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PHOTO COURTESY OF CITY OF COSTA MESA PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES

YO U T H H E A LT H

Since 2014, one of NRPA's
strongest and most impactful
initiatives, Commit to Health,
has demonstrated the lifesaving
potential of parks and how
critical the role they play is in
the communities they serve.
Lifesaving Parks
While some may have chuckled
at the thought of being a lifesaver, it's true. Park and recreation
professionals not only are leaders,
but they are also healthcare workers, childcare providers, nutrition
educators, coaches, mentors and
role models. Each day, they are
on the frontlines of major soci56

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etal issues, addressing the social
determinants of health and working to improve the quality of life
for our most vulnerable community members. They are change
agents, paving a path for the future and investing directly in the
physical and mental health and
well-being of their constituents
every day. Parks and recreation
is an invaluable component of a
healthy, connected, engaged and
happy community.
Since 2014, one of NRPA's
strongest and most impactful initiatives, Commit to Health, has
demonstrated the lifesaving potential of parks and how critical the
role they play is in the communities
they serve. Let's start with some of
the impact numbers:

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Kids attending summer camp programs
in Costa Mesa, California, get hands-on
experiences with the June Foods of the
Month, Berries!

% More than 1,650 summer camp
and before- and afterschool sites
in 47 states have implemented the evidence-based Healthy
Eating and Physical Activity
(HEPA) standards (www.nrpa.
org/committohealth).
% Annually, more than 300,000
youth have increased access to
healthy and fresh foods and improved opportunities to engage
in physical activity.
% Eighty-five percent of Commit to
Health sites serve a fruit or vegetable at each meal, 95 percent of
those sites provide drinking wa-



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