2015 Park and Recreation Month Social Media Materials

Social Covers and BadgesYou can find social media covers and badges at www.nrpa.org/july/Park-and-Recreation-Month/ToolKit/. We encourage you to update your Facebook and Twitter pages with these images to show your support of Park and Recreation Month all throughout July!

Sample Social Media PostsIf you have social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, here are some sample messages to generate awareness among your friends and followers. Customize these posts for Park and Recreation Month and feel free to develop some more on your own! Please note that the “Power of Parks” video referenced in these sample posts will be available in late June. Please check back at www.nrpa.org/july for more information and stay tuned to NRPA’s communication materials.

Tag NRPA in your posts, too. Facebook: type @National Recreation and Park Association when you are writing your

post. Twitter: type @NRPA_News in your post. Instagram: type @nrpa in your post.

Official 2015 Park and Recreation Month Hashtags #JulyPRM30 #PowerOfParks #JulyTBTChallenge (contest hashtag—you can find more information about this year’s

contest at www.nrpa.org/July)

Sample posts for Facebook:

We’re celebrating 30 years of Park and Recreation Month by throwing it back to the 80s! We challenge you to go retro with us at (insert park/facility name) for (insert activity)! #JulyPRM30

Parks and recreation have the power to strengthen communities, transform lives and protect the future. Parks and recreation make lives better! (insert “Power of Parks” video) #JulyPRM30

Check out our rad 80s (insert activity) we did today in honor of Park and Recreation Month! #JulyPRM30 (include photos from activity)

@National Recreation and Park Association is holding a Throwback Thursday Instagram Video Challenge in honor of Park and Recreation Month’s 30 year celebration, so get to one of (insert City name) parks or rec facilities and get your 80s on! (insert link to challenge webpage) #JulyPRM30

Park and Recreation Month encourages everyone to reflect on the exponential value parks and recreation brings to communities. What do our parks and rec facilities add to (insert City name)? #JulyPRM30

Sample posts for Twitter:

This July we’re celebrating 30 years of Park & Rec Month and the enduring importance of parks and recreation for the world! #JulyPRM30

(include link to “Power of Parks” video) This is why parks and recreation are vital to (insert community) #JulyPRM30 #PowerOfParks

What’s your favorite 80s throwback? Big hair? Leg warmers? Get inspired by Park and Recreation Month’s 30 year celebration! #JulyPRM30

This July, let’s celebrate the past, present and future of parks and recreation! #JulyPRM30

We’re throwing it back to the 80s with some of our programs this month in honor of #JulyPRM30. Check them out! (insert shortened link to your website or calendar of activities for July)

Sample post for Instagram:

We’re looking, like, totally awesome throwing it back to the 80s at (insert park/facility name) in honor of Park and Recreation Month! #JulyPRM30

(include photo of park or recreation activity) This is how our parks and recreation make lives better! We’re celebrating the #PowerOfParks all month long in honor Park and Recreation Month! #JulyPRM30

Ideas for Sharing the “Power of Parks” VideoThe “Power of Parks” video will be located and available at www.nrpa.org/july in late June. Ideas for sharing the video include:

Post to your social channels Embed on your website Send the video link with your media outreach Use video on your city television station Post to your own YouTube channel

If you’d like to request the original video file for specific outreach opportunities, please contact Roxanne Sutton at rsutton@nrpa.org.

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