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John:
If every public schoolyard in America functioned as a shared outdoor
space, 20 million more people would have access to a park within a
10-minute walk of home.
PS: Will you share what outdoor spaces mean to you?
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-Alana Fink, Trust for Public Land
From Vacant to Vibrant
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In communities across the country, schools are struggling to make ends
meet, often with crumbling buildings, deficient programming, and empty
schoolyards. Our work is changing that reality.
"When you create an environment where [students] can fall down
on the turf and bounce back, it makes you feel like somebody has your
back. It changes your life. To a large degree, the new schoolyard
changed a lot of lives."
-Darleen Gearhart, former principal of Sussex Avenue School in
Newark, New Jersey
Learn More About the Power of Schoolyards
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Bringing School Outside
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Back to school often means back to desks-but not for schools
with nearby open space. The creation of Wolcott Community Forest will
add 307 acres of new public land directly adjacent to Wolcott
Elementary School, where teachers can guide students in outdoor
education.
Learn More About Wolcott
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In the Spotlight
Convert Concrete into Vibrant Parks
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American public schools own a combined 2 million acres of land.
While some schools use that land for community purposes, many
schoolyards remain closed to the public outside of school hours. Many
more are just slabs of concrete used for playgrounds. We are working
to change that. Urge Congress to provide funding for Community
Schoolyards(TM) projects today!
Take Action Now
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Updates from across the Country
Pushing the Green Schoolyard Movement Forward
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Trust for Public Land and our partners in the Living Schoolyards
Coalition convened to share the importance of creating more green
campuses for students and communities. By the time of the 2028 Summer
Olympics, we're working to transform 28 playgrounds into vibrant
and climate-resilient spaces so more Californians can connect to the
benefits of nature.
Learn More About the 28x28 Initiative
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Outdoor Learning Is Just One of This Park's Many Uses
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Not all Mainers have equal access to nature, but we're working
hard to fix that. North Deering Park will provide Portland residents
access to 20 acres of woods, trails, and open space close to
home-and students attending two nearby schools will be able to
use the space as an outdoor classroom to study local wildlife,
vegetation, and climate change effects that the park's trees help
mitigate.
Visit North Deering Park
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Philly Schoolyard Gets a Makeover
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This year, we celebrated the opening of the brand-new James R. Lowell
Elementary Schoolyard with the Philadelphia community. The school's
students and residents of the Olney neighborhood excitedly explored
the vibrant learning and play area they helped design. With a running
track, jungle gym, and multiuse grass field, there's something for
everyone!
See How We Transformed This Schoolyard
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Why Outside Matters
I haven't found anything else in the world that clears my mind like
exercising outdoors where I'm surrounded by and inspired by the beauty
of nature. Millicent Thapa, Mississippi
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Share why you're thankful for the outdoors for a chance to be featured
in a future newsletter.
Tell Us Why Outside Matters to You
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Ways to Give
Help Unlock America's Schoolyard Potential
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Parks are essential for healthy, equitable communities. Yet 100
million people in America don't have a park within a 10-minute
walk of home.
But almost 20 million of them do live within a 10-minute walk of a
public school. If every public schoolyard was greener and open to the
public-we'd already be a fifth of the way to solving the
problem of outdoor access for everyone in America.
Join us as we make this a reality, one schoolyard at a time.
Donate Now
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Thank You
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So much of what's special about TPL is the people-like
you-who've made our mission possible. Working together, we all
benefit, and that's why we're determined to reach even more people and
more communities to keep connecting everyone to the outdoors. Learn
more by visiting our new website at tpl.org
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