Hillsborough Parks & Recreation Wants You To Get Outside during Park & Recreation Month

Since 1985, America has celebrated July as the nation’s official Park and Recreation Month. Created by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), Park and Recreation Month specifically highlights the vital role local parks and recreation, such as Hillsborough Parks & Recreation, play in conservation, health and wellness, and social equity efforts in communities all across the country.

This year, Hillsborough Parks & Recreation and NRPA want everyone to go OUTside, get INspired, change their OUTlook and get INvolved in the community. Hillsborough Parks & Recreation encourages and invites all people in Hillsborough to celebrate Park and Recreation Month during July by getting OUTside and INto their local parks.

This year’s theme, “OUT is IN,” was crowd sourced and then voted on by NRPA members via social media. The theme is intended to bring awareness to the need to connect more people, adults and children alike, to nature and the outdoors. In fact, a recent nationwide survey released by NRPA and conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs found that nearly three in 10 U.S. adults do not spend time outside on a daily basis and of those who do spend daily time outside, almost half spend less than 30 minutes in the fresh air.

In Hillsborough, you can help reverse this trend and take the OUT is IN challenge by doing a typical indoor activity outdoors every day in July. There is also a calendar of suggested activities you can take part in OUTside at Hillsborough’s parks and recreational facilities on Hillsborough Parks & Recreation’s website, available HERE.  To download a copy of the calendar to hang around your house or office, click HERE.  Share your activities with us on Facebook and Twitter.

Hillsborough is leading initiatives and providing opportunities for people to achieve healthier lifestyles as well as bringing the community closer through a variety of programs and services. Each year, over 5,000 residents participate in Hillsborough Parks & Recreation’s programs and events.

Learn more about Park and Recreation Month by visiting online at hillsboroughnjrecreation.org.