For 75 years, Play Mountain Place has offered something rare and deeply needed: an education rooted in play, emotional safety, and profound respect for children as whole people.
In a world where anxiety, disconnection, and standardization increasingly define childhood, our model affirms a critical truth: children thrive when their natural ways of learning are honored.
As we mark our 75th anniversary, we invite our community to invest in this vision by contributing to the 75th Anniversary Circle fund. With a goal of raising $75,000 by the end of our anniversary year, this fund will both honor our past and establish a new giving circle that carries forward for years to come.
Your support helps us continue what we’ve always done best: nurturing confident, curious, compassionate children in a space that sees them fully, helps them grow from the inside out, and builds the kind of resilience and humanity our world so urgently needs.
The 75th Anniversary Circle is an investment that will help to fund three critical pillars:
Developing Our Next Generation of Leaders
Children thrive when the adults guiding them are deeply supported, continually growing, and equipped to meet their evolving needs. Your gift will directly fuel professional development for our teachers and staff, ensuring they receive the ongoing training, mentoring, and tools needed to support both neurotypical and neurodiverse learners, build resilience, foster belonging, and nurture real-world empathy in a digital age. It will also deepen cultural understanding and grow leadership from within, helping to carry Play Mountain’s values forward through those who live them every day.
Sharing Our Model Beyond Our Campus
We know this way of teaching and relating can benefit far more families than those on our campus each year. With your help, we’ll create shareable, stand-alone virtual learning tools, such as short videos, lessons, and reflections, that extend our reach to parents, educators, and caregivers around the world, allowing others to learn from and engage with Play Mountain’s human-centered approach.
Expanding Our Reach, Visibility, and Diversity
Because a diverse student population enriches learning for all, we need funds to support a thoughtful outreach and marketing effort that helps more families discover our school as well as how they can be part of this community. Research consistently shows that diverse learning environments improve critical thinking, encourage creativity, and strengthen cross-cultural understanding. These are essential skills for children to thrive in today’s complex world. With your support, we can broaden our reach and build a community that reflects the richness of the world around us.
Every Gift Makes A Difference
Your gift to the 75th Anniversary Circle helps sustain what makes Play Mountain so powerful: the people, the philosophy, and the lasting impact on children and families. Together we can deepen the work, extend its reach, and invite more families into a community built on respect, connection, and the transformative power of play.
Give online here or contact us to learn more at 75th@playmountain.org
Giving Levels
$25,000+ | Problem Solvers |
$15,000 – $24,999 | Mosaic Makers |
$10,000 – $14,999 | Plan Makers |
$5,000 – $9,999 | Top Chefs |
$2,500 – $4,999 | Self-Explorers |
$1,000 – $2,499 | Tractor Riders |
Up to $999 | Curiosity Keepers |