All 35 National Kids to Parks Day.’
‘National Kids to Parks Day’ is intended to encourage children and their parents to spend more time outdoors. Children spend less and less time playing outside and just being kids. Lack of a connection with nature and outdoor free play have been linked in studies to everything from the obesity crisis to attention deficit disorders.
Events include hay rides at Staunton River Battlefield State Park.
Kids in Parks Initiative sponsored by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation.
Other special activities include a ‘Story Hike’ at First Landing State Park, as well as crafts, guided hikes and geo-caching in other parks across the state.
For a complete list of events, vist: http://1.usa.gov/IFd6NO.
National Kids to Parks Day has been endorsed by Department of the Interior's Youth in the Great Outdoors, American Academy of Pediatrics, National Education Association, Western Governors' Association, Children's National Medical Center, Boy Scouts of America, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, America's State Parks, National Recreation and Park Association, Children & Nature Network, and the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition in support of the First Lady's Let's Move Outside! initiative.