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Article: National Park Foundation Announces Half A Million Dollars in Grants to Connect Underserved Audiences to National Parks

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August 31, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Mark Shields of National Park Foundation, +1-202-354- 6480, mshields@nationalparks.org

NPF Awards Grants to 35 Parks; Lauds Ken Burns and His Upcoming Film, 'The National Parks: America's Best Idea'

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Inspired by the forthcoming Ken Burns documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea, the National Park Foundation (NPF) has established a new grant program to connect underserved audiences, primarily people of color, to the national parks. NPF, in partnership with the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, has awarded "America's Best Idea Grants" totaling $500,000, to 35 national parks across the country to develop ...

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