Nestlé Juicy Juice Helps Fund Playgrounds Across NY State, Including New One at Brooklyn’s East River State Park

During a time of state budget shortfalls, NESTLÉ® JUICY JUICE® swings into action with a $350,000 commitment to build playgrounds across the state. With park visits and playground usage on the rise during this down economy, public-private partnerships provide a means to add new services without tapping state budgets.
A new play area for children will [...]

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Five outdoor ideas for cold-weather family fun

Parents are always looking for inexpensive family fun. Timely, with autumn here and winter around the corner, there’s no need to look further than the backyard or the local park. Getting outdoors during the colder winter months can build memories, strengthen relationships, and just be an all-out fun bonding experience for families. Playoutdoors.com offers these [...]

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Ontario Pathways Great Pumpkin Walk – Oct 17

Enjoy an evening stroll along the Ontario Pathways trail while it’s lined with hundreds of artistic jack-o-lanterns. What a great way to celebrate Halloween. The walk is about a 1 mile round trip. Refreshments will be provided.
Ontario County Fairgrounds, Saturday October 17, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Watch the OP website for weather details.

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6 Fall Hikes and Rambles with Kids in the Hudson Valley and Catskills

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A Better Bicycle for Beginners

from USAweekendtoday.com, link to original post
Learning to ride a bike is a nearly universal rite of American childhood. Unfortunately, so is crashing and skinning your knees. Training wheels, as every kid discovers, merely delay the painful part of the process. Plus, they look dorky.
Now, four Dartmouth engineering students have built the GyroBike to make life [...]

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PFEIFFER NATURE CENTER IS TAKING PART IN AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT TO TAKE A CHILD OUTSIDE Sept 24-30

“Take a Child Outside week” is program which urges all citizens to participate in outdoor activities from September 24-30, 2009.  Take A Child Outside week is designed to help break down obstacles that keep children from discovering the natural world, and to arm parents, teachers and other caregivers with resources and recreational activities for exploring [...]

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Fall Trips Offered by Paths Peaks & Paddles, Inc.

1000 Islands Weekend Kayak Trip September 18 – 20, 2009
Come join us as we explore among the Saint Lawrence Islands National Park by touring kayak.  We will be staying on an island that has campsites, great scenery, stunning sunsets, fabulous meals and personable guides.  This is a great way to meet new friends and paddlers. [...]

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US Fish and Wildlife Service Shows Kids Wonders of Outdoors with New Video Game

Click here to read an evaluation of  “Neighborhood Explorers,” a video game that encourages children aged 8-11 to spend more time outside.

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iBert-safe-T seat a smart splurge for family biking enthusiasts

by Erica Guevara, Examiner.com, link to original post
All of us who can ride have a bicycle in my family.  We like to take a spin routinely around the neighborhood and soak in that fresh air.  I have two kids who aren’t quite old enough to ride long distances (one who can’t even walk yet) so [...]

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Carrying your infant by bike: How young is too young?

by Marion Rice, BikePortland.org, link to original post, (Although this article refers to Oregon laws, it has information that’s very relevant for NY State.)

A reader contacted us with a dilemma — she is about to have her first child, she doesn’t own a car, and she travels primarily by bike. In preparing for her new [...]

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