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<h2 style="font-size: 180%;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">May 17, 2019</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 35px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Tammy Miller
<br />Marketing Specialist
<br />Community Relations/Parks and Recreation
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.874.7465
<br />Tammy.Miller@CoMo.gov
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<br />Janet Godon
<br />Park Planner
<br />Parks and Recreation
<br />City of Columbia
<br />573.441.5495
<br />Janet.Godon@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:145%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">Visit Your Parks Playground Challenge kicks off May 18</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">Columbia Parks and Recreation’s annual Visit Your Parks Playground Challenge will kick off on Saturday, May 18.<br /><br /> </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">The Playground Challenge is a free summer-long program designed to get children and their parents or guardians out exploring Columbia’s parks. </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: 1d2129; background: white;">Each participant who visits at least 10 playgrounds is eligible for a prize, including a daily pass to the Activity & Recreation Center (ARC). Participants who visit up to 20 parks will also receive an entry into the grand prize drawing for a $100 Columbia Parks and Recreation gift certificate.<br /><br /></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: 1d2129; background: white;">The Playground Challenge will end Sept. 2. Tracking sheets are available at the Parks and Recreation office, 1 S. Seventh St., or online at CoMo.gov (search playground challenge). Sheets must be turned in by Sept. 20.<br /> </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">The Challenge kicks off in conjunction with Kids to Parks Day, a national day of outdoor play organized by National Park Trust. This national event has the same mission as the Playground Challenge: to encourage families to get out with their children and experience all their local parks have to offer.<br /> </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black;">For more information, please contact Parks and Recreation at 573.874.7460.</span></p></div>
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