Hawaii Volcanoes National Park invites all fourth-grade students to visit the park for free as part of the White House’s new Every Kid in a Park program.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park invites all fourth-grade students to visit the park for free as part of the White House’s new Every Kid in a Park program.
Fourth-graders can go online to www.everykidinapark.gov to complete an activity and obtain a free annual entry pass to more than 2,000 federal recreation areas, including national parks.
The students and their families then can use this pass for free entry to national parks and other federal public lands and waters across the country through Aug. 31, 2016.
“Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has a long tradition of connecting keiki and classrooms to the volcanoes, Hawaiian culture and native plants and animals in their backyard,” said park Superintendent Cindy Orlando. “Now we can expand the invitation by offering free entry to local and national fourth-graders and their families for free, and connect the next generation of park visitors, supporters and advocates to the park as we enter our 100th year,” Orlando said.
Children who visit Hawaii Volcanoes National Park can earn a Junior Ranger badge, go on a ranger-guided program, sign up for a Kahuku ‘Ohana Day and much more.
In addition to providing every fourth-grader in America a free entry pass for national parks and federal public lands and waters, fourth-grade educators, youth group leaders and their students across the country also will participate in the program through field trips and other learning experiences.
The goal of the Every Kid in a Park program is to connect fourth-graders with the great outdoors and inspire them to become future environmental stewards, ready to preserve and protect national parks and other public lands for years to come.
The program is an important part of the National Park Service’s centennial celebration in 2016, which encourages everyone to “Find Your Park.”
Every Kid in a Park is an administrativewide effort, launched by President Barack Obama and supported by eight federal agencies, including the National Park Service, the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Education, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.