Freeport, Maine (PRWEB) April 17, 2012
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LLBean announces $ 1 million donation to Healthy Hometown in a program designed to provide Maine children and families the opportunity to go out and discover new outdoor activities.
Healthy Hometown program LLBean extended winter program was developed in northern Maine to the Maine Winter Sports Center, but the state-wide effort this year. Maine Winter Sports Center, an organization that has demonstrated the ability to make a difference to the lives of adolescents in Frankfurt am Main, is now little more than 100 communities in Maine. Emphasis recognized nationally and internationally is to engage the public with a cross-country skiing. This investment will enable the organization to expand distribution and activity offers. The funds will be used to purchase equipment in accordance with the sky in order to coordinate at Community level programs across the country, and to recruit volunteers to train local workers. The program is expanding to other communities, special attention will include activities such as walking, kayaking, mountain biking, navigation and camping.
Hometown Healthy Start program LLBean Freeport and the communities of Bangor, and an extension of the western and northern Maine, such as Farmington and Presque Isle, where the course is around.
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on a mission to get more children out of our 100 years and beyond, and it would therefore be happy to work with the Maine Winter Sports Center to support Healthy Hometown, said Chris McCormick, president and CEO of LLBean. We know, through a survey conducted by the National Park Foundation that children and their families to spend less time outdoors than previous generations. Although the assessment of elderly benefits, 60% of parents say their children spend less than an hour outside a day. our founder Leon Leonwood Bean believed that certain cut-off time was the foundation of happiness in life. As we celebrate our centennial, we hope that this partnership is to help inspire the next generation of outdoor enthusiasts living a healthy lifestyle, active and happy.
team from the Maine Winter Sports Center and hundreds of volunteers across the country, we are truly humble recognize LLBean, said Andy Shepard, president and CEO of the Maine Winter Sports Center. Maine children rapidly lose connection to our rich heritage and outdoor This partnership will allow us to significantly expand our mission to restore the youthfulness of this heritage. learn to ski, do J canoe procession to yourself kayak recovery and take care of themselves in the woods Sort these skills are not only important to understand who we are as Mainers, I believe they are also important to develop self-confidence needed to succeed in life.
announcement will be made with schools free to LLBean Outdoor Discovery? Its flagship campus activities. LLBean expert guides will take care from 10:30 am to noon, which led to demonstrations and providing for children and families the opportunity to experience and try to fly casting, archery Serbian. 11:00 Seth Westcott will join the team from their hometowns bouncing on a scavenger hunt tour of Bradbury Mountain, Pownal, Maine.
For more information on ways to get your family out this spring with schools LLBeans outdoor detection as well as ways to engage in the initiatives of the companys 100-year anniversary visit http://www.llbean.com/100 ~ ~ HEAD = pobj.
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LLBean, Inc. is a leading multi-dealer of quality outdoor clothing and equipment. Founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean, the company started its activity in a room with one of the products sold, Maine Hunting Shoe. But its business has grown over the past 100 years, LLBean still upholds the value of the founder of the public, including his dedication to quality, customer service and out of love. LLBean products are rigorously tested, guaranteed take mine always free. Over the past 10 years, LLBean has given nearly $ 26 million for the preservation of state and local, regional and national, human services, education, arts organizations. 200,000 sq ft store LLBean Freeport town, ME, is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, receiving more than 3 million visitors a year. LLBean can be found all over the world http://www.llbean.com Facebook, twitter and YouTube .
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since its inception in 1999 the Maine Winter Sports Center was dedicated to creating a healthier, more active, outdoor lifestyle throughout Maine. Hometown Health, Community Development Division MWSC meet this problem by providing resources such as equipment, training, training volunteers and professionals across the country. Internationally recognized as one of the leading youth development programs worldwide, hometowns trying to build a culture of healthy active outside of Maine with a focus on sustainability and the availability of quality. For more information about the Healthy Hometown visit http://www.mainewsc.org/healthy-hometowns ~ ~ pobj.
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