Foresters, KaBOOM! & Volunteers Build New Playground for Cincinnati Children

Child-Designed Playground will Eventually Serve 3,800 Children and their Families

CINCINNATI, OH, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ - The Gamble Nippert YMCA received a brand new playground today thanks to the effort of more than 200 volunteers from Foresters(TM), the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati and non-profit KaBOOM! The new playground will serve 3,800 children and their families in the Cincinnati community for years to come.

"Foresters is more than a life insurance provider," said Kasia Czarski, Chief Membership and Marketing Officer at Foresters. "Foresters also invests in its members and in communities where they live, such as Cincinnati. Foresters believes in creating opportunities for families to spend healthy time together, like the Gamble Nippert YMCA playground we all built here together."

Foresters, a life insurance provider committed to the well-being of families, is funding 20 playground builds across North America in 2010. By investing $1.5 million in these projects, Foresters is partnering with KaBOOM! to build playgrounds that will eventually serve more than 250,000 children and their families.

The playground at the Gamble Nippert YMCA will provide 3,800 children and their families in the Cincinnati community with a great place to play. In less than eight hours, the child-designed playground was built from scratch by hundreds of volunteers from Foresters, the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati and the surrounding community. In addition, children and families spent the day playing games and participating in arts and crafts activities. Playgrounds are an ideal place for families to get to know other families and build strong communities.

"We are so excited to create this new energetic and safe place for all area families to connect and play," said Sandy Walker, YMCA of Greater Cincinnati President/CEO. "This playground is going to bring people together and encourage activities for healthy living. This project is really going to change our community for the better."

Thanks to the work of Foresters, the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati and KaBOOM!, children and their families now have a 2,600 square-foot playground to call home that includes features such as ABC & 123 Panel, Arch Climber and Funnel Adventure Tube.

About the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati

As the area's largest youth and family-focused not-for-profit, the YMCA reinforces character values through assets-based programs and services to more than 143,000 individuals, kids and families annually. Adult mentors encourage young people to be caring, responsible, respectful, and honest through sports, summer camps, structured child and afterschool care, and leadership building programs. Branches offer quality time for families, resources for parents, and a variety of opportunities for seniors to be active. The Membership for All sliding scale fee structure means everyone, no matter their ability to pay, can always benefit from the YMCA. Last year alone more than 17,400 families and individuals enjoyed healthier and happier lives because generous partners helped the YMCA in its vision to be accessible to all.

About KaBOOM!

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., KaBOOM! is a national non-profit organization dedicated to saving play. Through community building, the company is focused on giving every child in America a great place to play within walking distance. Since 1996, KaBOOM! has used its innovative community-build model to bring together business and community interests to construct more than 1,800 new playgrounds, skate parks, sports fields and ice rinks across North America. KaBOOM! also offers a variety of resources, including an online community, free online trainings, grants, publications and the KaBOOM! National Campaign for Play, which includes Playful City USA and Playmakers - a national network of individual advocates for play. KaBOOM! also has offices in Chicago and San Mateo, Calif. For more information, visit www.kaboom.org.

About Foresters

Founded in 1874 as a fraternal benefit society, Foresters(TM) champions the well-being of families through quality life insurance, unique member benefits and inspiring community activities. Foresters shares its financial strength with more than 675,000 members in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Unity Life of Canada‡ is a wholly owned subsidiary of Foresters. For more information, please visit www.foresters.com.

Foresters(TM) is a trademark of The Independent Order of Foresters, a fraternal benefit society, Toronto, Canada M3C 1T9.

‡ Unity Life of Canada, a Foresters company, is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Independent Order of Foresters

SOURCE Foresters

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