NPLD Site Manager Promotional Toolkit

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Promotional Graphics
Use the following graphics to promote your NPLD event on social media channels, websites, and other digital spaces.

• Public lands of all types play a valuable role in helping people develop a sense of community by providing spaces for people to interact with each other and meet new people.
• Hiking in nature and staying disconnected from all devices for 4 days can lead to a 50% spike in creativity.
• Volunteers provide of 1 million hours of labor annually towards building and maintaining America's system of national trails.
• Volunteering is good for your health! Research indicates that volunteerism has been linked to higher levels of happiness, life-satisfaction, self-esteem, and physical health.
• Forested lands are the source of drinking water for over 60 million Americans across the country.
• Public lands play a critical role in providing clean air for communities across the country. In fact, urban trees remove over 710,000 tons of air pollution per year in the U.S.
• Neighborhoods with well-shaded streets can be up to 6–10° F cooler than neighborhoods without street trees, reducing the heat-island effect.
• Public lands can help protect cities from extreme weather events. For example, during Hurricane Sandy, wetlands and other public lands in New Jersey prevented more than $425 million in property damage.

Use the following miscellaneous graphics to promote your NPLD event.

• Digging
• Fixing
• Growing
• Looking
• Planting
• Pulling
• Raking
• Rolling
• Throwing
• Walking

Social Media Posts

NEEF Social Media Handles

Tag NEEF when you post so we can share your story and inspire others to join the NPLD celebration.

• Facebook
  • ​National Environmental Education Foundation - NEEF
  • NEEF - National Public Lands Day
• Twitter
  • ​@NEEFusa
  • @publiclandsday
• Instagram
  • ​@NEEFusa_org

Suggested Social Media Posts

Following are some suggested social media posts to get you started. Feel free to tailor these and make them your own.

Short Posts (Twitter, Snapchat, etc.)
(Please note: Character count may increase when you add photos. Adjust as necessary.)

• Celebrate @NEEFusa’s 25^th Annual National @publiclandsday on September 22 by restoring the public lands that contribute to our own resilience. #NEEF25thNPLD
• Trail maintenance, planting, trash pick-up and more. On September 22, roll up your sleeves and join @NEEFusa to celebrate #NPLD and help care for our public lands. #NEEF25thNPLD
• Our natural resources are resilient, but only if we treat them right and give them the care they need. Join @NEEFusa and volunteer on #NPLD to give back to the lands that give so much to us. Find an event near you here. #NEEF25thNPLD
• Natural disasters and extreme weather, human activities, and other factors take their toll on our public lands. On September 22, join @NEEFusa and help restore these areas by volunteering on #NPLD. #NEEF25thNPLD Find an event here.
• Did you know #NPLD is a fee-free day for most federal public lands? On September 22, join @NEEFusa and give back to our public lands. #NPLD #NEEF25thNPLD Learn more here.

Longer Posts (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.)
(Please note: Links are not allowed on individual Instagram posts. Adjust as necessary.)

• Celebrate @National Environmental Education Foundation-NEEF 25^th Annual National Public Lands Day on September 22 by restoring the public lands that contribute to our own resilience. Learn more here. #NEEF25thNPLD
• Volunteering on @NEEF-National Public Lands Day is an opportunity to spend time outside with family and friends, connect with neighbors, and enjoy the benefits that come with the satisfaction of giving back. @National Environmental Education Foundation-NEEF encourages you to celebrate the 25^th Annual #NPLD on September 22. #NPLD25thNPLD Learn more here.
• The health of public lands and our health and happiness are essentially linked. @NEEF-National Public Lands Day celebrates this connection by inviting everyone to get outside on September 22 and spend the day caring for and enjoying the outdoors. Learn more here.#NPLD25thNPLD
• From trail maintenance, to planting, to trash pick-up and more! Roll up your sleeves on September 22 to celebrate @NEEF-National Public Lands Day and tkae care of our public lands. #NEEF25thNPLD Learn more here.
• Did you know that @NEEF-National Public Lands Day is a fee-free day for all federal public lands across America and many state parks? Plus, everyone who attends an #NPLD event at a federal land site gets a coupon good for free entry to any public land managed by one of the federal partners any time before NPLD 2019. Give back to our public lands on September 22! Learn more here. #NEEF25thNPLD

Promotional Language (for e-blasts, newsletters, etc.)

Long Blurb (282 words):

On September 22, 2018, join hundreds of thousands of people at sites throughout the country and take part in NEEF’s 25th annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD), sponsored by national corporate sponsor Toyota. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. NEEF uses the day to connect people to public lands and their communities, inspire environmental stewardship, and encourage use of public lands for education, recreation, and general health.

This year, NEEF is highlighting the resilience of public lands. Last year, floods, wildfire, and severe storms caused several NPLD event hosts to cancel or change their plans. Others leveraged NPLD volunteers to restore and rebuild damaged parks and other outdoor spaces. In 2018, NEEF is giving a nod to land managers and others who steward these special places and keep us coming back for more.

Each year, NPLD volunteers provide tens of millions of dollars’ worth of services in one day that would otherwise take limited park staff months to accomplish. Bring your family, friends, neighbors, classmates, students, or coworkers to spend the day outdoors giving back to your community by pulling invasive species, maintaining trails, picking up trash, and more.

Many NPLD celebrations go beyond volunteer events to include recreational and educational activities, like hikes, bike rides, paddling, bird watching, and water quality testing. To encourage people to join the fun, NPLD is a fee-free day for national parks and most other federal public lands, state parks, and other local places.

NPLD events are free, and open to people of all ages and abilities. To learn more, register an event, or find an event near you, visit NEEFusa.org/NPLD. Follow NPLD on Twitter and Facebook for the updates and share your own NPLD activities with #NPLD and #NEEF25thNPLD.

This September, celebrate something we all share: our public lands!

Short Blurb (208 words):

On September 22, 2018, join hundreds of thousands of people at sites throughout the country and take part in NEEF’s 25th annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD), sponsored by national corporate sponsor Toyota. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. NEEF uses the day to connect people to public lands and their communities, inspire environmental stewardship, and encourage use of public lands for education, recreation, and general health. Lend a hand and have fun at the same time by bringing your family, friends, classmates, students, or coworkers of all ages and abilities to spend the day outdoors celebrating public lands. Your work will help ensure our public lands continue to be beautiful places for all to enjoy.

To learn more, register an event, or find an event near you, visit NEEFusa.org/NPLD. Follow NPLD on Twitter and Facebook for the updates and engage with the community through the hashtags #NPLD and #NEEF25thNPLD. This September, celebrate something we all share: our public lands!