The Newsroom offers resources for journalists and supporters seeking information about the Life is good Kids Foundation, its Life is good Playmakers initiative, and its mission to help children overcome life-threatening challenges.
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CREATIVITY AND PLAY:
APRIL 6, 2011Chief Playmaker Steven Gross was interviewed on Creativity and Play, an internet radio program that explores the importance of creativity, play and imagination across society. In this half-hour interview, Gross redefines play as an approach to living with major benefits for both children and adults
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NECN FEATURE ON HURRICANE KATRINA:
AUGUST 28, 2010On the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, NECN Morning co-anchor Karen Swenson spoke with Steve Gross, Executive Director of the Life is good Kids Foundation, on his staff's comprehensive, long-term project to restore joy to the children of Mississippi's Gulf Coast.
A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS:
FEBRUARY 2010The uplifting documentary A Break in the Clouds captures the unique partnership between Project Joy and Mississippi's heroic teachers as they fashion a loving and playful approach to restoring joy to the children of Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Most recently shown at the 2010 Boston International Film Festival.
| A documentary film by Aimee Corrigan and Franco Sacchi, A Break in the Clouds is truly a study in joy, telling the uplifting story of Mississippi's rebuilding…one child at a time. |
RUFFLED FEATHER AWARD:
JULY 10, 2010Steve Gross and the Life is good Playmakers were honored with the Ruffled Feather Trophy for their selfless dedication to healing children impacted by poverty and trauma. Learn more.
DIRECT TV HOMETOWN HERO:
MAY 31, 2009Steve Gross was honored as a 2009 DIRECT TV Hometown Hero. DIRECT TV Hometown Heroes is an inspirational series featuring men and women from around the country whose acts of courage, kindness and bravery have made a profound impact on the lives of others.
| Host Joan Lunden profiles Steve Gross in this episode of Hometown Heroes. |
BOSTON PARENTS PAPER:
DECEMBER 2008In "The Importance of Being Playful," Steve Gross discusses how children are the true play experts, how parents can help their children take safe risks in play, and offers some important questions for parents to answer when considering extra-curricular activities for their kids.
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THE TODAY SHOW:
JULY 29, 2008A 2008 NBC Today Show feature story described Life is good's support for Project Joy, a grassroots nonprofit that uses the power of play to heal and strengthen children whose lives have been deeply impacted by trauma. Project Joy merged with the Life is good Kids Foundation early in 2010, becoming the Foundation's active service arm under the new name Life is good Playmakers.
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NBC Today Show host Matt Lauer introduces a feature story on the unique and fruitful partnership between The Life is good Company and Project Joy (now Life is good Playmakers). |
CHRONICLE:
SEPTEMBER 10, 2008The feature story on WCVB Channel 5's Chronicle in Boston highlight's Life is good Kids Foundation's Executive Director Steve Gross and the healing power of play.
| Learn how caring, committed Playmakers — men and women dedicated to nurturing young children — are using the power of play to make a lasting positive impact on those they serve. |
UMASS ALUMNI MAGAZINE:
SUMMER, 2007The University of Massachusetts at Amherst Magazine spotlights 1990 graduate Steve Gross and how play can heal childhood trauma.
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