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Outdoor Time Helps Kids Get Sunshine Vitamin
Vitamin D levels are increased by the Institute of Medicine. Mother Nature can help kids get their recommended daily amount. Read more >
Steps For Activating Kids: Get Outside
Usually I blog about climate change, but right now my mind is on running and jumping. Or lack thereof. I just read an interesting (and scary) post over at the Public Library of Science blogs on the stunning inactivity of… Read more >
Kids and Nature: The Sweetness of Childhood
As an editor at Ranger Rick, one of my favorite jobs is to prepare the column called “Ask Rick,” which appears frequently in the magazine. It features questions sent to us by our readers, and our answers to these. Reading… Read more >
Behind the Scenes: Designing Bird Activities for Kids
I have my dream job here at National Wildlife Federation, making websites to support our mission. I get to do a wide range of tasks, but my favorite lately is creating children’s activities for our Activity Finder website. It’s a… Read more >
NWF and Georgia Affiliate Host Summit on Children and the Outdoors
On Saturday, October 23rd, the Georgia Wildlife Federation and the National Wildlife Federation in partnership with the Georgia No Child Left Inside Coalition are hosting the Georgia Summit on Children and the Outdoors. The summit will provide an opportunity for… Read more >
Sweeten this weekend’s Great American Backyard Campout with Hershey’s
This year, HERSHEY’S sweetens the Great American Backyard Campout on Saturday, June 26th by partnering with NWF to promote the event. Together, we are encouraging kids and adults to enjoy the outdoors while sleeping under the stars.
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Survive the summer months with Be Out There’s new seasonal guide
Take the pledge and access the free Summer Survival Guide www.beoutthere.org/pledge.
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Let’s Move! Tackling Childhood Obesity With the Great Outdoors
First Lady Michelle Obama this week released an action plan called Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity Within a Generation. The new report provides a national road map of solutions to tackle this health issue.
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Let’s Go to the Mall! NWF Gets Outside For National Parks Week
In honor of Earth Day’s 40th anniversary and National Parks Week, Department of the Interior employees took their kids to the mall.
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National Summit: Connecting Children and the Outdoors
Did you know that the average American child spends 53 hours per week staring at some kind of electronic screen? Today, National Wildlife Federation hosted a national summit on children and the outdoors to explore the indoor childhood problem and what we can all do at the local, state and federal level to halt this dangerous trend. Read more >
