How do you bring electricity and light to children who live half their lives in complete darkness, and their entire lives in abject poverty? Empower Playgrounds is a nonprofit that has come up with an ...

At first glance, a merry-go-round that generates electricity appears to be a charming idea. But Empower Playgrounds President, Ben Markham, came up with the idea in 2006 during an 18-month stint ...

(WHTM) — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced several hundred playground merry-go-rounds have been recalled due to a crush hazard. According to CPSC, BCI Burke Company, Inc.

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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — An inclusive playground on Richmond’s northside is now home to the city’s first wheelchair-accessible merry-go-round. Thanks to nonprofit SOAR365, the unique new merry-go-round ...

Kids play on the Omni Spinner in Harper's Playground. (Courtesy of Cody Goldberg) The problem -- or, one of the problems -- with the old school merry-go-rounds most of us grew up with is that they ...

DELAND, Fla. — City officials will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday to unveil the newly built Jackson Lane Memorial Playground in DeLand. The playground, which was built with accessibility in ...

Families in Laytown will be able to enjoy the local playground once again after a missing merry-go-round and other pieces of equipment were replaced by Meath County Council. East Meath councillor, ...

When I was a kid in the play park I wanted to go higher, faster and farther than everyone else. Always pushing the swings that little bit harder, bouncing that little bit higher on the trampoline or ...

The poor thing had just walked into a cupboard and was sobbing. “Take deep breaths, sweetheart,” I said.“You’re okay.” Her big brother Jaeger, five, tried to distract her by pulling silly faces. Then ...

The matter of whether a child was properly supervised when she got hurt on the Franklin Township School playground has been ordered back to Superior Court for further consideration. In 2011, a lawsuit ...