Aaron's Playground

Just over a year after starting fundraising for Aaron's Playground in January 2019, we have officially hit our goal of $100,000! The official tally as of Mar...

Details about the Family Fun Festival on September 15th

In our quest to reach the $100,000 fundraising mark, the local Mahtomedi, White Bear Lake, and Maplewood communities have been hugely supportive. We've heard...

We started fundraising in January this year, and as of the beginning of June, we've passed the halfway mark in our goal to raise $100,000 for Aaron's Playgro...

We're happy to announce that our efforts to build a memorial playground have been picked up by the biggest newspaper in our area - the Star Tribune! We're ho...

After sending out an initial request to host birthday fundraisers for Aaron's Playground on Facebook, we've had several friends and family agree to participa...

We are extremely excited to announce that the fundraising for Aaron's Playground has reached a new milestone: $40,000! We have added a thermometer with the c...

Aaron's Playground supporters, donning their orange t-shirts, took part in the March of Dimes charity walk this past Saturday at the Mall of America. The Mar...

Poem by Becky Markovitz I see you in the empty places. I see you in the spacious backseat of the car, the car that I bought because it had more room for you...

Aaron's parents, Craig and Becky Markovitz, were recently interviewed by the local TV news show, Northeast Journal. Watch the interview below or tune into ch...

The Pioneer Press recently featured our efforts to build a legacy for Aaron in their publication. We are touched that they wanted to help spread our story an...

By Becky Markovitz 1. Aaron, my first-born child, is dead. I can state that pragmatically, but there will always be emotion behind it. In an instant, dreams w...

Without any prompting from us, a local media outlet, the White Bear Press, featured Aaron's Playground in a recent news article. We actually just happened to...

On Tuesday, February 19th, we had the opportunity to speak at the Mahtomedi City Council meeting. After briefly meeting Mahtomedi Mayor Judson Marshall and a...

We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with a great non-profit organization in the community that will help us in our quest to raise the funds to ...

We are excited to announce that our GoFundMe page has officially launched! We've set an optimistic goal of raising $100,000 to build a playground in memory o...