Playtime in the News
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2026
2025
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The child care challenges faced by homeless families in Maryland and D.C.
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A school can’t accommodate a child’s wheelchair. He’s missed weeks of class.
2024
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Kaiser-Trinity Washington University Partnership teaches self-care and care for the marginalized.
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Ten years ago, D.C. police sent the first Amber Alert in a case that will never be forgotten in Washington. Eight-year-old Relisha Rudd disappeared and has never been found. In our latest News4 Rewind, we spoke to reporters and advocates about Rudd’s case and the mystery that remains unsolved.
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Everybody knew then (and they know now) that kids like Relisha need us. A decade after 8-year-old Relisha Rudd disappeared from D.C.’s largest homeless shelter, we still haven’t made children a priority.
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At age 8, Relisha vanished. A decade later, she haunts a changed city. Relisha Rudd was last seen in March 2014 after a janitor at the D.C. homeless shelter where she lived took her. Her disappearance altered practices and people.
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Washington Capitals forward Tom Wilson, a longtime Playtime Project supporter, has been named a Washingtonian of the Year by Washingtonian magazine.
2023
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Apathy — not bad policy or low funds — is what usually derails homeless students. Officials fixed Kamari Felton’s financial aid after his story published.
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Former Playtime participant, Kamari Felton's bags were packed for college. Then his financial aid disappeared.
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A look back at Tom Wilson of the Washington Capitals' visit to Playtime Project.
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Table tennis or ping pong! No matter what you call it, you can have fun playing it this weekend for a good cause! Claire Anderson visited Union Market in NE DC for our FOX 5 Field Trip to check out the fun!
