This week is National Travel and Tourism Week. Beginning in 1984, this year brings a new theme of Travel Effect. How does travel effect the economy? How does it influence the individual? How about the people you connect with on your travels? At Kids Play International, we’re all about positive travel effect. And this is [...]
A Successful Cocktails for a Cause in Manhattan Beach
Acoustic music floats into our ears. There’s laughter and conversation brewing around us. Lights draped from above become aglow as the sun sets beyond the hotel’s courtyard. The clink of glasses can be heard as new friends toast to an evening of giving back. Our 4th Annual Cocktails for a Cause was not only a fundraiser, [...]
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Meet Olympic Silver Medalist & Athlete Ambassador: April Ross
We’d like to introduce you to one of our newest Athlete Ambassador, a gal who is rocking the beach volleyball world and beyond, April Ross! Before you meet April at our 4th Annual Cocktails for a Cause on April 17th, in Manhattan Beach (you are going, right?), let’s get to know this Olympic Silver Medalist! What inspired [...]
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Meet 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist & Athlete Ambassador: Angela Hucles
We are honored to have 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist Angela Hucles joining our Kids Play International team. Being such an amazing women, it’s only proper to we share why we love her so much! Want to meet Angela in person? She’ll be walking the red carpet at our 4th Annual Cocktails for a Cause on [...]
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National Girls & Women in Sports Day
Kids Play Int’l Note: Happy National Girls & Women in Sports Day! We are featuring an article by Jaime Komer about the positive role models in sports that helped her become an Olympic Silver Medalist. Jaime is our Athlete Ambassador, Social Media Director, and Trip Leader. She’ll be leading the Yoga Volunteer Trip to Rwanda, [...]
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2012: What a year!
Happy New Year! 2012 was a big year for Kids Play International, bringing focus and growth to our purpose and original intent. Here are just a few of our favorites, firsts, and finest! Kids Play Int’l was named one of the 200 charities to participate in the ICAP Charity Day, an International event that raises [...]
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ICAP Charity Day Recap
The holiday season is a particularly special time for giving back. This is exactly what the ICAP Charity Day is all about. In a roasted chestnut on the fire (aka nutshell), ICAP is the world’s premier interdealer broker and provider of post trade risk and information. Once a year they have a Charity Day where ALL revenue [...]
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Three Ways to Make a Difference This Holiday Season
One in four adults in the developing world cannot read or write. Two-thirds of them are women. This statistic is quite daunting to say the least. To put things in perspective, we have approximately 7 billion people (and then some) on this planet. How does one go about creating change and opportunity to such a [...]
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Kids Play Int’l: On a Mission
Tracy Evans and Kids Play Int’l are on a roll right now and they’re not stopping anytime soon. Founder, Entrepreneur & Olympian, Tracy Evans visited Rwanda 2009 and was so impacted by the devastating suffering the people in Rwanda experienced that she felt a dire need for her organization to come and help. Years after [...]
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Warning: Symptoms of the Olympic Fever
I recently returned home from a jaunt across the pond to cheer at the Olympic Games and appear to have symptoms possibly related to the Olympic Fever. Have you heard of this serious illness? For the past year it’s been spreading and gaining momentum across the globe. I’m surprised the World Health Organization has not [...]
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