Keurig Dr Pepper and KaBOOM! Award Providence Serving People Let’s Play Construction Grant

AKRON, OHIO (August 15th, 2018) ‒ Keurig Dr. Pepper (KDP) and the national non-profit KaBOOM! awarded Providence Serving People Inc. a Let’s Play Community Construction Grant that will be used to build a playground on the West Side of Akron at the Providence Baptist Church Campus.

The playground build is made possible by Let’s Play, an initiative by KDP to provide the funding, equipment and play spaces to help kids and families make active play a daily priority. Through Let’s Play, KDP and its partners are committed to helping create safe and inspiring PLAYces for Akron kids to learn, explore, grow and just be kids.

“We are excited to do something great for the community surrounding Providence Baptist Church and provide a safe place where kids can come and have fun” says Jason Edwards, chairman of Providence Serving People.

The grant will be used specifically for playground equipment. The playground will be built on the surrounding campus of Providence Baptist Church at 458 Madison Ave Akron Ohio 44320. Providence Serving People is working hard to revive this community and the youth of this community deserve it.

KDP has committed $38.5 million to Let’s Play through 2019, impacting youth-serving organizations across the U.S., as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Through Let’s Play, KDP partners with two non-profit organizations, KaBOOM! and Good Sports, to build and improve playgrounds in undeserved communities and provide grants for sports equipment. In this way, KDP is doing its part to help eliminate the play deficit by making active play possible for more kids.

Visit Let’s Play at www.LetsPlay.com to join the conversation and learn how to apply for the various available grants to make communities more active and playful.

About Providence Serving People
Providence Serving People is a 501c3 Non Profit designed to serve the People Surrounding the Providence Baptist Church.

About Let’s Play
Let’s Play is an initiative by Keurig Dr Pepper to provide the funding, equipment and play spaces to help kids and families make active play a daily priority. KDP partners with KaBOOM! to build and improve playgrounds and with Good Sports to provide sports equipment grants to kids that would otherwise not have access. Let’s Play has already provided more than 11 million kids new opportunities to play. With year-round grants available for new or improved playgrounds and sports equipment, Let’s Play helps kids achieve balanced, well-rounded lifestyles. For more information, please visit LetsPlay.com or Facebook.com/LetsPlay.

About KaBOOM!
KaBOOM! is the national non-profit dedicated to giving all kids ‒ especially those living in poverty ‒ the childhood they deserve through great, safe places to play. KaBOOM! inspires communities to make play the easy choice and works to drive the national discussion about the importance of PLAYces. KaBOOM! has collaborated with partners to build or improve more than 17,000 playspaces, engaged more than 1.5 million volunteers and served over 9 million kids. To learn why play matters for all kids, visit kaboom.org and join the conversation at twitter.com/kaboom, facebook.com/kaboom and Instagram.com/kaboom.#playmatters #PLAYceforKids