BE THE BEST COMMUNITY SITE FOR CONNECTING KIDS TO NATURE!

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WHERE CHILDREN AND HAPPIER, HEALTHIER AND SMARTER!

Recipients of this award indicates an endorsement of support for the Ohio Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights and documents sites support to enable these rights listed 1-9 for children. Awarded by Miami Valley Leave No Child Inside and Dayton Regional Green with major collaboration by MVLNCI partners: Five Rivers MetroParks, Miami County Park District, Centerville–Washington Park District and Dayton Children’s Hospital.

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A door decal similar to this is awarded to all successful applicants along with a congratulatory letter from Miami Valley Leave No Child Inside Board. An optional banner is also provided pending self or sponsored funding. When filling out this form, action option statements ending in a # sign are referenced in the "Resources to help meet award criteria for sites." found on the MVLNCI website. http://bit.ly/MVLNCI

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MVLNCI acknowledges that without administrative support, staff efforts to connect children to nature at sites generally diminish over time. Please confirm this statement: Our leadership supports the efforts to connect children to nature at this site. Please list the leadership administrators name below. *

Background Video: "Why Children Need the Outdoors," inspired by Richard Louv's book "Last Child In the Woods" and the Children and Nature Network.

Key site staff required to review the above four minute video, "Why Chidren Need the Outdoors." We acknowledge that our key staff have reviewed this video

Yes key staff have reviewed this video.

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1. BE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE AND PLAY OUTSIDE EVERY DAY TO GROW UP HEALTHY.

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We provide outdoor experiences every operation day of our site. #

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We encourage outside play for our audience, provide and communicate ideas for play, and have developed a recognition program. #

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We provide inspiration to experience the outdoors through various media or programming on site and off site for for families. #

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2. HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE, NATURAL GREEN SPACES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

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We promote safe outdoor play in natural environments.

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We promote imaginative unstructured and structured play with natural materials.

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We provide a place on our grounds for families to engage with nature during our designated times.

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We encourage families to use and protect community green spaces beyond our facility.

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We facilitate community activities at our green spaces or other natural resources.

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Provide tobacco free access to our "Connection to Nature Site."

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3. CONNECT WITH NATURE, WITH FREE TIME TO EXPLORE THE OUTDOORS.

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We provide supplies, materials and equipment free of charge for to children to participate in outdoor programs at our facility.

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We incorporate the outdoor experiences into activities we recommend for youth to accomplish away from our Site. #

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We will encourage the correlation of technology in the outdoors to experience nature.

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4. DISCOVER THE WONDER OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS, LARGE AND SMALL, USING ALL FIVE SENSES.

(must accomplish 3 with special encouragement to accomplish the first option: creating an outdoor learning area big or small)

Our facility has an outdoor natural area that can be used for exploration and we have completed the survey about this area at this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tigku-8TannkF1KchFcHN_-7QWCp5kVMAXBhsvGe_kM/edit?usp=sharing

We have completed the above survey for our outdoor natural area.

We encourage artistic expressions that celebrate nature.

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We provide an opportunity for visitors to listen to the sounds of nature.

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We have changed our mowing routine to allow meadows to grow instead of turf grass to increase connection to nature habitat opportunities for youth.

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5. EXPLORE THE DIVERSITY OF OHIO'S NATURAL HABITATS.

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We provide suggestions for family excursions to Ohio natural habitats. #

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We encourage our audience to participate in local outdoor programs once a month. #

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We have modified our policies to expand more natural areas open to the public at our facilities.

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6. UNDERSTAND THE PATTERNS AND CYCLES IN NATURE.

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We post on social media or website/page a fact or information that encourages our audience to observe these seasonal natural happenings. #

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We provide a facilitated opportunity for youth using our site to observe nature during all seasons.

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7. EXPERIENCE THE JOYS OF SPLASHING, PLAYING AND SWIMMING IN SAFE, CLEAN LAKES AND STREAMS.

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We will distribute information about natural waters that can be explored in our area.

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Our facility has natural waters on it that can be explored by our audience.

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8. BE FULLY IMMERSED IN NATURE BY CAMPING OVERNIGHT.

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We provide local camping information. #

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We encourage participation in the Great American Campout National Wildlife Federation. #

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We provide outdoor camping opportunities at our facilities.

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9. LEARN HOW TO GIVE BACK TO NATURE.

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We facilitate programs or discussions encouraging our audience to protect nature.

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We encourage monthly nature focus ideas for our audience to give back to and protect nature including recycling, planting seeds/trees/food shrubs, picking up litter etc. #

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We encourage parents to share their nature connection stories from their childhood with their children.

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We encourage families to certify their backyards and post their certification on their property as A) National Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitats or B) Monarch Watch certified Monarch Waystation site or C) other habitat certification. #

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We participate in the Lights Out Miami Valley program to protect birds by eliminating extraneous outdoor lighting during migration season.

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We have toured and taken a pledge at the Montgomery County Environmental Learning Center. #

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We are and have posted the certification on our property one of the following: A) a National Wildlife Federation certified Wildife Habiat or B) Monacrch Watch certified Monarch Waystation site or C) other habitat certification.

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We model giving back to nature by partnering with other conservation minded organizations on projects that encourage a nature rich environment.

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