COMMUNITY WIDE PLAY DAY

Community Partnership's Early Childhood Department, and several agencies devoted to children and families, host "Community Wide Play Day" each spring in a Springfield city park. The goal of Community Wide Play Day is to provide a positive, interactive, voluntary, FREE opportunity for children and families to interact and learn through play. Last year's event drew more than 2,000 children and their families. This year promises to be an even bigger event.

Children have played at all times throughout history and in all cultures. Play, along with the basic needs of nutrition, health, shelter, and education, are vital to develop the potential in all children. The activities available at Play Day allow children to stretch their muscles and minds while they explore creative expression. Their parents receive inexpensive or free play ideas to do at home which, encourage healthy brain development in their growing children.

 

Community & Capacity Building

At the heart of the Partnership is the belief that facilitating positive change, while building the capacity of organizations, agencies and individuals, will lead to long-term measurable outcomes. Community and capacity building is about using ideas and resources in new ways to strengthen communities and the residents that live there. As good stewards of our ever shrinking federal, state and local resources, we recognize that community and capacity building is not a luxury, but a necessity.

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Alcohol, Drug & Violence Prevention

The Partnership's roots lie in violence prevention and efforts to reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse. These problems evolved over decades, and changes in attitudes and behaviors do not happen quickly. Yet, our local and regional programming has made a difference.

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