Item 2B Proclamation Ntl Kids to Parks Dayf}rodamation
AGENDA ITEM #2B
APRIL 27, 2015
WHEREAS, May 16th, 2015 is the fifth 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 impmiant 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, hypeliension 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 pmticipants; 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 16t\ 2015 as
NATIONAL J(JDS TO PARKS 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 27th day of April, 2015.
Carolyn Woods, MAYOR