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WPW Donation List
At Wild Play Woods we get our best materials from things that would otherwise be “trash”, and we appreciate help from the community stocking our adventure materials. 🏠 Cleaning out your garage? We’d love to put some of your discarded stuff to good use! 🛞 Love to go thrifting? You can help us out by keeping an eye out for cool stuff! 🎁 We also take cash donations, coats/jackets, boots, and rain gear to make sure all children are able to participate in our program. Note about our environment: Since we’re always outdoors, we try not to collect things that will quickly fall apart in the weather. We focus on…
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What is an “Adventure Playground”?
We call Wild Play Woods an “adventure playground” because that sounds nicer to grownups. But the original term for this concept was “junk playground”, an idea first promoted in the 1930s by Carl Theodor Sørensen, a Danish landscape architect. You know that parental lament about giving your child a fancy gift and they play with the box instead? Sørensen noticed that kids wanted to play anywhere but the fancy playgrounds he designed! After watching some kids playing at a construction site he began to imagine “A junk playground in which children could create and shape, dream and imagine a reality”. We think that sounds AMAZING! Wild Play Woods is an…
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WPW Spring 2024 Membership Agreement
Days and Hours: The 2024 Spring Session runs from April 2nd to June 11th, every Tuesday from 11am to 3pm. Program Fees: The 2024 Spring Session is $220 for the first child and $110 for each additional sibling, payable in advance. Pickup: Only people authorized on record by the parent/legal guardian may pick up a child. Please let us know ahead of time if you will be arriving late. Inclusivity: We are welcoming to families of all races, ethnicities, nationalities, gender identities, sexual orientations, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, abilities, and neurodivergences. We promote an inclusive space that recognizes and appreciates all people. Attire: Children must wear secure shoes while they are…
