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54 official site locations for the June 14th events across the nation. The inaugural NGOD will offer American families unique opportunities to reconnect to the great outdoors. Check the full location list with specific links for each site. Find out how to get there, the types of activities offered and the weather for your event!
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.
June 14, 2008
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National Get Outdoors Day is a new annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. 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.
Featured News
National Get Outdoors Day Overview
NGOD Press Release
June 27, 2008
Building on the success of More Kids in the Woods and other important efforts to connect Americans – and especially children – with nature and active lifestyles, the U.S. Forest Service and the American Recreation Coalition agreed to lead an inclusive, nationwide effort focusing on a single day when people would be inspired and motivated to get outdoors. National Get Outdoors Day partnered with federal, state and local agencies, key enthusiast organizations and recreation businesses to create a healthy, fun day of outdoor adventure aimed at reaching first-timevisitors to public lands and reconnecting our youth to the great outdoors.
NGOD Press Release
June 27, 2008
Building on the success of More Kids in the Woods and other important efforts to connect Americans – and especially children – with nature and active lifestyles, the U.S. Forest Service and the American Recreation Coalition agreed to lead an inclusive, nationwide effort focusing on a single day when people would be inspired and motivated to get outdoors. National Get Outdoors Day partnered with federal, state and local agencies, key enthusiast organizations and recreation businesses to create a healthy, fun day of outdoor adventure aimed at reaching first-timevisitors to public lands and reconnecting our youth to the great outdoors.
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
Event Site - Sloan's Lake Park, North Stuart and W. 23rd Ave, Denver CO
Sloan's Lake Park
Sloan's Lake Park
Top 10 Reasons for NGOD
#7: Americans are overwhelmed with information over the Internet. Information on what to do and where to do it is available -- but we need to help Americans find it!
