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Getting Kids Outdoors: Emmet County

Our Mission: To build a community that embraces and promotes getting kids outdoors as part of a healthy lifestyle.

Goals:
➢ Raise awareness that direct contact with nature is essential to the physical, mental and emotional health of all children
➢ Encourage exploration and play in the outdoors on a regular basis.
➢ Promote existing programs in Emmet County for getting kids outdoors
➢ Connect parents, caregivers and teachers with opportunities, information and resources for getting kids outdoors.
➢ Engage a diverse network of people, organizations and businesses and facilitate collaborations.

Motto: Get Outdoors and Explore

Structure: GKO functions as a coalition of organizations, businesses and individuals representing various sectors of the local community: public health agencies, pediatricians/doctors, public schools, youth organizations, public parks and recreation agencies, environmental organizations, non-profit groups, private businesses and interested residents.

GKO Services:
➢ Website as a "go to" source for parents, caregivers, teachers and kids offering opportunities, information and ideas for getting kids outdoors -- www.gettingkidsoutdoors.org.
➢ Community Education through marketing materials and workshops.
➢ Special Events including collaborative outdoor programming with local schools, organizations and businesses.

Contact Information:

Chair
Molly Ames Baker
mollyabaker@gmail.com

(Website to be launched soon - keep checking back!)

http://www.gettingkidsoutdoors.org

Contact Information For This Listing

Alison Berry .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

3264 Powell Road
Harbor Springs, Michigan 49740
United States

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"If you go with long-term significance, my pick for the top story of not only 2009 but also of the 21st Century is the pandemic of Nature Deficit Disorder, a term so aptly coined by Richard Louv in his best-selling outdoor book, Last Child in the Woods...."
— Bill Schneider, NewWest.Net

“Concerns about long-term consequences—affecting emotional well-being, physical health, learning abilities, environmental consciousness—have spawned a national movement to ‘leave no child inside.’ In recent months, it has been the focus of Capitol Hill hearings, state legislative action, grassroots projects, a U.S. Forest Service initiative to get more children into the woods and a national effort to promote a ‘green hour’ in each day.”
— Washington Post, June 2007

“The movement to reconnect children to the natural world has arisen quickly, spontaneously, and across the usual social, political, and economic dividing lines.”
— Orion magazine, March/April 2007

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NOW in SPANISH - Nature Clubs for Families Tool Kit

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Just for Parents

Resources, tools, and Inspiration for parents and caregivers. Visit Nature Rocks!

C&NN Publications

As part of our ongoing efforts to build the movement, the Children & Nature Network has published these resources for leaders, organizers, and participants at the local, national, and international levels:

2010 C&NN Report
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Children and Nature 2009: A Report on the Movement to Reconnect Children to the Natural World
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C&NN Community Action Guide: Building the Children & Nature Movement from the Ground Up
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[+] The American Camp Association's children and nature resource for families.

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