When you’re outside, agree to: 1. Leave it where you found it
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Healthy Parks Healthy People is an international initiative to promote public awareness about the connection between individual and community health, and accessible, well-managed parks.
Healthy Parks, Healthy People: San Francisco
In 2014, East Bay Regional Park District teamed up with UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland to launch the SHINE program to bring their patients - children with chronic illnesses such as obesity, diabetes or ADHD - to the outdoors as a way to improve their physical and mental health.
This commemorative, photo-filled book was released on the 50th anniversary of the Park District to chronicle the founding and first half-century's growth of the Park District.
A probing account into the history of the Park District on its 75th anniversary. The book, by writer and oral history researcher Laura McCreery, focuses on the people, events, and issues that shaped the largest and most innovative regional park system in the country. Available online.
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