John,
With gyms closed for so long — and maybe re-opened, but maybe then closed again — we’ve all seen how important it is to have a place to get some exercise, a place that you know is going to be open and available.
That’s why neighborhood parks are so important.
At a park, you can exercise at your own pace. It’s outdoors, which is much safer than indoors these days. And it’s green and sunny, which gyms usually aren’t.
If you have a gym membership, it may or may not be doing you any good right now. But what if you could transform your monthly gym membership into a tax-deductible gift to support the creation of new parks all across the country, especially in areas that lack access to green space? Your membership will always pay off, benefiting you — and the 28 million children who don’t have access to a park — with health benefits both mental and physical.
With your support, The Trust for Public Land has built or improved hundreds of neighborhood parks in the past few years. In fact, 9 million people live near a park that we built. You know how much we do for parks, and you know what a Trust for Public Land membership is.
A monthly gift to The Trust for Public Land, like a gym membership, costs just a few dollars a month but gives you access to health and recreation facilities. What’s more, when you become a monthly donor you help provide a critical and much-needed revenue stream we can count on, which is an invaluable asset in the best of times and absolutely crucial in these uncertain times.
Even if you’ve never had a gym membership, you should consider becoming a monthly donor. After all, you can just sit in a park for an hour and no one will think any less of you. That’s much better than a gym, isn’t it?
Sincerely,
Kim Elliot
Director of Membership
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