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In honor of National Park and Recreation Month during July, Metro Parks will offer the public a chance to win great prizes by answering daily weekday trivia questions through its Facebook, Twitter and Flickr sites.
Prizes include passes for free rounds at Metro Parks golf courses and swimming at Metro Parks pools; tennis rackets from the Louisville Tennis Center; pottery from the Metro Arts Center; and campground and program passes to Jefferson Memorial Forest.
In addition, the Louisville Zoo, the Belle of Louisville and Transit Authority of River City have also donated prizes for the promotion. For those who haven’t already signed up for the Metro Parks social media sites, the easiest way to do so is to click on the icons located to the right. Clues can also be found for the daily trivia questions throughout the Metro Parks Web site.
Most prizes will be sent through the mail, and winners will be notified directly by Metro Parks staff. We will be announcing the winner of the promotion each day, along with the question and answer, at this site beginning July 2.
A person cannot win more than once during this promotion.
| July 22 trivia question: |
Where would you find a canoe launch and community garden? |
| Answer: |
Miles Park |
| Winner: |
Mark Densford, Louisville |
Benefits of using parks
Since 1985, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) has celebrated National Park and Recreation Month each July as a way to bring awareness to the health, lifestyle and mental benefits of using parks.
To learn more about what's happening during the month of July in your Metro Parks, click here.
Here are some other great park health facts:
- Active users of public parks have a lower body mass index (BMI)
- People who visit parks for longer periods of time (one hour or more) have significantly lower systolic blood pressures
- Park users who are more physically active and who make frequent contact with frends during their leisure are less likely to report feeling depressed
- Citizens who have better access to parks, visit parks more frequently, and engage in physically-active park behaviors also make fewer visits to the doctor
*Source: http://www.nrpa.org
Special thanks!