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Boundless Playgrounds is a unique national, nonprofit organization that has, in a short time, built a reputation for excellence in working with communities throughout the country to facilitate the development of FULLY INTEGRATED UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE playgrounds.

BOUNDLESS PLAYGROUNDS is a unique 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a reputation for excellence in working with communities throughout the country to facilitate the development of universal playgrounds. Boundless playgrounds was established in 1997 by a passionate team of parents and professionals. The national organization was expanded in 1998 with a three-year $521,000 grant from the Hasbro Children's Foundation, which established the Hasbro National Resource Center to fund a national education campaign and provide technical services to 24 disadvantaged communities across the United States.
BOUNDLESS PLAYGROUNDS works with everyone - children, families, communities, schools, parks, civic groups, municipalities, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations across the United States and Canada, and around the world, to create playgrounds that can be universally shared by children of all abilities, including children with physical, sensory and developmental disabilities. With Boundless Playgrounds' HASBRO NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER, which provides services to disadvantaged communities, the organization provides a wide variety of direct service, design and technical support to determined people and organizations that want to design and develop these special, and much needed, playgrounds.

The goal is to ultimately have fully integrated and universally accessible playgrounds in reach of every child. In the next five years, this translates to a goal of 1,000 playgrounds and integrated play for millions of children. It is an ambitious goal but, with sixteen Boundless Playgrounds projects completed by the end of this year and more than 100 others already in development, this ambitious goal is obtainable if more corporate support and increased funding can be obtained. Contributions for the completed playground projects, totaling more than $3,800,000 came from 14,000 individuals, 750 children, 320 businesses, 170 organizations, 78 foundations and 49 congregations of all denominations.