Play Deserts: How Out to Play is Bringing An Important Resource to Your Neighborhood

Unstructured play is necessary to all humans, especially children, but how easy is it to have unstructured play in our daily lives? We can play anywhere… right? Dr. Rhea brings in Bethany Fort to explain the prevalence of play deserts, particularly in urban areas, and how her non-profit, ”Out to Play”, is working to bring unstructured play to you! Bethany Fort has an M.A. in Children's Literature and an M.S. in Library Science. She managed family programs at Arlington Public Library for 7 years before co-founding Out to Play. Out to Play is a 501(c)(3) outreach organization that brings mobile nature play spaces to play deserts in Fort Worth. She co-founded Out to Play with Green Space Learning in 2021. Read more about the work we are doing at www.outtoplaytx.com! Other resources mentioned in this episode: Kaboom Trust for Public Land