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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

National Kite Month

National Kite Month is a yearlong effort by kite professionals, enthusiasts, supporters, manufacturers, and friends to promote the wonderful qualities that kite flying has to offer people of all ages & physical ability levels. Kiting is truly a universal activity, limited only by the imagination.

Screen-Free Week

The former TV Turn-off Week has been reinvented as Screen-Free Week by the Alliance for Childhood’s partners at the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and will be celebrated this year from April 30 to May 6. Families, schools, and communities all over the U.S. will spend those days turning away from screen-based entertainment and distraction and turning on to life and the real world—to reading, enjoying nature, daydreaming, and spending time with family and friends.

Washington Recreation and Park Association 2012 Annual Conference and Trade Show

Childhood obesity has become the latest health epidemic, and its impacts on community health and wellness are wide reaching. Park and recreation professionals are on the front lines of the battle against the disease We design and install playgrounds, build and maintain parks and trails, povide recreation programming, maintain and schedule athletic fields and facilities, and facilitate and promote environmental stewardship. Play...

Bike Safety Month

National Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the unique power of the bicycle and the many reasons we ride. Whether you bike to work or school; to save money or time; to preserve your health or the environment; to explore your community or get to your destination, get involved in Bike Month in your city or state — and help get more people in your community out riding too!