Albany, NY– WEBWIRE — Friday, February 2, 2024
New Yorkers Invited to Mark 100 Years of State Parks by Sharing Memories Throughout This Centennial Year
Project becomes part of Multi-Faceted 2024 Celebration of New York States Parks and Historic Sites
View Centennial Share Your Story Video to Learn How It Works
Guv Kathy Hochul today revealed the digital Share Your Story task and welcomed the general public to share stories, images, and videos recollecting on their experiences at New York State Parks and Historic Sites. The multimedia project will run throughout 2024 in event of the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservations Centennial.
For 100 years, New Yorkers have actually gone to State Parks and Historic Sites to make memories, to discover and check out, and to have a good time, Guv Hochul stated. This job is an opportunity to come together to assess those memories, listen to each others stories, and commemorate among New York States most substantial ecological and cultural traditions and the function its played in our lives. Do not be shy, Share Your Story.
New York City State Parks has actually established numerous approaches for individuals to share their stories, all of which are discussed in information on their Share Your Story websiteText, images, and videos can be emailed to stories@parks.ny.govIndividuals might publish to Facebook, Instagram, or X utilizing the hashtag #NYStateParksStory. Individuals might likewise send text-only stories of as much as 500 words utilizing the submission kind at parks.ny.gov/ 100/story
Throughout 2024, the general public will likewise have the chance to hear each others stories. Stories will be shared on the New York State Parks Instagram, Facebook, and X channels at @NYStateParks. Stories will likewise be published on the New York State Parks Blog at nystateparks.blog; on the New York State Parks site at parks.ny.gov; and in e-mail newsletters.
As Commissioner, I constantly take pleasure in speaking with our personnel and from the general public about the memories theyve made at parks and websites, stated Parks Commissioner Erik KulleseidGiven that we started preparing our Centennial event, we felt it was essential to supply a chance for individuals to share their memories. Im proud to see the launch of the Share Your Story job. I welcome everybody to reflect, get in touch with your loved ones, go out the old image albums, plug in the old external disk drives, and share your stories with your fellow New Yorkers.
To trigger memories, Story Sparks will be published routinely on State Parks social networks channels (@nystateparks), along with sent out in Centennial e-mail newsletters. Personnel from Parks and Sites are sharing their own memories in a video series introducing in the coming weeks. Numerous popular New Yorkers will likewise share their memories in a series of videos introducing later on this year. Taking part in Share Your Stories is an objective in the Centennial Challenge revealed in December.
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation supervises more than 250 parks, historical websites, leisure tracks, golf courses, boat launches and more, which saw a record 79.5 million gos to in 2022. For additional information on any of these leisure locations, go toparks.ny.govdownload the totally freeNY State Parks Explorer appor call 518.474.0456. Join us in commemorating our Centennial throughout 2024, and get in touch with us on FacebookInstagramTwitterand theOPRHP Blog
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