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April 2013

Play. Serve. Celebrate.
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How Did Your 2013 Let's G.O.! (Get Outside) Event Go?! 6 Replies

We want to know how you PLAYED, SERVED and CELEBRATED this year!Please let us know how your event went -- share stories, photos, etc.In my home town, we planted trees, painted tiles and blew bubbles on a SUNNY Southern California day.Show us how you…Continue

Tags: Garden, Natural, Leaders, Nature, Children

Started by Lizbeth Williams. Last reply by Tyrell Hughes May 21.

Let's G.O. at Camp Lake Stephens

We believe in place-based education.Camp Lake Stephens is a 160-acre classroom located in Oxford, MS with several habitats native to our state. Through this program, students don’t have a…Continue

Started by Nkrumah Frazier Apr 29.

Get Out by "The Blues Rangers"

I think that this song should be the unofficial theme song for the Let's G.O. initiative. The Blues Rangers is a Jazz group composed of foresters from my own back yard here in Mississippi. Admittedly I am a little biased since I know one or 2 of the…Continue

Started by Nkrumah Frazier Apr 27.

The Nature Reconnection Project

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Started by Roberto Morales Apr 22.

Getting outside with North Texas Kids Outside 1 Reply

We believe that families provide the strong foundation a child needs to explore and champion the outdoors.As pa…Continue

Started by Victoria Faubion. Last reply by Nkrumah Frazier Apr 16.

Jackson's 2nd Annual Let's G.O.! (Get Outside) Event

On Saturday, April 6th, Jackson Elementary School celebrated its…Continue

Started by Maya Sharp Apr 12.

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Comment by Suz Lipman on May 10, 2013 at 11:08am: Did you play, serve or celebrate during Let's G.O.! (Get Outside) Month? Take our survey by May 30 and be entered to win a $100 gift card from REI.

http://bit.ly/17ajtTR

Comment by Suz Lipman on April 16, 2013 at 10:10am: Let's G.O.! (Get Outside) is featured in First Lady Michelle Obama's blog today!

http://www.childrenandnature.org/news/detail/spring_is_here_and_its..."

Comment by Gabrielle Mazur on April 12, 2013 at 5:50pm: I'm planning a Kiddie Fun Run and Nature Scavenger Hunt for my daughter and a bunch of kids in our area. Looking forward to my first Let's G.O.! event. I found the perfect location, a beautiful nature preserve with trails. Can't wait!

Comment by Suz Lipman on April 5, 2013 at 9:04am: Would you like to promote your Let's G.O.! event using social media? I've attached a document that might help. Let me know if you have further questions or challenges, and we'll try to work them out here.

2013_LETSGO_SocialMediaSL3.docx

Comment by Suz Lipman on April 23, 2012 at 8:23pm: Congratulations to Marilyn Wyzga, the New Hampshire Children in Nature Coalition, and all the NH organizations that came together to host a variety of Let's G.O.! events. You can read about some of them here. Hopefully we'll be able to find out how they all went:

http://www.childrenandnature.org/news/detail/new_hampshire_organiza...

Comment by Suz Lipman on June 3, 2011 at 9:03am: Let's G.O. (Get Outside) Month was a huge success! An estimated 100, 000 participants joined 532 events in 44 states across the U.S. Thanks to all of you for playing, serving and celebrating in April and beyond. Read more about April Let's G.O. Month here: http://bit.ly/k1MuT0

Comment by E skeaff on April 8, 2011 at 1:47pm: Here is a short blog about our first event. We had three families that were supposed to show up but no one came because of different family crisis. We felt amazing after our hike and very lucky that today was a great day: http://outdoorbabynetwork.com/profiles/blogs/5-miles-in-a-few-hours

Comment by Marghanita Hughes on March 16, 2011 at 1:36pm: Working on the posters for the "Let's Go Outside" Revolution beach party on 15th April. It's so exciting to see so many events being organized for "Let's Go" . Happy, Happy, Happy!!!! What fun lies ahead!!

Comment by Marghanita Hughes on March 16, 2011 at 1:32pm: That is so exciting Bob. Sounds like Florida families are going to be spending a lot of time OUTDOORS in April. What fabulous work Bob, The Get Outdoors Florida is an inspiration to us all. Would love to visit!!! Happy Wednesday!

Comment by Bob Wattendorf on March 16, 2011 at 1:04pm: The Get Outdoors Florida! coalition is working with I.D.E.A.S. and others to have a Let's G.O.! Orlando event at the Oakland Nature Reserve. At least eight other events are being planned by partners during April, and April 2nd and 3rd is free freshwater fishing weekend in Florida.