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| Contact us at: 412-334-2652 or email: mara@letkidsplay.com |
Playful Solutions provides creative solutions for growing
companies. Clients include non-profit organizations, schools and
corporations. Services include training, grant writing, business
plan development, and project development. Please click here for
a full list of services and current clients
Mara Kaplan is the President of Playful Solutions.
She was one of the founding parents and served as Chief Executive Officer
of the Center for Creative Play® for 12 years.
Mara has two children, one of whom is severely developmentally delayed.
She and five other parents, who are raising children with disabilities,
recognized the importance of play as a learning experience for their
children. Determined to create a place where children of all abilities were
welcome to play together they established the Center for Creative Play
(CFCP), in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1995.
Mara was responsible for taking the organization from a start-up to one with
national impact. Mara developed an assessment process to help
playspaces ensure that they are completely accessible and have the
highest play value possible. The CFCP Playspace, which has been
replicated in other cities, sees 45,000 visitors a year.
Today, Mara works with non-profit organizations with their strategic
planning and work in social ventures. She also works with community
groups, schools, corporations, and non-profits to improve opportunities for
children.
Mara has an elementary education degree and a minor in gifted education
from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. She received her MBA, with a
concentration in nonprofit management, from Boston University. Since she
has been in Pittsburgh, Mara has worked for a variety of nonprofit
organizations including United Way, Youth Volunteer Corps., The Boys and
Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania, and Camp Fire Boys and Girls.
companies. Clients include non-profit organizations, schools and
corporations. Services include training, grant writing, business
plan development, and project development. Please click here for
a full list of services and current clients
Mara Kaplan is the President of Playful Solutions.
She was one of the founding parents and served as Chief Executive Officer
of the Center for Creative Play® for 12 years.
Mara has two children, one of whom is severely developmentally delayed.
She and five other parents, who are raising children with disabilities,
recognized the importance of play as a learning experience for their
children. Determined to create a place where children of all abilities were
welcome to play together they established the Center for Creative Play
(CFCP), in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1995.
Mara was responsible for taking the organization from a start-up to one with
national impact. Mara developed an assessment process to help
playspaces ensure that they are completely accessible and have the
highest play value possible. The CFCP Playspace, which has been
replicated in other cities, sees 45,000 visitors a year.
Today, Mara works with non-profit organizations with their strategic
planning and work in social ventures. She also works with community
groups, schools, corporations, and non-profits to improve opportunities for
children.
Mara has an elementary education degree and a minor in gifted education
from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. She received her MBA, with a
concentration in nonprofit management, from Boston University. Since she
has been in Pittsburgh, Mara has worked for a variety of nonprofit
organizations including United Way, Youth Volunteer Corps., The Boys and
Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania, and Camp Fire Boys and Girls.
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