NPT’s ‘National Kids To Parks Day’ Set for Saturday May 19

Apr 28, 2012 11:27 am - Posted by The Leave No Child Inside Collaboratives of Ohio

Parks offer natural remedy for nation's rising obesity rates.

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Take a Child Outside Week

September 24—September 30

Take A Child Outside Week is a program designed to help break down obstacles that keep children from discovering the natural world. By arming parents, teachers and other caregivers with resources on outdoor activities, our goal is to help children across the country develop a better understanding and appreciation of the environment in which they live, and a burgeoning enthusiasm for its exploration.


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Join kids and families around the globe to walk and bicycle to school in October!
October 5 is International Walk to School Day.


For more information on how you can participate, click HERE.

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Let’s G.O. = Let’s Go Outside, which is affiliated with First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Go! campaign against childhood obesity.

In the month of April 2011, the youth section of Children & Nature Network will launch a nationwide campaign to highlight community efforts to connect all people with nature and make our mark as a movement on the rise. We have the opportunity to celebrate our joy for nature like no other generation before. This is not a call to action, it is a call for fun! Think of it as a party invitation, and the party location is all the green space around us. Community gardening, local hikes, river clean-ups, bird watching, fishing, biking, beach days—however you get outside, we want to hear about it!

 Let’s G.O.! is intended to get at least 50,000 youth across America outdoors in service projects.  Here in Ohio, the five Leave No Child Inside Collaboratives are supporting this effort.

We need your voice as we write the next chapter of this movement—so join us! 

Please plan youth-based service activities for April, and let us know about them. If you are in Northwest Ohio, e-mail Sandy Gratop to make your activity part of the nation-wide Let's G.O.! initiative. If you are elsewhere in Ohio, e-mail Betsy Townsend. 

Learn more about the National Movement HERE.
Learn more about Ohio's part HERE.
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Northwest Ohio Leave No Child Inside Collaborative, The Olander Park System,
'Core-City' Sylvania, and TEAM Sylvania support:

2011: The International Year of Forests, People of African Descent, and Youth 

January 2011: Resolve to Respect Life and the Environment
 
Starting with the year 2011, 'Diversity' still tops the list of options as The United Nations' 2010 International Year of Biodiversity makes way for the 2011 International Year of Forests, People of African Descent, and Youth.

What We Are Doing: 
     In 2011, to facilitate the right for all Ohio children to be Happier! Healthier! Smarter!, the Ohio Leave No Child Inside Collaboratives will make monthly suggestions for 'out-of-door' advocates to design outdoor opportunities around official yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily themes.
     For January 2011, we suggest promoting the following monthly, weekly and daily themes. Stay tuned each month for more themes to celebrate!
    
January Monthly 
     International Qualilty of Life Month
     National Poverty Awareness in America
     National Mentoring Month
     Shape Up US Month

 January Weekly 
     Celebration of Life Week: 1-7
     International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week: 9-15
     Bald Eagle Appreciation Days: 15-17
     National Medical Group Practice Week: 24-28
     National Take Back Your Time Week: 25-29

January Daily 
     National Cut Your Energy Cost Day: 10
     Humanitarian Day: 15
     Miss America Pageant Day: 15  (Good Luck, Miss Ohio!)
     Kid Inventors Day: 17 
     National Hugging Day: 21
     Celebration of Life Day:  22
     Belly Laugh Day:  24
     Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement: 26 
     Inspire Your Heart with Art Day: 31

     For the real enthusiast who would like to view all the possibilities for the entire 2011 year, just go to www.brownielocks.com/january.htm   ...Dozens more await you...
    
     For your convenience, a list encompassing the entire year will soon be availble. 
Contact Sandra Gratop at sgratop@olanderpark.com 
 

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From LNCI Central Ohio Collaborative
On Friday, April 16, 2010, President Obama hosted the White House Conference on America’s Great Outdoors. The meeting was all about working together to conserve America’s precious land resources and to encourage people to get outdoors and reconnect to the land.
During the meeting, he signed a Presidential Memorandum to launch what is being called America’s Great Outdoors Initiative.
He spoke extensively about another President, Theodore Roosevelt, and his legacy of conservation. Among his comments, “Now, I am mindful that the first such conference was held over one century ago by one of my favorite Presidents, one of our greatest Presidents — and certainly our greatest conservation President. Upon taking office, Theodore Roosevelt –- avid birdwatcher, bear hunter –- set out on a tour of the American West that would change his life and the life of a nation forever.”
The President laid out four main goals of the program:
First, we’re going to build on successful conservation efforts being spearheaded outside of Washington — by local and state governments, by tribes, and by private groups — so we can write a new chapter in the protection of rivers, wildlife habitats, historic sites, and the great landscapes of our country.
Secondly, we’re going to help farmers, ranchers, property owners who want to protect their lands for their children and their grandchildren.
Third, we’ll help families spend more time outdoors, building on what the First Lady has done through the “Let’s Move” initiative to encourage young people to hike and bike and get outside more often.
And fourth, we want to foster a new generation of community and urban parks so that children across America have the chance to experience places like Millennium Park in my own Chicago.
He also said, “Understand, we’re not talking about a big federal agenda being driven out of Washington. We’re talking about how we can collect best ideas on conservation; how we can pursue good ideas that local communities embrace; and how we can be more responsible stewards of tax dollars to promote conservation.”
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