A pop-up park with a program built in
RecessPods for Communities is the full Restore Recess experience in a box: a shipping container stocked with play equipment, plus 40 staff-led events — our Recess Coordinators open the pod and run programming 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 8 weeks. Pricing starts at $50,000 plus shipping, with upsells like a full sponsor wrap available.
What 8 weeks of recess does
Do the math on a premium pod supporting up to 400 attendees: if 200 people attend three times a week and play 90 minutes for 8 weeks, that’s 7,200 hours of play — roughly $7 per hour of play. That’s cheaper than a trampoline park, a kiddie playroom, or an amusement park, and unlike all of those, the pod comes to the neighborhood — no transportation barrier.
More than fun
Every event doubles as a connection point: partner organizations set up resource tables, and residents who don’t attend community meetings get linked to food distribution, health screenings, school supplies, and employment resources. Cities also use pods to test future park sites and gather resident feedback before pouring concrete.
Bring a pod to your city
Foundations, cities, CDCs, and sponsors typically fund community pods — often together, with grant dollars covering part and a sponsor wrap closing the gap. Start the conversation or see the impact data.