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Building Stronger Communities Through Play Marcus Veerman is the driving force behind Playground Ideas , a non-profit organization on a mission to fight the devastating effects of childhood poverty. Using SketchUp and their online library of design resources, Marcus and the Playground Ideas team are working to to create unique play spaces in developing communities around the world! The Slide-A-Saurus Rex! This awesome playground was built in Guatemala in 2015 by Matt Green and Ancris Cabezas of Imagitlan, one of Playground Ideas’ Global Play Alliance members. (photo by Matt Green) Hi Marcus, can you tell us a bit more about Playground Ideas and the inspiration behind the organization? Playground Ideas’ goal is to support anyone, anywhere with the resources to create a stimulating place for play to fight the lifelong effects of poor early childhood development. Playground Ideas has already helped over 1455 communities in 85 countries, impacting an estimated 700,000 chi