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.

Park Update ~ Moving to WSRP

Thanks to the The Frederick News-Post l fredericknewspost.com for helping us share the most recent park updates. Thanks to Bob Smith at City of Frederick Parks and Rec for working with us to make the changes and to get the girls park moved to “Butterfly Ln” it couldn’t be in a better location https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/lifestyle/sophie-and-madigan-s-playground-gains-headway-as-part-of/article_8cf67deb-a67d-5e2d-bcd9-efe7a3bfc913.html “When […]

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SaMP Kids ~ Cards and Caroling for the elderly

With the short month ahead we decided to make cards and deliver them to a local nursing home on a day that we could spend some time Caroling. The residents loved seeing all of the kids and receiving cards and hearing them sing. This may have been one of my favorite projects <3 <3

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Winter Carnival for Grieving Kids

We hosted our first Winter Carnival for Grieving Kids ~ The goal was to provide Fun Connection and Resources for those going through a loss of any sort. We experienced snow which cut down on our numbers but we know that the families who made it out found the event to be helpful. We look

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SaMP Kids Talent Show for SHIP

In case you haven’t heard of us we are SaMP Kids ~ Compassionate Kids Club. We are focused on compassion and community service. Each month we come together to choose a new service project. We’ve done it all from sunshine bags, to baking cookies we work together to show compassion for others and learn how

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The Happy Birthday, Madigan!

Sweet Madigan, My heart aches to be with you everyday but today it aches that much harder. Today you are 8 years old, the last birthday we spent with you you were just turning 3. We went to Disney World and ate dinner at the Beasts Castle. I’m so glad we got to have that

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1 year of SaMP Kids ~ Homeless for the Holidays Talent Show

It’s our 1 year anniversary of SaMP Kids ~ Compassionate Kids Club! I can’t believe that we’ve made it a full year, our program is thriving, and reaching new families every week! We’re also making a BIG difference in our community, in the last year the SaMP Kids have logged over 875 volunteer hours, they

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SaMP Kids – November Project – SHIP 

Yesterday we had the pleasure of having Ed Hinde from SHIP (Student Homelessness Initiative Project) come out and present to the kids at our Compassionate Kids Club meeting. We learned that there are some 600 hundred children within FCPS that are encountering homelessness each year – students in 61 out of the 66 schools in

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