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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Good news: U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich has added his name to the growing list of U.S. Representatives from Ohio co-sponsoring the No Child Left Inside legislation to fund and encourage environmental education.
The U.S. Reps who have signed on from our state include:
Rep. Betty Sutton
Rep. Charlie Wilson
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy
Rep. Dennis ...
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
The Leave No Child INSIDE Central Ohio Collaborative invites you to a meeting!
Please come and hear updates from all the teams that formed last fall! They have been working very hard and are eager to share their progress.
When: Tuesday Jan. 19 NOON - 1 p.m.
Where: Westerville Public Library
Cost: Free
Important: ...
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
This team was formed at the Leadership Retreat to assist in planning and organizing a spring Leave No Child Inside Summit for the entire state. This would be the first official statewide event for Leave No Child Inside in Ohio.
LNCI Summit 2010
When: Spring 2010, date TBA
• Possibilities include tying with Earth ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
A Website called Open Congress, which analyzes and accepts comments on bills, has a listing for the No Child Left Inside legislation, which would provide grants (but no mandates!) to encourage environmental education.
Please visit and click to show your support as you see fit. Thanks! Also, write your legislator!
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2054/show
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s866/show
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
http://www.mlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2009/09/legislation_aims_to_get_kids_o.html
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Last month, Jenny Morgan, Alice Hohl and Mark Young (Ohio Parks and Recreation Assoc.) met with Sen. Sherrod Brown asking him to support and possibly co-sponsor the No Child Left Inside legislation, which will fund Environmental Education through a federal grant program. (It will eventually become part of federal schools ...
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Thursday, April 30th, 2009
April 27, Leave No Child Inside representative Alice Hohl gave a presentation to the Delaware Rotary Club.
In attendance were the Mayor of the City of Delaware, the City Manager, and two members of the School Board, among other prominent civic leaders!
Alice showed the newly re-edited DVD, spoke about the movement ...
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
Mark Young, Jenny Morgan and Alice Hohl attended a meeting with Ed Roberts, arranged my Mark Young, to discuss the No Child Left Inside legislation.
The meeting, Wednesday, was extremely positive! Mr. Roberts was very receptive to our message, and even shared a couple stories about children being addicted to video ...
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Friday, March 27th, 2009
Information here is from the OPRA site. Ohio Parks and Recreation Association is holding workshops around the state about applying for funding.
Stimulus Funds for Parks and Recreation Agencies
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was created to stimulate and add balance to the economy by investing in job creation and important ...
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Please join us for our next membership meeting, April 16, at the Indianola Children's Center. Time: 7-8:30pm
This meeting is open to the full membership. We haven't set the agenda yet, but we always allow time for members to introduce themselves and "pitch" their organization and what they do. You are ...
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