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.

SaMP Kids ~ Bake Sale for St Jude

The kids are super excited to set up the Bake Sale for St Jude this Friday, 2/3, from 3:30-6:30 in front of The Bicycle Escape! At this months first meeting the SaMP Kids voted on different service based projects to show the community compassion and kindness. Their final vote for the January/February project was to […]

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Children’s Ice Playground – Frederick First Saturday

If you haven’t been to Frederick First Saturday you are missing out, and especially this month! You’ll find some amazing ice sculptures, treats and more for the whole family. Stop by the Children’s Ice Playground for lots of fun activities, including the SaMP table with have a free snowflake craft for the kids. From the

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The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown

The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown is one of our areas only KCBS sanctioned BBQ competitions. It’s going to be a weekend of food, family, and fun! The organizers of this event have a super fun way for you and the kids to get involved by trying to break a record of the most train whistles

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SaMP Kids – Compassionate Kids Club 

SaMP Kids – Compassionate Kids Club is a weekly service based group with the goal of teaching kids that their acts of compassion both big and small can make a big difference in their community. The kids choose the project for the month and work together on each step to figure out how to make

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Dude Runs Like a Princess 

Our amazing Princess Fundraising team held a group fundraiser over the weekend. This is our 4th year of Dude Runs like a Princess and as always it did not disappoint in the smiles and fun department. We had 12 guys sign up this year and they were able to raise an incredible $3602!! Overall runners

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It’s going to be a fun year!

Recently our Board of Directors met and approved the events for the upcoming year, and I have to say I’m super excited for what’s to come. Below you’ll find a list of the events with a small description and as they become available I’ll add more details in a separate blog post and link them

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Dude Runs Like a Princess 4.0

DUDES! Sign up here! http://www.sophieandmadigansplaygroun… It’s time, again,… time to laugh LOUDLY! This January, a group of runners are participating in the Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend. To help raise funds for a charity very close to our hearts, Sophie and Madigan’s Playground, we are holding an event like none other – Dude runs like

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Park Progress – Excited and a little scared

I’m so excited and admittedly a little scared for what this day has in store for us. Tonight we will sit down with 3 companies who have been working on a preliminary design for the park. These teams have met with us several times, they’ve poured their time and energy into a presentation.  Now it’s

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SaMP Kids – Compassionate Kids Club

SaMP Kids is a weekly service based group with the goal of teaching kids that their acts of compassion both big and small can make a big difference in their community. The kids pick the project each month and work together on each step to figure out how to make the project successful.  —– At

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