TOOLKIT OVERVIEW 

NRPA has released the video, Healthy Aging in Parks: Evidence-Based Programs Benefit Older Adults, 

showcasing three programs key to the Healthy Aging in Parks initiative: 

• Active Living Every Day 

• Fit and Strong! 

• Walk with Ease 

NRPA, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been collaborating with 

local park and recreation agencies to disseminate these evidence-based, chronic disease prevention and 

management programs. They support the physical, mental and social well-being of older adults. 

We thank you in advance for sharing this video and information about these programs. If you have any 

questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. 

Lesha Spencer-Brown 

Senior Program Manager, NRPA 

Phone: 703.858.2199 

Email: lspencer@nrpa.org 

Roxanne Sutton 

Director of Communications, NRPA 

Phone: 703.858.2166 

Email: rsutton@nrpa.org 

SAMPLE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS 

We encourage you to share this video and information about NRPA’s Healthy Aging in Parks initiative on 

your social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. 

Connect with NRPA on the following platforms, if you have not already. 

• Facebook 

• Twitter 

• Instagram 

• LinkedIn 

In your social posts, be sure to use the hashtag #HealthyAgingInParks on Twitter and Instagram. Using 

hashtags amplifies our message and makes social conversations trackable. 
 

 

Samples for Facebook 

• Every day, local park and recreation professionals provide critical services to older adults to 

support their physical, mental and social well-being. Learn more in the @National Recreation 

and Park Association’s #HealthyAgingInParks video: http://ow.ly/8jYS50ygEmk 

• Park and recreation staff help older adults get active though the @National Recreation and Park 

Association’s #HealthyAgingInParks evidence-based, chronic disease prevention and 

management programs. http://ow.ly/8jYS50ygEmk 

• So far, 285 park and recreation agencies across 48 states have offered one or more of the 

@National Recreation and Park Association’s #HealthyAgingInParks programs to more than 

23,000 participants. http://ow.ly/8jYS50ygEmk 

Samples for Twitter 

• Local park and recreation professionals provide critical health and wellness services for older 

adults. Learn more about @NRPA_news #HealthyAgingInParks initiative at 

http://ow.ly/8jYS50ygEmk 

• More than 23,000 individuals participate in one or more of the evidence-based, chronic disease 

prevention and management programs supported by @NRPA_news #HealthyAgingInParks. 

http://ow.ly/8jYS50ygEmk 

• The @NRPA_news #HealthyAgingInParks initiative supports the physical, mental and social 

well-being of older adults: http://ow.ly/8jYS50ygEmk 

• Park professionals help older adults get active through evidence-based, chronic disease 

prevention and management programs. @NRPA_news #HealthyAgingInParks 

http://ow.ly/8jYS50ygEmk 

Link to Video: https://youtu.be/D8eApavjuns 
Sample Images: 

Full-size versions of the following images are provided as separate files along with this toolkit. We 

encourage you to use these images with your social media posts or in other outreach. 

Sample Newsletter Copy 

Evidence-based programs help older adults get active and form social connections 

Every day, local park and recreation professionals in communities throughout the U.S. provide critical 

health and wellness services to older adults. The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), with 

support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been collaborating with local park and 

recreation agencies to disseminate three evidence-based, chronic disease prevention and management 

programs: 

• Active Living Every Day (ALED) 

• Fit & Strong! (F&S!) 

• Walk With Ease (WWE) 

As part of NRPA’s Healthy Aging in Parks initiative, these programs support the physical, mental and 

social well-being of older adults. So far, 285 park and recreation agencies across 48 states have offered 

one or more of these programs to more than 23,000 participants. 

“As soon as I hear that [it’s evidence based], I know that there’s been lots of research, lots of studies 

done and that you’re going to see results when the person takes the program,” said Barb Blum, Active 

Living Every Day instructor at the Juanita Pohl Center in Tualatin, Oregon. 

Learn more about each of these programs in NRPA’s video, Healthy Aging in Parks: Evidence-Based 

Programs Benefit Older Adults.