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del.icio.usNational Park Week: April 19–27, 2008
America’s national parks encompass 84 million acres of our country’s most important forests, prairies, glaciers, mountains, and seashores. To celebrate National Park Week, the National Park Foundation is working with our partners to promote and protect our precious native plants and green spaces.
“One Good Turn” Shopping Event
During National Park Week, Macy’s stores nationwide will help generate awareness and cash support for the National Park Foundation through the “One Good Turn” shopping event. On April 26th and 27th Macy’s will encourage their customers to support the work of the National Park Foundation with a $5 contribution. In turn, Macy’s will offer an in-store and online shopping pass for 20% off most clothing items and 10% off most home items for those days. Some exclusions apply.
This is a fantastic opportunity for you to help generate unprecedented support for the places you love, America’s national parks. The more people you tell, the more money we raise!
Contribute now and receive your exclusive shopping pass instantly. Click here to find a Macy’s store near you.
Kid Power Eco-Activity Book
Download a Kid Power Eco-Activity Book and have fun using your Kid Power to help you and the earth stay healthy. Your journey through this book will show you many things to do throughout your home, your neighborhood and in your national parks to protect green spaces…Enjoy the adventure!
Listen up, kids! When you color the “You’ve Learned So Much” or “It’s Your Turn” page and bring it to the children’s department of your local Macy’s store on April 26 or 27, 2008, you get your very own Kid Power Badge for the work you’ve done!* You may also mail your completed page to the following address and we will send you a Kid Power Badge:
National Park Foundation
c/o Turn Over A New Leaf
1201 Eye Street, NW, Suite 550B
Washington, DC 20005
The Kid Power Eco-Activity Book is brought to you by the National Park Foundation, the National Park Service and Macy’s.
Electronic Field Trip to Everglades National Park
Millions of kids will participate in an electronic field trip on Earth Day that will be broadcast live from Everglades National Park in Florida. The field trip will examine native and exotic plants in our national parks, part of the National Park Foundation’s First Bloom project, scheduled to launch in several pilot cities this year.
Hosting the “virtual’ outing that will be presented in schools across the U.S. will be the first place winner of the 2008 Junior Ranger Essay Contest sponsored by Macy’s. The young host will lead fellow students in classrooms around the world through activities centered on native plants, invasive species, habitat restoration, photosynthesis, pollination and stewardship. Students will also be able to email and phone-in questions to experts during the live broadcast.
The Electronic Field Trip is a partnership of the National Park Foundation, Macy’s, and Ball State University with cooperation from the National Park Service, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the Boys & Girls Clubs.
First Bloom Kids Get Their Hands Dirty
During National Park Week, First Bloom kids will get their hands dirty planting gardens at the Battery Conservancy in downtown New York and at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park near Austin, TX. These gardens will be viewed by thousands of park visitors and will be a testament to the vision of First Lady Laura Bush and the legacy of Lady Bird Johnson.
The First Bloom project invites city kids to get their hands dirty. Children will learn how to protect fragile ecosystems by planting native species in our national parks and how to create and tend gardens in their own neighborhoods. The First Bloom project will plant the seeds for a stronger conservation ethic in our country, beginning with our youngest citizens.
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