Agenda Item #2A - Proclamation for National Kids to Parks Dayflrodamation
AGENDA ITEM# 2A
MAY 12,2014
WHEREAS, May 1 th, 2014 is the fourth National Kids to Parks Day organized and
launched by the National Park Trust; and
WHEREAS, National Kids to Parks Day empowers kids and encourages families to get
outdoors and visit America's parks; and
WHEREAS, it is important to introduce a new generation to our nation's parks because of
the decline in Park attendance over the last decades; and
WHEREAS, we should encourage children to lead a more active lifestyle to combat the
issues of childhood obesity, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia; and
WHEREAS, National Kids to Parks Day is open to all children and adults across the
country to encourage a large and diverse group of participants; and
WHEREAS, National Kids to Parks Day will broaden children's appreciation for nature
and the outdoors.
NOW THEREFORE, I, Carolyn Woods, Mayor of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, do
hereby proclaim Saturday, May 17,2014 as
NATIONAL KIDS TO PARK DAY
and urge all citizens of the City of Atlantic Beach to take the children in their lives to a
neighborhood, state or national park.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
set my hand and caused the Official
Seal of the City of Atlantic Beach to
be affixed this 12th day of May, 2014.
Carolyn Woods, MAYOR