Help protect our National Parks with a new video challenge

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The new “Your Parks Video Challenge” campaign, sponsored by the National Park Foundation and Olympus (the camera people), wants you to submit a video at Yourparks.com for a chance to win an exclusive trip to the National Park of Your Choice, an Olympus PEN Camera Kit, and more.

With summer in full swing, nothing beats experiencing the great outdoors – safely and responsibly – by touring one of our many beautiful and majestic national parks. What could possibly be better? How about a chance to not only capture your adventure on film and share it with the world, but also perhaps win a great prize for doing it?

The National Park Foundation and Olympus have partnered to put together the “Your Parks Video Challenge” to allow travelers and adventurists to share their videos on www.yourparks.com and explain what America’s National Parks mean to them – How do they inspire? Why are they important? Why should we protect them?  – to showcases the most inspiring, meaningful and thoughtful story and/or park experience.

Fans are invited to submit videos, up to two minutes in length, between now and September 14th. The online audience will then vote for their favorite at www.YourParks.com until September 22nd.

Fans voting online, along with the National Park Foundation and Olympus, will crown one winning video and 10 runners-up to be announced at the end of September. The grand prize winner will receive an exclusive, all-expense paid trip for two to the national park of his/her choice, the recently released Olympus PEN camera kit, and a Federal Recreation Lands Pass – good for free entry into any one of the 391 National Park Service units. Runners-up will also receive a Federal Recreation Lands Pass as well as an Olympus Stylus Tough-8000 digital camera.

In addition, winners will receive gift cards for outdoor footwear and apparel from Merrell. Winners will also receive a copy of the new Ken Burns “National Parks: America’s Best Idea” DVD and companion book which will premiere on PBS on September 27th. The film chronicles stories of the people who helped create the parks, just as the “Your Parks” contest is an opportunity for people to tell their stories of how the parks touch their lives.

Submitted videos to the Your Parks video challenge must be no more than two minutes in length. Participants must be 13 years of age or older to enter. For more information and complete contest rules visit www.YourParks.com.

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