FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 26, 2018 Contact: Brenna Muller, 202-548-4581, contact@outdoorsallianceforkids.org National Park Trust, Wilderness Inquiry join leadership of the Outdoors Alliance for Kids Washington, DC– The Outdoors Alliance for Kids (OAK) announced the addition of Grace Lee of National Park Trust and Meg Krueger of Wilderness Inquiry to OAK’s steering committee. The additionContinue reading “RELEASE: National Park Trust, Wilderness Inquiry join leadership of the Outdoors Alliance for Kids”
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Resources from OAK Members: Safely Engaging with Nature During COVID-19
As communities across the world work to “flatten the curve” of COVID-19 with restrictions on daily life, it’s more obvious than ever that access to the outdoors, especially close-to-home outdoor recreation, is a necessity, not a nicety. Maintaining your relationship with the outdoors is undeniably difficult right now, but OAK members, supporters and partners areContinue reading “Resources from OAK Members: Safely Engaging with Nature During COVID-19”
When the Kids Speak Up
by Jackie Ostfeld, OAK Founder & Chair, Director of Sierra Club’s Outdoors for All campaign The Every Kid Outdoors Act is now the law of the land – no pun intended. An historic public lands package has swept through both chambers of Congress in atypical bipartisan fashion and landed on the president’s desk. The conservationContinue reading “When the Kids Speak Up”
RELEASE: Every Kid Outdoors Act Passes the U.S. Senate
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Contact: April Thomas, 206.321.3850, contact@outdoorsallianceforkids.org Every Kid Outdoors Act Passes the U.S. Senate Bill Ensures that Program to Allow Fourth Graders to Visit National Parks Will Continue Washington, D.C.– Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the Every Kid Outdoors Act as part of the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47). The billContinue reading “RELEASE: Every Kid Outdoors Act Passes the U.S. Senate”
Fourth Graders Float into OAK Week 2017
Seventy fourth graders from D.C. public schools were able to take Voyageur canoes along the Potomac River and learn about the watershed thanks to a special Canoemobile event in Washington, D.C. with OAK, Wilderness Inquiry, National Park Trust, The North Face, National Park Service, and the U.S. Forest Service kicking off OAK Week 2017.
Representative McCollum to join kids on the Potomac River
**MEDIA ADVISORY** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, October 20, 2017 Contact: Grace Lee, 301-706-3407, grace@parktrust.org Joe Spring, 612-676-9422, joe@wildernessinquiry.org Brenna Muller, 202-630-1864, brenna.muller@sierraclub.org Representative McCollum to join kids on the Potomac River DC 4th graders receive their Every Kid in a Park passes [Washington, D.C.] – 70 fourth graders from DC public schools will be gettingContinue reading “Representative McCollum to join kids on the Potomac River”
RELEASE: Every Kid in a Park Program Enters Year Two
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Virginia Cramer, 804-519-8449, Virginia.Cramer@sierraclub.org Every Kid in a Park Program Enters Year Two Outdoors Alliance for Kids to get tens of thousands of fourth graders outdoors this fall Washington, D.C. – Today, the Outdoors Alliance for Kids announced its Every Kid in a Park fall program lineup. Just in time for backContinue reading “RELEASE: Every Kid in a Park Program Enters Year Two”
RELEASE: Every Kid in a Park Spring Tour
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 2016 Contact: Virginia Cramer, 804-519-8449, Virginia.Cramer@sierraclub.org Every Kid in a Park Spring Tour Outdoors Alliance for Kids to get 1000s of fourth graders outdoors this spring Washington, DC – Today, the Outdoors Alliance for Kids announced its Spring Every Kid in a Park program lineup. OAK members will host aContinue reading “RELEASE: Every Kid in a Park Spring Tour”
Harlem Kids Connect with Nearby Nature as NYC Launches Every Kid in a Park Initiative
guest blog by Jackie Ostfeld, OAK Chair and Sierra Club Nearby Nature Director Nothing warms my heart more than seeing children explore nature. This week, I was honored to attend the launch event for the Every Kid in a Park initiative in New York City at Hamilton Grange National Memorial in Harlem. At the Grange,Continue reading “Harlem Kids Connect with Nearby Nature as NYC Launches Every Kid in a Park Initiative”
RELEASE: NYC 4th graders get free passes to visit public lands and waters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 29, 2015 Contact: Virginia Cramer, 804-519-8449, Virginia.Cramer@sierraclub.org Jackie Ostfeld, 202-821-8877, Jackie.Ostfeld@sierraclub.org NYC 4th graders get free passes to visit public lands and waters OAK helps launch the Every Kid in a Park initiative in Harlem Today, the National Park Service, the US Forest Service, members of the Outdoors Alliance forContinue reading “RELEASE: NYC 4th graders get free passes to visit public lands and waters”
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