{"id":2488,"date":"2011-04-10T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2011-04-10T01:52:57","modified_gmt":"2011-04-10T06:52:57","slug":"soccer-kids-into-the-woods-project-receives-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2011\/04\/10\/soccer-kids-into-the-woods-project-receives-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Kids into the Woods project receives Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

To Help Establish Local Kids’ Natural Resource Programs<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"LandGolden Pond, KY<\/strong> \u2013 The U.S. Forest Service recently awarded $36,400 to the Soccer Kids into the Woods project at Land Between The Lakes (LBL) National Recreation Area. The award is in support of conservation education programs that will provide local community children more opportunities to experience the great outdoors, learn about nature, and build a lasting commitment to conservation and land stewardship.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe value of expanding our programs for children must not be underestimated,\u201d said U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell. \u201cYoung people are tomorrow\u2019s stewards of our public lands, and we have a duty to help them develop a lasting connection and passion for conservation of America\u2019s great outdoors.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Soccer Kids into the Woods project will bring soccer players to public lands to play in nature, learn unique training activities, and then teach others. There are four (4) levels of involvement with increasing numbers of participants and children reached in each level. Participants will serve as ambassadors and teachers in soccer training camps to share resource issues and observations such as clean water, deforestation, and wildlife conservation. During a regional Water Appreciation Day, kids will instruct others on the value of pure water\u2014its conservation, its benefits for hydration and health, and the importance of plastic bottle recycling.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are truly thankful for our partners who are receiving funding today,\u201d said LBL Area Supervisor Bill Lisowsky. \u201cThese projects are aimed at increasing access and inclusion so that urban and rural kids alike have opportunities to be active and learn about our great outdoors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the lead grant partner for the Soccer Kids into the Woods project, we are very excited about this opportunity to encourage more kids to get outdoors and become physically active in the fight against childhood obesity,\u201d said Heidi Mueller of Futskilz Soccer Training, headquartered in Paducah, KY.<\/p>\n

The Forest Service has been a leader in conservation education and recreation opportunities for more than a century. The agency\u2019s conservation education programs build on the principles of education, stewardship, and skill development that result in career pathways for future stewardship leaders. These same principles support the goals identified in President Obama\u2019s America\u2019s Great Outdoors report and by First Lady Michelle Obama\u2019s Let\u2019s Move Outside campaign and can also be a catalyst to help combat the rise in childhood obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.<\/p>\n

The funding, which was already in this year\u2019s agency\u2019s budget, leverages existing partnerships and will be distributed to \u201cMore Kids in the Woods\u201d projects and \u201cChildren\u2019s Forest\u201d programs. Nationally, the Forest Service has committed $1 million to these cost-share programs that build on long-term partnerships that will result in a roughly 2.5-to-1 return on the agency\u2019s investment.<\/p>\n

The mission of the Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation\u2019s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. The agency manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, and maintains the largest forestry research organization in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To Help Establish Local Kids’ Natural Resource Programs Golden Pond, KY \u2013 The U.S. Forest Service recently awarded $36,400 to the Soccer Kids into the Woods project at Land Between The Lakes (LBL) National Recreation Area. The award is in support of conservation education programs that will provide local community children more opportunities to experience […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[3392,3395,3394,1498,1499,3393,3391,1082,2018],"class_list":["post-2488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-bill-lisowsky","tag-futskilz-soccer-training","tag-heidi-mueller","tag-land-between-the-lakes-national-recreation-area","tag-lbl","tag-paducah-ky","tag-soccer-kids-into-the-woods-project","tag-tom-tidwell","tag-u-s-forest-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2488"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2490,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions\/2490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}