Our Vision
Curiosity, possibility, freedom
What is it about a fence that makes a child want to see beyond it? Why is it is so compelling to know what is on the other side? For a child, life is full of curiosity. Life is full of dreams and possibility. Why do we like the open view more than the fence? The answer is something deep inside us called freedom - and we all want it!
As a child grows they realize barriers between them and freedom. For kids around the world today, many of those barriers are related to healthy movement. Obesity, inactivity, limited opportunity, all limit a child’s possibility. The Center for Disease Control recently put out a startling prediction -
“Today’s adults will outlive their children – our children will live sicker and die younger than any prior generation.”
This prediction must not become a reality!
Free2Play Academy finds its mission in its name. ..we believe EVERY child should be Free2Play. Free2Play by removing the barriers that limit their curiosity, possibility and freedom through Movement Literacy and Generosity Literacy programs and events.
That is why we are doing everything we can to make the Free2Play program available to EVERY child for FREE through EVERY school in America and to community organizations for FREE. It is our dream to lift the child to see beyond the fence and become Free2Play.
We also believe that a child who has become Free2Play will want that same freedom for their families, their communities, and their world! We believe they will want to Play-it-Forward in service for others!
We often say, we dream of the day when EVERY child is Free2Play!
John “johnnymac” Maguire
Executive Director Free2Play Academy