– Every Kid in a Park.
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“As we prepare to celebrate the 100th birthday of the National Park Service in 2016, we want everyone to get to know their local national park as well as other public lands in Georgia, Tennessee, and across America”.
The release said the pass is valid for the 2015-16 school year and grants free entry to fourth-grade students and three accompanying adults at more than 2,000 federally-manage sites including national parks, forests, wildlife refugees and marine sanctuaries. “We look forward to hosting fourth graders and their families as they discover the many stories our national parks tell”, said Crater Lake Superintendent Craig Ackerman.
If you’re lucky enough to have a child in fourth grade this year, consider this your excuse to visit one-or five, or seven-national parks in the year to come.
From September 1 until August. 31, 2016, every fourth grader and their family can get into any national park in the country for free.
Additional online opportunities are available for teachers and community leaders.
By introducing fourth graders to public lands in their backyards and beyond at an early age, “Every Kid in a Park” is part of a multipronged approach to inspire the next generation to discover all that the nation’s public lands and waters have to offer, including opportunities to be active, spend time with friends and family and serve as living classrooms to build critical skills.
– Every Kid in a Park.
ABOUT THE NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION The National Park Foundation is the official charity of America’s national parks and nonprofit partner to the National Park Service.
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A White House announcement about the bill said it would “ensure that our national parks, facilities, and educational programs are of the highest quality” as the NPS hits the 100-year mark next year. Every Kid in a Park is an administrative-wide effort, launched by President Obama, and supported by eight federal agencies, including the National Park Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Education, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “Together, we can remove obstacles preventing the next generation from interacting with America’s public lands”.
