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Darell Hammond

Chief Executive Officer

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Darell Hammond is a chief executive officer.

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Profession: Chief Executive Officer

About Darell Hammond

[Wikidata] American businessman... | [Wikipedia] Darell Hammond is an American philanthropist, founder of the non-profit organization KaBOOM! that helps communities build playgrounds for children. Hammond also speaks at conferences and universities about his work and blogs on The Huffington Post. Hammond, who from the age of four enjoyed a happy c

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At KaBOOM! we are crowd-sourcing a nationwide Map of Play that uses GIS data and user rankings to identify where the engaging…

Data

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It's absolutely crucial that every child-serving organization - be it an elementary school, daycare, or community center - provide its children with…

Absolutely

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Given that the biggest rise in childhood obesity rates are occurring in children ages 3 to 5 years, we must modify our…

Ages

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We are raising today's children in sterile, risk-averse and highly structured environments. In so doing, we are failing to cultivate artists, pioneers…

Artists

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I hope my organization will not be around in 10 years, because at a national, state, and community level, we will have…

About

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Play exercises both your physical and creative muscles. It helps you move around, solve problems, challenge yourself, and think in new ways.…

Around

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We know when children have a place to play they live healthier, happier lives.

Children

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Our education system is increasingly embracing a black-and-white way of thinking, in which 'learning' and 'play' are diametrically opposed. 'Learning' is the…

Black and white

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By providing our young children with opportunities for free, child-directed play, along with proper nutrition, we are setting them up for a…

Along

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Our society spends a lot of money on prison bars. For the sake of our kids, let's invest in monkey bars.

Bars

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During the year, our schools are busy slashing P.E. and recess to make more time for math. During the summer, we get…

Busy

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We all have a natural instinct to protect children from harm. It's never fun to see a child hurt, even if it's…

About

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'Our Dream Playground' is a new online project planner designed to help you build the playground of your dreams. It's a free…

Bring

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The lack of free, child-directed play time for our kids today will have dire consequences for these future leaders, making them less…

Challenges

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During National Playground Safety Week, I'll celebrate common-sense safety. I'll also celebrate skinned knees and bruised elbows. I'll celebrate so-called 'dangerous' playgrounds…

Also

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In neighborhoods without a usable park or playground, the incidence of childhood obesity increases by 29 percent.

Childhood

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Sendak's 1963 classic 'Where The Wild Things Are' has long been a favorite of mine because of the creative imagery, fantastic adventures…

Adventure

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