Keurig Dr Pepper, KaBOOM! Award Hop Brook School Grant

Naugatuck, CT – Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) and the national non-profit KaBOOM! awarded Hop Brook School a Let’s Play Community Construction Grant that will be used to build a playground at Hop Brook School.

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 Naugatuck kids to learn, explore, grow and just be kids.

“We are so excited to be able to provide a playground for our students,” said Grantee Representative Kathryn Taylor, Principal. “This has been a dream of ours for a couple of years. Thanks to our kindergarten teacher, Bethany Swicklas who found the grant and applied for it, we are able to make it a reality!”

Students at Hop Brook School will be able to play at recess on a playground and enjoy the same physical activity as so many other students. Our families in the community will also have access to the playground after school hours.

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 underserved 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.