Campaigns & Initiatives

Through initiatives like Open OutDoors for Kids and public awareness campaigns like Find Your Park, the National Park Foundation works with partners to protect our national treasures, connect families and kids with the outdoors, and inspire our next generation of park stewards.
Girls holding tiny frog

Open OutDoors for Kids

Open OutDoors for Kids creates pathways for kids to enjoy, understand and connect with nature in exciting ways by facilitating outdoor activity,...
A collage of images featuring parks that preserve the history and legacy of African Americans

African American History & Culture

National parks across the country preserve and share the multi-generational and multi-faceted stories of African Americans in the United States.
Women celebrating by waving flags and blowing horns. By Carrie Chapman Catt albums, Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library

Women In Parks

National parks across the country preserve and share stories of trailblazing women who dared to imagine a different future.
Death Valley National Park

Find Your Park

The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation invite people everywhere to celebrate more than a 100 years of the National Park Service...
Every Kid in a Park

Every Kid Outdoors

A federal public lands youth initiative to get all 4th graders and their families to experience the places that are home to our country’s natural...

Share The Experience Photo Contest

The Share the Experience Photo Contest is an annual photography competition encouraging all nature lovers and amateur shutterbugs to capture their...
Snake River, Wyoming

Rivers & Trails 50th Anniversary

The National Park Foundation joins the public lands community in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the National Trails and National Wild &...
Four images: two children running on sand; a pair of boots rest at the edge of a canyon; three kayaks seen from above on water; and a dragonfly rests on a smiling young woman's nose

National Park Week

Every April the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation invite everyone to celebrate America's treasured places during National Park...
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