| 5 Steps to Commercial Playground Equipment Fundraising and Sponsorship: Finding money in a bear market |
There’s no question about it—money is tight right now which makes playground fundraising even more challenging. For most schools, churches, and local communities, having new commercial playground equipment is ideal but the costs involved can be daunting. There’s no need to be discouraged, though. Money can always be found for important things like playground equipment sponsorship—you just need to know where to look!
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| Childhood Obesity And How Commercial Playground Equipment Can Help |
Childhood obesity is a growing problem in the United States. According to the CDC, since the 70s, the prevalence of obesity in children ages 6-11 has increased from 6.5% to 18.8%. However, a recent RAND Corporation study says that school playgrounds and athletic facilities can be important tools in the fight against childhood obesity. Given these facts, it is more important than ever for children to maintain a healthy lifestyle by eating right and getting regular exercise every day. I believe that we can get children active in a fun and creative way. Our play systems offer entertainment and activity for children of all ages. The combination of ground, elevated, and stand alone commmercial playground equipment encourage children to climb, slide and swing. Children can enjoy their play and at the same time, receive valuable health benefits that can also benefit their school work.
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| Choosing The Right School Playgrounds. |
For commercial use – It is important that you know a few things about your needs before we get started. It is a buyer’s market so there are many different options when looking for a new school playground. First, you must have an idea of the age group that the playground must be tailored to. Standard age groups are 2-7, 2-12, 2-5, 5-12, and 8-up. Next you must decide on the area where your playground equipments
will occupy – what are the dimensions of the space? And finally, what is your budget for your playground project? Keep in mind that you will have installation and playground safety surfacing as an expense by the time your project is complete.
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| Commercial Playground Equipment Brings Families and Communities Together |
Parks, schools and daycares with commercial playground equipment are a great way to bring communities together for pretty much any occasion. Playground equipment can teach children the value of sharing and turn an ordinary playground into a world of imagination. School playgrounds are much different to adults that to children in that the scenarios are constantly changing with the imagination of the each individual. A jungle gym may be imagined as a space ship or a seesaw may turn into a row boat. Children get a chance to be active, improve their motor skills and strengthen their coordination.
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| Disabled Children and Commercial playground Equipment: |
“Play is an important part of your child’s physical, social, intellectual and emotional development,” according to KidsHealth.org. Today’s leading playground manufacturers believe that children of all ages and disabilities should enjoy the same quality playground experience. This is why they work hard to comply with ADA requirements and safety guidelines.
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| Importance of Park Furnishings: |
Children and parents alike enjoy commercials playgrounds. Children love to run, jump, swing, slide and climb all over the playground equipments or even a shade structure. They love to meet their friends on the weekends and play games outside in the fresh air and sun. Parents love the health benefits that come from their children getting regular exercise. However, there is more to a playground than simply the play equipment. In fact, the enjoyment of playgrounds and parks can be increased with the proper use of site furnishings.
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| Playground safety and helmets: |
Most families know the basics of playground safety. Teach your children to always sit down before they slide, to stop a swing completely before getting off, and not to push or shove other children. Parents are warned to remove all hanging strings on children’s clothing that could potentially trap or strangle their child. However, there is a hidden hazard which many people overlook about playground safety: bicycle helmets.
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| Commercial Playground Equipment improve academic success: |
For years, school playgrounds have been praised as an excellent way for your children to get the healthy and fun exercise their developing bodies so desperately need. And with an ever-increasing popularity of playing video games and watching TV shows, it is becoming more important than ever that children get up off the couch and engage in physical activity with commercial playground equipment. To this effect, playgrounds and parks are often recognized as helping to fight the battle against childhood obesity and other health problems. However, research shows that playgrounds can also help to improve your child’s grades in school.
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| Shade Structures and Commercial Playgrounds: 5 simple solutions to prevent skin cancer in children |
Summer is a great time for kids to be outside in an active environment but it can also be very dangerous. 1 in 5 children will develop skin cancer throughout the course of their life and that number is still on the rise. Shade structures can
be one of the solutions for the same. Here are 5 simple solutions for preventing skin cancer in children:
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| SofSURFACES Inc. to be featured on the “World’s Greatest…” Television Show |
Commercial playground equipment surfaces play a very important role in injury prevention for children on playgrounds. Since falls are one of the major causes of non fatal injuries in children, it is necessary to have playground surfaces that can properly absorb impact, and companies that manufacture playground safety surface like SofSURFACES are extremely important to help protect children from injury. SofSURFACES is the leading company in softile for school playground surfaces, and they are soon to be featured on a television show called, “World’s Greatest…” Crown Point Production, the producers of “World’s Greatest…” will be highlighting the ins and outs of this privately owned playground safety surface company when they travel up to Ontario Canada to take footage of the factory and how they make SofSURFACES unique softile with KrosLOCKING systems.
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| The hottest shade structures to keep you cool in the summer and dry in the winter |
Commercial shade structures for schools, churches, daycares and public areas are increasingly become one of the hottest products on the market to stay cool. It’s only been in the past ten years that we’ve seen advances in the durability of fabric, the flexibility of designs and the affordability for these shade structures that many cannot do without. Now is the time to invest in a quality product that some manufacturers are guaranteeing for at least ten years. If you are looking to have a shade structure installed for commercial use, there are two main categories of shade structures to choose from: the traditional steel roof and the newly designed fabric canopy shelters.
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