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INTENSIVE THERAPEUTICS RECEIVES $20,000 LET’S PLAY GRANT FROM DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP AND NATIONAL NON-PROFIT KaBOOM!
West Caldwell Therapy Center for Children with Special Needs awarded grant towards building of new playground!
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August 3rd, 2016
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Peggy Clayton, Intensive Therapeutics, Inc.; 973-771-1582, peggy.clayton@intensivetherapuetics.org
Lucy Nutting, KaBOOM!, 202-464-6195, LNutting@kaboom.org
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INTENSIVE THERAPEUTICS RECEIVES $20,000 LET’S PLAY GRANT FROM DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP AND NATIONAL NON-PROFIT KaBOOM! AFTER NATIONAL VOTING COMPETITION
West Caldwell, NJ, August 3rd, 2016 – Dr Pepper Snapple Group and national non-profit KaBOOM! awarded five recipients, including intensive Therapeutics, a $20,000 Let’s Play Video Contest Grant following a national voting competition where organizations submitted videos illustrating their need for an improved play space.
Let’s Play fans voted for their favorite playground videos on www.LetsPlay.com to select the five grant recipients. By finishing in the top five, Dr Pepper Snapple and KaBOOM! awarded Intensive Therapeutics a $20,000 Let’s Play grant to build a new playground.
The video contest is part of Let’s Play, an initiative by Dr Pepper Snapple to provide kids and families with the tools, places and inspiration to make active play a daily priority. Organizations nationwide were asked to submit videos illustrating their need for places to play for a chance to win one of five $20,000 grants.
“We are such a small, grass-roots organization. It is amazing to me to see the support we received from so many people to be in the top 5 vote-getters to receive this grant,” said Scott Matthews, Executive Director. “This is such a wonderful opportunity for us to create a playground with KaBOOM! and Dr Pepper Snapple Group, so children with special needs can play and develop the skills necessary to play on playgrounds in their own communities and neighborhoods.”
This $20,000 grant will go towards building a new playground at the Intensive Therapeutics West Caldwell facility. Enabling the therapists to work with the children on a playground helps build the skills for them to play anywhere, and it’s a fun environment for therapy. Having the playground on site makes sure there is easy access to play!
DPS launched Let’s Play in 2011 with a $15 million commitment to KaBOOM! to build or improve 2,000 playgrounds. In 2014, Dr Pepper Snapple and KaBOOM! extended their partnership through 2016 with an additional $10 million commitment from DPS to continue providing kids with the active play they need.
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 Intensive Therapeutics, Inc.
Intensive Therapeutics is a 501 (c) (3), non-profit, charitable organization that provides group and individual, occupational, physical and speech therapy services to children with special needs.
The organization was established in 2005 to address the needs of families who wanted individualized services by licensed professionals in a non-medical environment. Our programs include: constraint-induced movement therapy and bimanual therapy for children with upper extremity hemiplegia due to cerebral palsy, pediatric stroke, and/or traumatic brain injury. Our community-based services include sports and recreational programs and school-based programs for children with autism spectrum disorder and sensory processing disorder. For more information, please visit www.intensivetherapeutics.org or follow us at www.Facebook.com/IntensiveTherapeutics or www.Twitter.com/IT_OT.
About Let’s Play
Let’s Play is an initiative launched in 2011 by Dr Pepper Snapple Group to provide the tools, places and inspiration to make play a daily priority. By 2017, DPS will provide nearly 10 million children across North America with new opportunities to play and be active through Let’s Play. In partnership with the nonprofit organizations KaBOOM! and Good Sports, Let’s Play is working to eliminate the ‘play deficit’ by building and improving play spaces and providing grants for athletic equipment and gear. For more information, please visit LetsPlay.com or Facebook.com/LetsPlay.
About Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Dr Pepper Snapple Group (NYSE: DPS) is a leading producer of flavored beverages in North America and the Caribbean. Our success is fueled by more than 50 brands that are synonymous with refreshment, fun and flavor. We have 6 of the top 10 non-cola soft drinks, and 13 of our 14 leading brands are No. 1 or No. 2 in their flavor categories. In addition to our flagship Dr Pepper and Snapple brands, our portfolio includes 7UP, A&W, Canada Dry, Clamato, Crush, Hawaiian Punch, Mott's, Mr & Mrs T mixers, Peñafiel, Rose's, Schweppes, Squirt and Sunkist soda. To learn more about our iconic brands and Plano, Texas-based company, please visit www.DrPepperSnapple.com. For our latest news and updates, follow us at www.Facebook.com/DrPepperSnapple or www.Twitter.com/DrPepperSnapple.
About KaBOOM!
KaBOOM! is the national non-profit dedicated to giving all kids – particularly those growing up in poverty in America – the childhood they deserve filled with balanced and active play, so they can thrive. Since 1996, KaBOOM! has collaborated with partners to build, open, or improve nearly 16,300 playgrounds, engaged more than one million volunteers, and served 8.1 million kids. KaBOOM! creates great places to play, inspires communities to promote and support play, and works to drive the national discussion about the importance of play in fostering healthy and productive lives. To learn why #playmatters and why cities are embracing #playability: visit kaboom.org or join the conversation at twitter.com/kaboom or facebook.com/kaboom.
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