**MEDIA ADVISORY**
November 16, 2016
Contact: Grace Lee, 301-706-3407, grace@parktrust.org ; Brenna Muller, 202-630-1864, brenna.muller@sierraclub.org
Fourth Graders, Outdoors Alliance for Kids connect kids with nature
Every Kid in a Park Youth Event in Anacostia Park
[Washington, D.C.] – Partners of the Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) are coming together to ensure kids across America can experience our national parks and public lands. In celebration of the Every Kid in a Park initiative, members of OAK will join the National Park Trust (NPT) and 40 fourth graders from Wheatley Education Campus (DC Public School) to visit Anacostia Park for an educational field trip with partners at National Park Service and the District Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE).
The Every Kid in a Park initiative, launched under President Obama’s Administration, allows all fourth graders and their families free access to all federal lands for an entire year. This Every Kid in a Park event will feature a welcome program with speakers from OAK, National Park Trust, the National Park Service, and Anacostia Watershed Society. Following the welcome program, students will break into groups to participate in educational activity stations.
What: Every Kid in a Park Youth Event with 40 Fourth Graders
Who: Outdoors Alliance for Kids; National Park Trust; National Park Service;
Anacostia Watershed Society; Department of Energy & Environment; 40 fourth grade students from Wheatley Education campus.
When: Wednesday, November 16, 9:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Where: Aquatic Resources Education Center, Anacostia Park, 1900 Anacostia Fwy, Washington, DC 20019
VISUALS: Group photo with 40 fourth grade students and Buddy Bison (mascot). Youth will participate in activity stations including an Anacostia river boat tour, a tour of the Anacostia Resources Education Center and Aquarium, and a river walk to learn about the history and ecology of the park and river.
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