Kids Around the World is excited to welcome Tim Clauson to our staff as our new Playground Director Tim is excited to be on board with KIDS as he transitions from his own construction company to build playgrounds.  After serving with his church's high school youth group on a KIDS build, he felt God's calling to use his construction and leadership abilities with this ministry.

Tim has been running a small construction company with his dad and brother for the past 20 years.  He has also been a member of First Evangelical Free Church in Rockford, IL for over 30 years.  He has served on church council as the Christian Education Chairman and is currently the Social Concerns Vice-Chairman.  Through his church ministry, he has also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity where he led a framing crew for the last eight years.

Current Project
Tecate, Mexico | August 10-16

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Playground Funding
If you are interested in a playground build please note that it will be your responsibility to raise the playground funds. Click here to view fundraising options. Once you have secured the necessary funding, Kids Around the World will work along side of you to order the equipment, ensure all necessary shipping agreements have been secured and provide all the necessary tools to complete the project. Our experienced team will work with you and your volunteer team to construct the playground.

Upcoming Projects & Future Events
We are heading to many exciting places where we will be building playgrounds or doing Sunday teacher training. If you want to get involved just send us an email and we will supply you with all the necessary information. Here we go! View Ministry and Training Schedule.

Possible sites for 2009: Nigeria, Peru, Panama, Mexico, Kyrgystan, Gurnee, IL, Haiti, and India

Application For Volunteers & Training:
If you would like an application to Volunteer for any of the above projects, Please complete our online Contact Form.

For other ways you can be involved, please visit our "Get Involved" page for more information.

Where We've Been
We have been all over the world building playgrounds for children... Below is a list of the places we've been:

Playground Builds: 111 total in 25 countries

• Ukraine ~ Two in 1994 and two in 1995
• Ecuador - Five in 2007, Two in 2008
• Bosnia ~ One in 1996
• Canada ~ One in 2008
• Ghana ~ Three in 1997, Three in 2006
• India ~ Two in 1998
• Honduras ~ One in 1999
• Vietnam ~ One in 2000, One in 2007, One in 2008
• Cuba ~ Two in 2001
• Venezuela ~ One in 2001
• Trinidad and Tobago ~ Three in 2002
• Jamaica ~ One in 2002 and One in 2004
• St, Maarten ~ One in 2002
• Thailand ~ Two in 2003 and Three in 2005
• Romania ~ Two in 2003
• Los Angeles, California ~ One in 2003
• China ~ One in 2004
• Fresno, California ~ One in 2004
• Estonia ~ One in 2004
• Sanibel Island, Florida ~ One in 2004
• Kyrgyzstan ~ One in 2004
• Mexico ~ One in 2005
• New Orleans, Louisiana ~ One in 2005
• Pine Ridge, SD ~ One in 2005
• Rockford, Illinois ~ 20 playgrounds
• New Orleans, LA- 18 in 2006, Five in 2007
• Guatemala - Three in 2006, Two in 2008
• Baton Rouge, LA - One in 2006
• Beslan, Russia - One in 2006
• Dominican Republic - Three in 2007, 3 in 2008
• Bahamas - One in 2007
• Marco Island, FL - One in 2008
• Mississippi - One in 2007


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Photo Gallery
Travel along with us and see the excitement that is generated from a playground. The photo gallery will give you a small glimpse of how we touch the lives of children. Watch and see the many smiles produced on the faces of happy children. Click here to view our Photo Gallery.

Purchase Playgrounds
We have an entire catalog available for those who might be interested in purchasing a playground for their home, church, community or other organizational use. These are the same high-quality playgrounds that Kids Around the World uses and proceeds from playgroud sales benefit the Kids Around the World organization. If you are interested in purchasing playgrounds please contact us directly.