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From YouTube: NewsMakers: Touch the Earth Day
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The Arlington Children And Nature Network (CANN), Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment (ACE), Potomac Overlook Regional Park, and WalkArlington invite you to TOUCH THE EARTH with your feet by joining School Board Chair Sally Baird on a Walkabout of Potomac Overlook Regional Park. Part of CANN's Touch the Earth Celebration marking the conclusion of Get Outside Week and the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, the kid-sized Walkabout will take children of all ages on a short guided hike on the Park's Heritage Trail.
A
The
children
in
nature
network
held
their
official
touch
the
earth
kickoff
event
at
potomac
regional
national
park.
The
organization
is
dedicated
to
getting
children
outside
while
having
fun
along
the
way
leading
the
event
with
school
board.
Chair
sally
bear
who
understands
how
important
it
is
to
get
kids
motivated
and
outside.
I
think.
B
Sometimes
a
lot
of
people
think
we
need
to
go
downtown
to
do
things
or
head
out
somewhere
else,
but
we've
got
such
great
resources
here
in
Arlington
whether
Potomac
overlook
park,
long
branch
park
golf
branch
park,
so
many
of
the
bike
paths
that
you
can
actually
get
outside
and
run
around
and
have
fun.
And
you
know
it's
just
not
an
extra
step
to
do
so.
C
This
is
a
new
event.
The
Arlington
children
and
nature
network
just
started
this
year
and
the
goal
is
to
bring
together
everybody
within
the
Ironton
community,
who's
interested
in
reconnecting
children
with
nature.
So
this
is
an
event
in
honor
of
the
40th
anniversary
birthday
and
also
to
get
the
whole
community
together
to
show
what
we
can
do
to
get
kids
outside
the
goal
of
the
islands
and
children
and
nature
network
is
to
bring
together.
C
Everybody
within
the
community
who's
got
an
interest
in
keeping
our
kids
healthy
and
getting
them
outdoors,
and
so
we're
going
to
have
events
throughout
the
year.
So
some
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
is
bringing
together
the
people
within
the
health,
the
recreation,
the
Wellness,
the
environment,
environmental
communities
and
on
having
a
wide
array
of
activities
that
kids
of
all
ages
can
do
outside.
Having.
B
The
school's
be
partners
I,
think
individually
across
schools.
Teachers
are
very
much
a
part
of
getting
kids
outside
and
connected
to
nature,
and
we
do
try
to
walk
the
walk
of
our
talk
and
that
this
the
way
for
all
of
us
to
stay
healthy,
and
there
is
a
lot
of
evidence.
The
more
exercise
kids
get
the
better
they
do
in
school.