California State Park Play Day Planned

SPEND A DAY AT YOUR LOCAL STATE PARK!

From September 19 - 27, 2009 over 1,000 communities across the U.S. will host free, fun-for-the-whole-family events that focus on the importance of play in children’s lives. A KaBOOM! Play Day is a day to gather at your favorite park or green space to play and connect with nature as a community. Explore local parks and trails with a nature scavenger hunt, host a canoe trip or photo safari, or have a play-themed Back-to-School Night. Your event is completely up to you—the only rule is to have fun! You can also plan a Play Day dedicated to service, and gather community members to improve local parks and playspaces with clean-ups and simple enhancement projects. All groups that successfully complete the process and host Play Day events are eligible to win one of seven grants totaling $25,000. Grants can be used to purchase equipment such as benches, picnic tables, shade structures, and more for parks and playspaces near you. And it doesn’t need to be a brand new event. If your club or facility already has activities or outings planned for that week, you are still eligible to register them in the planner and qualify for the gifts and to be considered in the grant competition.

To learn more about KaBOOM! Play Days and to register your event, visit kaboom.org/playday. For more information contact MJ Kurs-Lasky by email at mkurs-lasky@kaboom.org or by phone at 202-464-6195.

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Tell me where your favorite State park is: Marshall Gold Discovery, Coloma on Highway 49 between Placerville and Auburn. The park's interpretive program primarily embraces the period from 1847 through 1852, but also shows the town of Coloma as it developed. See a replica of the original sawmill and over 20 historic buildings including mining, house, school, and store exhibits.

Visitors have the opportunity to try panning for gold in the American River and enjoy hikes and picnics under the riparian oak woodlands. Overlooking the beautiful river canyon, where the gold discoverer rests today, see California's first historic monument, the statue of James Marshall pointing at his gold discovery site . http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=484
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Coloma, CA Latitude/Longitude: 38.8000/-120.8892


KaBOOM!. It starts with a playground.