Keep your children healthy and safe before the weather changes with these safety tips:
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Looking for fun things to do with your kids for the remainder of the summer? Consider teaching them about the importance of a balanced diet and how to prepare nutritious meals. Explore a collection of simple, healthy recipes to try out with your kids as a collaborative summer activity!
Enjoy the summer evenings – take a walk as a family after dinner. It’s a great way to be active together!
Have kids create an exciting event with friends. Hold a hopscotch, hula-hoop, or jump rope challenge.
Playing sports in high heat can increase the risk of dehydration and heat-related illnesses. These sicknesses, like heat stroke, exhaustion, and cramps, can range from irritating to life-threatening. Coach your kids in the importance of staying cool and drinking plenty of water while spending time outside in the summer.
Summer means more time outdoors. Whether you are hiking a mountain trail, camping at a national park or just hanging out in the backyard, you need to watch out for bug bites and poisonous plants. Here are some tips to protect yourself and your children from diseases spread by mosquitoes or ticks and avoid poison ivy and oak:
Summer is officially here! That can mean higher temperatures and lots of humidity. Here are a few tips whether you want to make the most of it outdoors or maintain a healthy lifestyle with the change in weather:
452,282 young people have pledged to BE FEARLESS BE KIND since last fall. That’s over 90% of the way to Youth Service America’s goal of a half million pledges by June 30. Together, you are showing the power of empathy to change the world one kind act at a time. Will you commit to making this summer one of kindness and service?
Families, camps, and youth groups can take the pledge and plan projects together. Download an activity guide to help youth take and reflect on the pledge, do a kind act, and grow their kindness into a service project this summer.
The National Wildlife Federation’s Great American Campout is a summer-long celebration of camping as a way to connect with nature and wildlife. Take the pledge to camp on Great American Campout day on June 23rd and all summer long.
Take time this summer to hike, learn, share, and give back in the nation’s nearly 400 national parks. The National Park Service offers a variety of volunteer opportunities for individuals and groups as part of the Volunteers-In-Parks program.
