Author name: Sophie & Madigan’s Playground

In 2013 our family was struck with an unthinkable tragedy when our home caught fire and we lost our beautiful daughters Sophie & Madigan. Sophie & Madigan’s Playground was formed to keep the girls memory alive through our Play Learn Create programs and the development of a public memorial park.

The 10th Annual PEEP Show

Come see our friend Kendra’s entry for Sophie and Madigan’s Playground at the 10th annual PEEP Show at the Carrol County Arts Council April 7-19th 10am-7p daily! Admission is free and there are over 150 works of sugary art on display! We think this is a super sweet way to spend the day with your […]

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Volunteer Opportunity

Sophie and Madigan’s Playground is looking for a few volunteers to help with the SaMP Kids Zone at The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown. Saturday March 4th – Shifts are 1-3, 2:30-4:30, 4-clean up (shouldn’t be past 5:30) We’ve got opportunities for adults, kids 13+ and adults with kids. You’ll work the booth interacting with kids

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Princess Half Marathon Weekend

We had so much fun getting to meet many of our Team Running for Sophie and Madigan team members at this year’s Run Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend!!! Thank you all so, so much and we hope you had a wonderful time this weekend!   And thank you to all the supporters that helped support

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Disney Princess Half Marathon

Our family is on the way to the 4th Disney’s Princess Half Marathon we have run in honor of Sophie and Madigan. Disney World was our vacation spot, the place we spent countless nights and celebrated many birthdays. As hard as it is for us to return each time without our girls, we know that

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SaMP Kids ~ February Project

Today I had the pleasure of taking one of our SaMP Kids, Harry, to visit the local Radio Station WFRE. Holly, Cindy and all the amazing folks at WFRE are holding their annual radiothon for St Jude and they invited us to come talk about SaMP Kids Compassionate Kids Club and the bake sale that

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SaMP Kids Zone

Our outreach coordinator extraordinaire Libby has planned an amazing day of FREE activities for you and your kids at the Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown! Come by Square park – we’ll be set up with a train table, tattoo booth, nature center, crafts, story times, a dance party, hooping fun, and so much more!  Thanks to

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4 years ago when our lives were shattered by losing Sophie and Madigan we knew that we couldn’t let them disappear into peoples memories, that we wanted their lives to continue to have an impact. We chose to start Sophie and Madigan’s Playground to honor the girls by giving kids and families opportunities to PLAY

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Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend

Sophie and Madigan’s Playground is excited to announce that we will be returning as a participating charity group at the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend in January 2018!! We are accepting registrations now to run with Team Running for Sophie and Madigan! If you sign up now during our early registration period, we’ll reduce your

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Fredericks First Saturday 

Yesterday was the celebrated February First Saturday in Frederick. Each year the Downtown Frederick Partnership holds an ice sculpture event and they bring in visitors from all over the tristate area. We were lucky enough to be invited to set up a table at Everedy Square at this years event. We had a simple craft

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