KOOP needs your help! Owners of Common Ground Food Co-Op can select up to 12 organizations to receive Round Up For Good donations next year--- Include KOOP in your votes to bring even more play into our communities! We so admire the work Common Ground does in the community and are happy to know many employees and board members as friends and supporters. We are thrilled to have been nominated and now need the votes to seal the deal! Help us send the message that Play is Important-- and needs specific, thoughtful and intentional provision. After an amazing summer of providing more than 20 child- led play events at NO COST to the community, I find myself dreaming about the impact we can make

As we begin our third year of Adventure Play After School, we are seeing marked growth, record numbers of children attending and multiple families joining us from other schools. Our days have been busy and full of child- led play. Otherwise unlikely but wonderful friendships are forged in this unique, multi-age range time with kids joining from preschool through 5th grade. When so many other groups are age- segregated, KOOP is able to offer a mixed age experience which proves time and time again to be beautiful offering for all involved. With growth comes a need for a third trained playworker to join us 4-5 days a week in the after school hours, potentially random added day time hours. This