Help get kids outside with Indiana State Parks and Reservoirs

Indiana DNR Release:

You can help cover field trip expenses to state parks and reservoirs for the state’s schoolchildren in three new ways by donating to the “Discovering the Outdoors Fund” in the Indiana Natural Resources Foundation. The fund helps activities led by DNR interpretive naturalists. The three new options are listed below. Each can be reached at www.stateparks.IN.gov/2923.htm.

– Outside Magazine
A $10 donation is made for every customer who subscribes to Outside magazine before the end of 2011. Outside magazine promotes worldwide outdoor adventure.

–DirecTV
Any customer who signs up for DirecTV service through March 31, and uses a special code provided for Indiana, will get the best in market pricing (a $120 savings) and state parks will get $50. Of that total, $40 will go to Indiana’s state park system, and $10 will go to the newly created America’s State Parks Foundation, which supports all state park systems. Sign up online or by calling 1-877-214-9577. Use the code INPARKS when prompted.

–Green Boot App
Hiking, running or even walking around the house or office with your iPhone can generate a donation from Green Boot. Download a free app to get started. Like a pedometer, the app records the user’s steps. The more steps you take the more Indiana’s state parks and reservoirs gets. The donations come from ad revenue. Green Boot supports green initiatives and charities through interactive media exposure. The company allocates 15 percent of its annual proceeds to protecting parks, wetlands and other habitat.

To make a donation directly to the “Discovering the Outdoors Fund,” call Bourke Patton of the Indiana Natural Resources Foundation at (317) 233-1002, or go to www.IndianaNRF.org (list the fund name with your donation).