More and better play to reap all the benefits

In which borough should your idea take place? Brooklyn

Do you have a specific neighborhood(s) in mind?

Bed Stuy, East New York, Cypress Hills, Bushwick, Canarsie

Which audience(s) does your idea help? Select as many as apply.

Youth

Parents

Justice impacted individuals

Limited English proficient individuals

Low income individuals

Black, Indigenous, and POC

LGBTQ+ community

Immigrants and/or migrants

Public housing residents

People with disabilities

Describe the challenge you want to address:

This approach will have a positive impact in so many directions:
Physical health, mental health, crime reduction, better education, increased sustainability and all this while employing and training community members and putting the funds into making their lives better.

Describe your idea and approach to address the challenge:

The idea is to train school staff or hire more people with the goal of providing for reused loose parts play during recess.
This very basic idea has profound impact that can be seen in its success in projects in other countries including in metro areas equivalent to NYC.
Materials are sourced from the communities including diverting them from going to landfills.
Students having access to this play have better outcomes in so many aspects of life, which in turn impacts parents, teachers and the community at large.

Write the zipcode that best represents your New York City community:

11236