About Us

Facts:

More than 15% of American children are obese and 30% are overweight.
The average child spends more than 19 hours a week in front of the television.
The average 10 year old spends more than 4 hours on homework each week after being in school 32 hours.
Household calendars are filled with scheduled activities, while the homes are filled with video games, computers and televisions.
Families feel a sense of urgency to keep up academically, physically and socially.
Almost 80% of children will quit organized sports by age 15.

Our Story

How did the idea for Project Play come about? It is a combination born from running an advertising agency, growing up in a small town, and watching the demands of my own children and their friends.

But mostly it was my son’s friend, Jack, who came in our house one day and said, “Are we gonna do a treasure hunt or what’s the game today?”

Here are a few thoughts and stories behind Project Play:

An Army of Worker Ants
Stop Planning Every Minute
Television Blues
Stop Hovering