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Great Outdoors Month® 2019 is officially underway with a new national partner – AARP – and a successful Kids to Parks Day kickoff. On Saturday, the National Park Trust’s Kids to Parks Day connected 1.1 million people in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico with their local, state and national parks. Participants were able to #EscapeTheIndoors and enjoy healthy, active outdoor activities.
AARP – the nation’s largest nonprofit organization for Americans 50 and older with 38 million members – will be working with Great Outdoors Month® events and organizations to help ensure all Americans have access to healthy, active outdoor opportunities. To start, AARP is encouraging seniors to get outdoors and walk 30 minutes a day, every day, as part of their second annual “Fit and Fun Challenge.”
Throughout June, there will be events across the country representing an array of outdoor activities including hiking, biking, boating, fishing, camping, service and more. Visit www.greatoutdoorsmonth.org to learn more and to find and register for events.
ORR also has new members to celebrate! We are thrilled to welcome America Outdoors, American Mountain Guides Association, Dive Manufacturers and Marketing Association and the Sports & Fitness Industry Association to our coalition of 27 national outdoor recreation trade associations. We look forward to adding their voices to ORR’s goals of expanded access, improved infrastructure and enhanced visitor experiences.
Look for more updates on Great Outdoors Month® in a few weeks!
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ABOUT OUR NEW PARTNERS:
America Outdoors represents nearly 500 of the most successful and professional outfitters in America -- outdoor recreation companies who are driving one of the world’s fastest-growing industries. Since 1989, America Outdoors has worked to ensure outfitters in the outdoor recreation industry have a voice. They lead the industry in public policy, business innovation, and promotion of outdoor recreational activities.
American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) is a 501(c)(3) educational non?profit that is dedicated to supporting the American mountain guiding and climbing instructor community. As the leading organization of America’s most vibrant, inspiring community of climbers and skiers, the AMGA offers cutting edge knowledge and hundreds of years of collective experience that you won’t get from any other climbing organization. AMGA guides and staff are the experts in the business of being a guide and have spent 30 years setting standards for American guiding instruction, protecting the guiding environment, and organizing a powerful, unified community of guides and clients.
Diving Equipment and Marketing Association is an international organization dedicated to the promotion and growth of the recreational scuba diving and snorkeling industry. With more than 1,300 members, this non-profit, global organization promotes scuba diving through consumer awareness programs and media campaigns such as the national Be a Diver campaign; diver retention initiatives such as DiveCaching; and an annual trade-only event for businesses in the scuba diving, action watersports and adventure/dive-travel industries, DEMA Show.
The Sports & Fitness Industry Association is the trade association of leading industry sports and fitness brands, suppliers, retailers and partners. Their mission is to "Promote Sports and Fitness Participation and Industry Vitality" by focusing on core product areas for the industry. SFIA's purpose is to support their member companies and promote a healthy environment for the sporting goods industry by providing access to thought leadership, industry & public affairs, research and member services. SFIA enhances industry vitality and fosters sports, fitness and active lifestyle participation.