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Park plans 'Take a Child Outside' Week
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Published: September 10, 2009
Children and their parents can reconnect with nature and themselves at Lake Norman State Park and other N.C. state parks during "Take a Child Outside Week" from Sept. 24-30.
Lake Norman State Park will join environmental education organizations across the country in presenting special nature programs during the week. Last year, state parks rangers offered over 300 educational programs to reach nearly 10,000 visitors during the weeklong celebration.
State parks will make available "Get Outside!" kits to families and small groups that prompt do-it-yourself activities to rediscover nature's wonders. Also, the first 50 parents or adult leaders to use the "Get Outside!" kit with children will receive a gift certificate for a free night of camping.
"Take a Child Outside Week" originated in 2007 with environmental educators at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences and was sparked by the book, "Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder" by Richard Louv.
For more information about North Carolina state parks and their environmental education programs and events, go to www.ncparks.gov
Special programs at Lake Norman State Park during the week will include a mountain bike ride, a study of beavers, a "tree ID" hike, stargazing and bird watching.
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