Best Buddies International is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, leadership development, inclusive living, and family support for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Founded in 1989 by Anthony Kennedy Shriver, Best Buddies is a vibrant organization that has grown from one original chapter to more than 3,500 chapters worldwide. Today, Best Buddies’ programs engage participants in each of the 50 states and in 45 countries, positively impacting the lives of nearly 1.3 million people with and without disabilities around the world. In many cases, as a result of their involvement with Best Buddies, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities secure rewarding jobs, live on their own, become inspirational leaders, and make lifelong friendships.

Founded in 1899, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 15,000 members in 49 professional chapters and 68 student chapters. Their mission is to lead, to educate, and to participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning, and artful design of our cultural and natural environments. Visit the ASLA website.

To further our commitment to bringing playgrounds to communities in need all over the US, Miracle Recreation is partnering with KaBOOM!, a national non-profit dedicated to saving play for America’s children. KaBOOM! not only serves as a resource for communities to find vendors for their projects, they also offer community partnerships and funding partnerships to help make playground dreams into reality.

The Make An Impact Foundation (MAIF) brings the voices of underprivileged children into the community by creating a project platform for the communities it serves. They want to create a place where all kids have equal opportunity and ability to play freely without barriers to growth, dreams and imagination.

As part of its mission, the Make An Impact Foundation and its partners, Miracle Recreation and Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the nation’s largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies, are working to reverse the decline of outdoor play in America. This crisis of play has a negative impact on the physical, emotional and social wellbeing of kids, families and communities throughout the nation.

Through this partnership, our goal is to bring local sponsors and the community together to raise funds to build new playgrounds that will bring back the benefits of play and strengthen communities across America.

Marlin Leasing can help you acquire the playground equipment that you need while preserving capital. Founded in 1997, Marlin is a well-established, publicly traded company that leads the equipment financing industry. For more than two decades, Marlin has extended more than $6 billion to finance more than 500,000 businesses of all sizes nationwide. Marlin will be happy to assist you in making your playground financing process smooth and efficient. Contact your local Miracle Recreation Representative for more information.

NCL Government Capital is the only Sourcewell-awarded vendor offering government financing programs to the cooperative membership. Find out more about NCL.

Created in 1965, the National Recreation and Park Association is a leading organization dedicated to the advancement of public parks, recreation and conservation. Visit the NRPA website.

Miracle Recreation is proud to partner with Sourcewell. Sourcewell, (formerly known as NJPA — the National Joint Powers Alliance) a government-sourcing program that assists public agencies with the costs of their purchased goods by pooling purchasing power. Sourcewell allows you to break through the bid process barriers with a less complicated way of meeting your purchasing needs. Sourcewell goes through the same competitive bid process, so you don’t have to, allowing you to satisfy your local bid requirements quickly and effectively.

Miracle Recreation is a proud member of NASPO ValuePoint, a national cooperative that services all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the organized US territories, their political subdivisions, and other eligible entities. Through this partnership our clients can enhance their purchasing power to receive the best quality products and services.

Miracle Recreation is proud to partner with CADdetails, the leading provider of manufacturer-specific building product information, delivering high-quality planning documents to architects, landscape architects, engineers, contractors, and other design industry professionals throughout North America.