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"If
John Muir were still here he'd be leading the
call to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
to set aside 1% of the surplus for the parks.
He'd remind us of our responsibility to pass the
parks on in better shape than we inherited them.
It's time to do more than just quote John Muir,
it's time to stand up and be One For The Parks
the same way he was." |
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Joe Galliani, Founding Partner, The Parks Company |
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"One
for the Parks just makes sense. America's greatest
treasures, our National Parks, are desperately
in need of help and just 1% of the surplus is
a sound investment for our children, their children
and future generations," noted Patricia Wyatt,
President, Fox Consumer Products. "I was
lucky enough to grow up near a National Park and
I have cherished memories of the magical times
with my family and friends exploring and enjoying
the wilderness - and I want my young daughter
and all the other kids of her era to have the
same opportunity. I'm proud as a mom and
an American to be One for the Parks and send my
electronic postcard." |
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Patricia Wyatt, President, Fox Consumer Products |
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"If
you're lucky enough to share a visit to a National
Park with a child, or you remember your own family's
visits as a kid, then you know why we at Mattel
are One For The Parks, and why we're asking others
to join us," says Phil Jackson, Vice President,
Games and Puzzles at Mattel, Inc. "We look
at kids and see the future, both of our own company
and that of the National Parks. If we don't take
the responsibility to make sure kids have the
same wondrous outdoor opportunities we had when
we were young, then who will? Investing 1% of
the surplus to protect and care for our National
Parks is the right thing to do, and something
we owe to today's kids, and tomorrow's."
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Philip C. Jackson, Vice President,
Games & Puzzles, Mattel, Inc. |
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"Saving
the national parks this summer is an outrageously
ambitious idea, and telling the President and
the Senate that we want 1% of the federal surplus
to do so is downright presumptuous - which is
exactly why I'm endorsing One For The Parks. It's
in the great tradition of grassroots environmental
campaigns that have successfully moved Americans
to action on behalf of their public lands before.
The campaign's innovative use of the web, to send
e-photos of the national parks we want repaired
and restored, will allow millions of high school
and college students to use their computers to
make their voices heard in Washington on behalf
of the parks they own equally with people of all
ages." |
—Adam
Werbach, President, Act Now Productions,
Past President Sierra Club |
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"We
encourage the thousands of talented artists who
enter our annual Arts for the Parks competition
to feature their own artwork in the One For The
Parks cards they personally send, and to make
their artwork available to others to use as well."
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Abi Garaman, Chairman, National Park Academy of
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"Our
parks are literally being loved to death by record
crowds. Funding hasn't kept pace with the parks'
popularity and the result is billions of dollars
in repairs, maintenance, preservation and staffing
needs going unrealized. That's why we wholeheartedly
endorse and support the PhotoPoint.com One For
The Parks campaign, and the call to spend 1% of
our federal surplus to maintain our parks and
protect them for the future. It makes sense and
our national parks are well worth it. Join us
and be One For The Parks. Lets take better care
of the lands that belong to all of us." |
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Jason Meninger, President,
Hooked On The Outdoors Magazine |
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"Rarely
are we given the opportunity to make a great and
profound impact on a national treasure such as
our National Parks. We fully endorse and encourage
The Parks Company's and PhotoPoint's campaign
to use 1% of the budget surplus for America's
National Parks, thus providing a sterling legacy
for our children, future Americans, and the world."
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— Mike Westby, Founding Partner, Copernicus
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"The
National Park Trust applauds The Parks Company
and PhotoPoint.com for their efforts to help
protect America's greatest invention - our National
Parks. The One For The Parks campaign is a powerful
example of what an enlightened business can
do for America's parks."
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—Paul
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"Anyone
can help with this program by taking the simple
step of sending photos to PhotoPoint.com's Send
A Photo — Save the Parks campaign. The power of
the web will allow participants at no cost to
send national park photo messages to elected officials,
urging them to make 1 percent of the federal budget
surplus available to the parks. This campaign,
started by two NPCA members — Joe Galliani and
Mike Baggetta, founders of The Parks Company —
promises to correct a vital problem with the National
Park System, if the proposal is adopted. Its success
depends on the action of those who love the parks.
I hope you will join us in doing One for the Parks."
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National Parks Conservation Association |
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