The Trust for Public Land has a goal of getting a park within a 10-minute walk for all Americans. Parks are great for movement, stress reduction, and social connection, so we are down with that goal here at Healthy to 100.
And for those same reasons, we are going to make a beeline for our local park this Friday, October 10th, to mark National Walk to a Park Day, founded by the Trust in 2021 to highlight the importance of parks in community life. We’re not sure what we will focus on when we get there – sometimes it’s the picnickers, sometimes it’s the dogs and their frisbees, sometimes its jugglers and drum circles, and sometimes it’s the giant statue of Joan of Arc, which is inexplicably in the middle of a neighborhood park in Washington DC – but whatever it is, it will expand our horizons and contribute to our individual and collective well-being.