As
Honorary National President of Girl Scouts of the USA, the First Lady will
welcome fifty fourth-grade Girl Scouts to participate in activities to earn their Camper Badge, and to celebrate the release of the new Girls’
Choice Outdoor badges. The Girl Scouts will engage in both new and
traditional outdoor activities, including rock wall climbing, knot tying,
orienteering, and tent pitching. Later that evening, the participants will be
joined by NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, who will join a stargazing activity led
by NASA staff and scientists on the South Lawn before the girls settle in for
the night.
Let’s
Move! Outside
was created to encourage kids and families to take advantage of America’s great
outdoors—which abound in every city, town, and community. Through
public-private partnerships and in conjunction with all levels of government,
the Department of Interior leads Let’s Move! Outside to inspire millions
of young people to play, learn, serve and work outdoors.
As
part of the centennial celebration of the National Park Service, in which the
First Lady serves as honorary co-chair, President Obama launched the “Every Kid in a Park” initiative. This
new initiative calls on each of our agencies to help get all children to visit
and enjoy the outdoors and inspire a new generation of Americans to experience
their country’s unrivaled public lands and waters. Starting in September, every
fourth-grader in the nation will receive an “Every Kid in a Park” pass that’s
good for free admission to all of America’s federal lands and waters -- for
them and their families -- for a full year.