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playground design. Past experiences prove the more community involvement at Design Day, the greater community participation throughout the entire project. Design Day is a four hour meeting broken up into three stages: ^ Project Manager Arrival and Playground Site Walk (30 minutes-1 hour) The main contacts as well as the facilities person who will be responsible for getting the site preparation done should be a part of this site walk. ^ Kids Portion (1 hour) The children will get to draw their dream playgrounds and present them to everyone. A minimum of 20-30 children who will be using the playground must be present. Children will need to separate after this session so the adults can continue the meeting. Please provide free child care so the adults can stay. ^ Adults Portion (2-3 hours) A minimum of 20-30 parents and adults must attend. As the adults will talk about the planning committees, it is very important to have parents and community members who are ready to get involved to be at this event. It is also important to have an adult who will be responsible for implementing the KaBOOM! Service Learning Curriculum that will keep the children involved throughout the planning process at the Design day. If there are any specific laws or requirements concerning playground equipment in your city or state, someone who knows those requirements needs to be present as well. The adults will talk about their wish list of play equipment as well as the overall site design of the playspace. ^ Following Design Day the Project Manager will submit the Community Partner's wish list to the equipment manufacturer. The designers will produce three custom designs and the Community Partner will pick from one of those three designs and let their Project Manager know within three business days. 2. Playworld Systems: KaBOOM! currently uses equipment from Playworld Systems Inc (www.playworldsystems.com). Playworld Systems is a national company and their equipment meets all of the current safety standards. 3. Safety Surfacing: KaBOOM! playground projects use engineered wood fiber for safety surfacing. Engineered wood fiber is ADA accessible. The three companies that KaBOOM! partners with for engineered wood fiber are Fibar (www.fibar.com), Zeager Brothers (www.zeager.com), and SofSolutions. (www.sof-solutions.com). Planning Committees: This group should comprise 12-15 energetic community members who will know how to effectively delegate tasks to others and be part of a team effort. The planning committee should be at least 50% parents. Most of the following Planning Committee team captains will have a counterpart from the Funding Partner working with them: ^ Project Co-chairs -The co-chairs are the coordinators and leaders of the entire playground project. Co-chairs should have adequate time available to lead this project, be organized and resourceful, easily accessible and be available to work with the KaBOOM! Project Manager. Recruitment & Registration Team Co-Chairs -This person is responsible for recruiting volunteers to build the playground on Build Day. It is an exciting and challenging task that demands a "people person" who isn't afraid to ask others to lend a helping hand. The Recruitment co-chairs are also responsible for organizing the information table for Build Day. The information table is a booth designed to give your community a chance to announce other volunteer opportunities and to publicize all the great programs happening in your community. The Funding Partner and KaBOOM! will also share information about their organizations for this table. ^ Youth Involvement 8~ Service Learning Team Co-Chairs -This person will develop ways for children to participate in the project from the beginning to the end and incorporate the Service Learning Curriculum. (S)he should be creative, responsible and good with children. Service Learning is an on-going project to keep children involved in the planning process and to educate them on topics of volunteerism and community development. ^ Construction Team Co-Chairs -We're sure you know someone in your community who can build anything. The goal of this person is to prepare for and facilitate the Build, acquiring the tools and materials needed, including but not limited to: shovels, rakes, step ladders, wheel barrows, manual post hole diggers, corded drills, sledge hammers, garden hoses, extension cords, and cement hoes. ^ Resources &"Fundraising Team Co-Chairs -This person is in charge of raising the Community Partner's financial contribution` money for the project at grassroots and corporate levels. The more money raised by the community, the more people will feel invested in the project. The Fundraising co-chair also acts as a treasurer and tracks the project's budget. ^ Food Team Co-Chairs -The way to a volunteer's heart is through their stomach! This person is responsible for launching an all-out effort to feed the volunteers on the two preparation days and on Build Day, which includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, and lots of water. Someone who can solicit in-kind donations from local grocers or restaurants with ease should be considered.