to increase access to play across the country. Grants for Rigamajig™ are helping to achieve that goal by bringing active play to more than 430,000 kids across the country.
Rigamajig™ is a new large-scale building kit designed by Cas Holman for hand-on free play and learning. This collection of wooden planks, wheels, pulleys, nuts, bolts and rope allows children to follow their curiosity through play. There are no right or wrong answers; the act of playing and building is the goal, not the finished product.
“The Sanneh Foundation’s goal at Conway Community Center and across all of our programs is to promote positive youth development,” said Tony Sanneh, The Sanneh Foundation’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “We are continuously searching for ways to increase opportunities for youth and equipment like the Rigamajig will give youth and staff at Conway new ways to explore the development of skills like collaboration and problem solving.”
In 2014 The Sanneh Foundation partnered with the City of Saint Paul to prevent the closure of the Conway Community Center by agreeing to operate and manage the community center on the city’s behalf. A major component of TSF’s goal at Conway is encouraging healthy physical activity through access to play in both organized and unstructured settings. Crucial to realizing this vision is designing safe and welcoming built environments that encourage maximum participation of youth from all racial and ethnic backgrounds, income levels and genders through partnerships with organizations like KaBOOM.
Unstructured, child-directed play has proven to help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually, yet today’s kids have less time and fewer opportunities to play than any previous generation. The grant is part of Target’s ongoing efforts to help make wellness more affordable, accessible and inspirational for its team members, guests and communities.
About The Sanneh Foundation
The Sanneh Foundation (TSF) is a Saint Paul, Minnesota based 501(c)3 created in 2003 to serve the holistic youth development needs of the increasingly diverse Twin Cities metro area. TSF’s mission is to empower youth by supporting and promoting educational attainment through in-school and after-school support, improve lives by providing programs that strengthen physical health and social and emotional development, and unite communities by advancing diversity, equity, and community well-ˇbeing. To learn more visit thesannehfoundation.org or follow us on social media at twitter.com/SannehFdn or facebook.com/thesannehfoundation.
About Target
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation serves guests at 1,792 stores and at Target.com. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its profit to communities, which today equals more than $4 million a week. For more information, visit Target.com/Pressroom. For a behind-the-scenes look at Target, visit Target.com/abullseyeview or follow @TargetNews on Twitter.
About KaBOOM!
KaBOOM! is the national non-profit dedicated to bringing balanced and active play into the daily lives of all kids, particularly those growing up in poverty in America. Since 1996, KaBOOM! has collaborated with partners to build, open or improve nearly 16,000 playgrounds, engaged more than one million volunteers and served 7.4 million children. 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 lives and communities. To learn why #playmatters: visit kaboom.org or join the conversation at twitter.com/kaboom or facebook.com/kaboom.
Contact:
Tod Herskovitz, The Sanneh Foundation, 651-690-4855, E-Mail: therskovitz@thesannehfoundation.org
Lucy Nutting, KaBOOM!, 202-464-6195, LNutting@kaboom.org
KaBOOM!, the national non-profit dedicated to giving kids the childhood they deserve through play, is working with Target to increase access to play across the country. Grants for Rigamajig™ are helping to achieve that goal by bringing active play to more than 430,000 kids across the country.
Rigamajig™ is a new large-scale building kit designed by Cas Holman for hand-on free play and learning. This collection of wooden planks, wheels, pulleys, nuts, bolts and rope allows children to follow their curiosity through play. There are no right or wrong answers; the act of playing and building is the goal, not the finished product.
“The Sanneh Foundation’s goal at Conway Community Center and across all of our programs is to promote positive youth development,” said Tony Sanneh, The Sanneh Foundation’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “We are continuously searching for ways to increase opportunities for youth and equipment like the Rigamajig will give youth and staff at Conway new ways to explore the development of skills like collaboration and problem solving.”
In 2014 The Sanneh Foundation partnered with the City of Saint Paul to prevent the closure of the Conway Community Center by agreeing to operate and manage the community center on the city’s behalf. A major component of TSF’s goal at Conway is encouraging healthy physical activity through access to play in both organized and unstructured settings. Crucial to realizing this vision is designing safe and welcoming built environments that encourage maximum participation of youth from all racial and ethnic backgrounds, income levels and genders through partnerships with organizations like KaBOOM.
Unstructured, child-directed play has proven to help kids develop physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually, yet today’s kids have less time and fewer opportunities to play than any previous generation. The grant is part of Target’s ongoing efforts to help make wellness more affordable, accessible and inspirational for its team members, guests and communities.
About The Sanneh Foundation
The Sanneh Foundation (TSF) is a Saint Paul, Minnesota based 501(c)3 created in 2003 to serve the holistic youth development needs of the increasingly diverse Twin Cities metro area. TSF’s mission is to empower youth by supporting and promoting educational attainment through in-school and after-school support, improve lives by providing programs that strengthen physical health and social and emotional development, and unite communities by advancing diversity, equity, and community well-ˇbeing. To learn more visit thesannehfoundation.org or follow us on social media at twitter.com/SannehFdn or facebook.com/thesannehfoundation.
About Target
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation serves guests at 1,792 stores and at Target.com. Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of its profit to communities, which today equals more than $4 million a week. For more information, visit Target.com/Pressroom. For a behind-the-scenes look at Target, visit Target.com/abullseyeview or follow @TargetNews on Twitter.
About KaBOOM!
KaBOOM! is the national non-profit dedicated to bringing balanced and active play into the daily lives of all kids, particularly those growing up in poverty in America. Since 1996, KaBOOM! has collaborated with partners to build, open or improve nearly 16,000 playgrounds, engaged more than one million volunteers and served 7.4 million children. 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 lives and communities. To learn why #playmatters: visit kaboom.org or join the conversation at twitter.com/kaboom or facebook.com/kaboom.
Contact:
Tod Herskovitz, The Sanneh Foundation, 651-690-4855, E-Mail: therskovitz@thesannehfoundation.org
Lucy Nutting, KaBOOM!, 202-464-6195, LNutting@kaboom.org
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www.thesannehfoundation.org
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