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Click here to nominate a site for National Get Outdoors Day 2012!
Click here to nominate a site for National Get Outdoors Day 2012!
Raise awareness of the benefits of active time outdoors – benefits to our own bodies and those of our loved one, families and friends – and overcome the trends that keep too many Americans indoors and sedentary.
Join the National Get Outdoors Day Campaign and support the campaign at a national or local level.
Join the National Get Outdoors Day Campaign and support the campaign at a national or local level.
June 9, 2012
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Participating partners will offer opportunities for American families to experience traditional and non-traditional types of outdoor activities.
Prime goals of the day are reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting our youth to the great outdoors.
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Joe has been making folk music to introduce children to the great outdoors for over a decade, and he has been featured on National Public Radio's environmental program Living on Earth. His albums for children include "Children of the Earth" and "Let's Go Outside."
You can visit Joe's website at www.joereilly.org
National Get Outdoors Day Partners
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American Recreation Coalition Dedicated to the protection and enhancement of everyone's right to health and happiness through recreation. |
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U.S. Forest Service 100 years of caring for the land and serving people. |
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America's Byways Resource Center |
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Clif Bar | |
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National Marine Manufacturers Association |
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Pennsylvania Recreation Vehicle and Camping Association | |
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The Coleman Company | |
Photo of the Day
NGOD Anacostia Park: Learning All about Bass Fishing from a Professional
Anacostia Park
Anacostia Park
Top 10 Reasons for NGOD
#3: Americans have a growing problem that can be addressed with more physical activity -- an increase in the percentage of Americans who are overweight and obese. This trend carries with it big costs -- in dollars and quality of life. Some $160 billion in direct public spending. 7 in 10 deaths now attributable to largely preventable chronic illnesses -- and 3 out of every 4 dollars in our healthcare spending is similarly directed at largely preventable chronic illnesses.
