🗓️ Help Establish Minnesota Outdoor Play Day (May 23-29, 2025) as an Officially Recognized Event!

📢 Play is a Right, Not a Privilege!
Children today are facing a play crisis. Increased academic pressures, shortened recess, reduced outdoor play, and lack of access to safe play spaces are depriving children of the opportunity for free, unstructured play—a fundamental right recognized in Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

📉 30% of U.S. school districts have reduced or eliminated recess. (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2010)
📉 56% of children play outdoors for less than an hour a day. (Real Play Coalition, 2018)
📉 Children in low-income neighborhoods are twice as likely to lack access to safe play spaces. (National Recreation and Park Association, 2018)
📉 81% of children wish their parents played with them more. (LEGO Play Well Report, 2020)

Play is not just fun—it’s essential for children’s physical, social, and emotional well-being!

🌿 Why We Need Minnesota Outdoor Play Day 🌿
We are calling on Minnesota lawmakers to officially recognize Minnesota Outdoor Play Day (May 23-29, 2025) as a way to:
✅ Raise awareness about the importance of outdoor play
✅ Advocate for recess expansion and protection in schools
✅ Promote equitable access to outdoor play spaces for all children
✅ Encourage policy changes that prioritize play in education and public planning

By making Minnesota Outdoor Play Day official, we can take the first step toward ensuring that every child, regardless of background, has the opportunity to play freely and safely.

🙌 How You Can Help!
✔️ Sign this petition to support the recognition of Minnesota Outdoor Play Day!
✔️ Share this campaign with educators, parents, and advocates who believe in the power of play.
✔️ Contact your representatives and urge them to take action in protecting and expanding children's right to play.

Join us in making play a priority for Minnesota’s children! Together, we can create lasting change.

🌍 Sign and share today! 🌍

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