Coca-Cola North America today announced it has become a Proud Partner of America's national park system through a commitment of $2.5 million over five years. The endowment to the National Park Service will support a number of programs geared toward linking outdoor recreation, education and awareness to the physical and mental wellbeing of Americans. "The national park system is an important and unique part of America's heritage and history" said Katie Bayne, Chief Marketing Officer for The Coca-Cola Company. "Through this donation, our goal is to not only assist in park stewardship, but to engage Americans in dialogue regarding their role in creating, promoting and participating in healthy recreational experiences." In February, President Bush announced the National Parks Centennial … [Read more...]
Walk. Run. Play.
Walk. Run. Play. For people with disabilities at YAIs Central Park Challenge on Saturday, June 2. What: The Central Park Challenge, a Day of Hope to benefit the YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities Network. Run. 5K run (9 a.m.) Registration Fee: $20 Walk. 3K fund-raising walk (9:45 a.m.) Registration Fee: $10 Play. Childrens Activity Area with face painting, sand art, moon bounce, (8:30 a.m.-12:30 a.m.) and Junior All-American Races for children 12-and-under (11 a.m.) Registration Fee: $20 for one child, Family rate of $35 for two or more children When: Saturday, June 2nd, beginning at 8:30 a.m. 1 p.m. Where: Central Park, 72nd Street entrance, East or West, by the Naumburg Bandshell. News vans enter 72nd St. on the East side and park on the side of the Bandshell. … [Read more...]
Make Way for Butterflies
Good News honors Lee Tai-ming, director of the National Freeway Bureau, for practicing what he preaches: "Human beings need to coexist with the other species even if they are tiny butterflies." Beginning yesterday and through April 6, one lane of a busy section of Taiwan's Freeway No. 3 is closed in the morning to create a safe passage for a huge seasonal migration of milkweed butterflies. Nets and ultraviolet lights have also been installed between the interchanges of Jhushan and Douliou, along the Lin section in southwestern Taiwan, to guide the butterflies to fly safely back to their summer home in the north, where they lay eggs and die. The protective nets along the freeway, each measuring 200 meters in length and 2.5 meters in height, are designed to prompt butterflies to fly higher … [Read more...]