Outdoors Alliance for Kids

OAK is an alliance of 100+ businesses and non-profits working to expand equitable access to the outdoors for children, youth & families. RT not = endorsement.

[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

Kids need your attention! Be one of our first 100 donors this holiday season. Every dollar you contribute supports OAK’s advocacy to connect children, youth and families with the outdoors. #GivingTuesday
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[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

It’s @AmericanHiking's #NationalTrailsDay! Connect with the people in your community who share your love of being outside. Join the nationwide movement to give back to trails! Find a local event and take the pledge at https://t.co/UL3aNd2pc8

[Grand Canyon NPS @GrandCanyonNPS]

The 'Every Kid Outdoors' program gives fourth graders, and their family members free access to Grand Canyon National Park, and over 2,000 federal lands.

Learn more at: https://t.co/YCXcY0TYUL

#EveryKidOutdoors #MondayMotivation

[Bureau of Land Management - National @BLMNational]

Hey parents! Did you know your fourth-grade student is eligible for an annual pass to America’s public lands? With school almost out for the summer, it's the perfect time to get the pass.

The Every Kid Outdoors pass allows fourth graders and their families to receive free entrance to federal public lands and waters during their fourth grade school year (September-August).

To do this, log on to https://t.co/GdWaK4eRAF with your student, complete an activity and then download and print your pass voucher. Redeem the printed voucher for the pass at thousands of federal public land sites throughout the country.

[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

Happy Earth Day! Take some time today to enjoy the outdoors AND help youth get outside by encouraging your members of Congress to support RSYA. Let's help increase equitable access to outdoor spaces for all kids!
Link to act is HERE: https://t.co/0VmwSFNahf...
#EarthDay

[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

OAK is excited to announce that the Revitalizing America’s Schoolyards Act (S. 4258) has been introduced in the House and the Senate. Support RSYA by completing the action alert in our bio to tell your members of Congress to support this important legislation!

[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

For our second Steering Committee member highlight, hear from Jahir Morris with @Wilderness about why being a part of OAK is important to him! Thank you to all of our coalition members for the expertise and enthusiasm they bring to OAK's policy priorities.

[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

With the FY2027 appropriations process underway, OAK is advocating for different programs that fund youth access to the outdoors. Read the specifics about our requested funding and sign your organization onto the letter by Monday, March 23rd at 5 pm at the link in our bio!

[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

Hear from Jessica Montoya with @tpl_org about which OAK priorities resonate with her and the causes that our Steering Committee advocated for during our Hill Day in late February!

[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

In February, OAK's Steering Committee met for our planning meeting to discuss OAK's Theory of Change and 2026 policy priorities. Members of the Steering Committee also hit the Hill, speaking with staff about the importance of increasing youth access to the outdoors.

[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

Thank you for including OAK's perspective in this excellent piece in @NoemaMag. "In a world seemingly short on empathy, nature offers a crucial and largely non-political pathway toward restitching our fraying societal fabric.”
#children #outdoors
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[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

OAK is celebrating recent wins from the FY26 appropriations package!

Read more about specific wins in our thank you letter here: https://t.co/hOQxGyaWfT
Sign your organization onto the thank you letter by Friday, February 13th at 5pm here: https://t.co/hOQxGyaWfT

[Outward Bound USA @OutwardBoundUSA]

What can be experienced, explored & discovered when you take a break from screens? On January 24, join us in pressing pause.
Take the pledge at: https://t.co/92OZZamG3Y

[National Park Trust @NatParkTrust]

❗There’s ONE WEEK left to apply for the 2026 #KidsToParks Day School Grants Program❗

National Park Trust invites kids and families nationwide to join the movement to discover America’s parks, historic sites, public lands, and waters.

Apply: https://t.co/cFrKUV3cKT

[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

2025: Meeting the Moment for Kids and the Outdoors
New blog by OAK Chair @JackieOstfeld

Read on for highlights from the year -->
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[Sierra Club @SierraClub]

Our @hollybendermsn recently joined her daughter on a field trip to the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin. @SierraClubWI

It was a perfect backdrop to hand out Every Kid Outdoors passes providing a year of free entry to national parks for 4th graders & families.

🔗 https://t.co/p8gyCTHSRl

[Sierra Club @SierraClub]

This year, we are especially thankful for the public servants who protect our public lands! Check out these youth advocates with the Outdoors Alliance for Kids giving our national park rangers some love. @OAK_Updates

👉Tag your favorite park ranger or public land steward in the comments below!

[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

OAK is thrilled to see the introduction of the PLAY Act, a bill would establish an interagency task force on youth health and wellness that would study how to create more parks, playgrounds, and green spaces across the U.S. Check out our statement here:

https://t.co/9KkObNRzok

[Rohan Jyothinagaram, MPH @rkjyo]

Always a pleasure to advocate for policies that help get kids outdoors with my @OAK_Updates partners. As we approach this next Surface Transportation Reauthorization, it’s imperative that we prioritize funding for safe walking, biking and rolling infrastructure🚶🏾🚲🛼

[Outdoors Alliance for Kids @OAK_Updates]

This week, OAK's policy team hit Capitol Hill to advocate for our priorities in the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill 🌳🚴‍♀️ In order to get kid outdoors, we need to create policies that support children and families’ safe access to walking, biking and recreation!