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John,

Like me, you hopefully have many fond memories from your childhood
of playing with friends and family at your neighborhood playground or
park ... swinging ... playing tag ... climbing a jungle
gym ... sliding ... having fun.

A playground is considered a staple of life for children growing
up in the United States. But sadly, 28 million children living in the
U.S. do not have a park within a 10-minute walk of home. Having a
park in your neighborhood should be a right, not a privilege ...
especially for our children.

Every kid in America needs the benefits of a quality park to reach
their full potential. And there is no greater opportunity to connect
kids to the outdoors than by making the most of our nation's
schoolyards.

Great schoolyards are good for our children in so many ways.
Studies have shown that swapping out blacktop for trees, gardens, and
up-to-date play equipment delivers significant benefits to kids
- improving concentration ... decreasing stress ... and
providing meaningful places for kids and people of all ages to
connect.

John, that's why I am asking you and our most dedicated supporters to
support The Trust for Public Land's Community Schoolyards(TM)
projects today.

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These projects are an aggressive effort to create new parks and
transform neglected schoolyards in the communities of greatest need
with the help of local and national partnerships ... and we need
your help to raise $50,000 in August to serve the next community which
needs our help.

By 2025, our goal is to bring Community Schoolyards to 20
underserved school districts, improving park access for 6 million
people. And to meet this aggressive timeline, we need your support
today to meet our most immediate fundraising goal.

Will you help us transform barren public schoolyards into vibrant
community parks for children around the United States, and support our
many other important projects, by making a tax-deductible contribution
now?

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Thanks to our cost-efficiency, our ability to leverage land deals,
and our advocacy efforts to recruit additional government and
corporate support, The Trust for Public Land can create $3 for parks
for every $1 that is contributed ... which means your
contribution has TRIPLE the impact upon our efforts.

Please do your part by making a tax-deductible contribution today.
Your dollars will support our efforts to build and rehabilitate
schoolyards as well as our many other efforts to expand our parkland
and open space around the nation. I look forward to your response.

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Sincerely,

Kim Elliot
Director of Membership

Donate now

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