Play with a Purpose

Play with a Purpose is the leader in learning through physical activity for young children. We provide directors, educators, and childcare providers with age-appropriate products that encourage imaginative play and physical activity, while also tending to children’s developmental needs. Find what you need in our wide variety of products for playgrounds, dramatic play, manipulatives, and furniture. Best of all, every product is backed by our unconditional 100% satisfaction guarantee! Play With a Purpose is a division of Gopher Sport who has been supplying equipment to districts, schools, and recreational facilities for over 75 years!

We sell directly to the market using catalogs and our website. We send roughly 1M catalogs into the market spread between 3 different drops as well have other supplemental marketing pieces throughout the year. We have no physical stores and share a warehouse with 5 brands so we do like to dropship when we can especially on furniture and larger items. Our core market is childcare and schools servicing children ages 2 to 5 but we do have offerings for 0 through age 8. This year we are working to expand our 0 to 2 product assortments as well as grow our outdoor line of products including seating, music, playgrounds, and outdoor storage.