Thanks to your support during Long Beach Gives, these kits are now real and packed with essentials chosen by the very people who know our children and families best: our teachers and staff.

More often than not, children are not allowed to play in the mud. Yet, each year, our own experiences with International Mud Day challenge that pre-existing notion.

In honor of this years International Day of Play, we explore why play is foundational and how trauma-informed spaces like Children Today make it accessible for communities to truly “Choose Play, Every Day.

By Steven Guzman, Development & Communications Associate For most of us, the holiday season is a time of joy and togetherness; a special...

Splashes filled the air as children laughed and jumped into puddles of mud. Giggles echoed as friends coated their slide with mud,...