How fitting is it that National Anti-Boredom Month is the same month as Parks & Recreation Month!? We think it’s on point! Parks and recreation spaces are the perfect way to combat boredom while spending time outdoors moving, socializing and playing! Our top five ideas of fun things to do outdoors will help get kids, families and communities having fun together. Who has time to be bored anyway? Take a picture outing! Not only will this flex your creative muscle, but it encourages movement and helps us really see what’s around us. Use phones or disposable cameras for a fun time for all ages and abilities. Exercise! There are so many ways to exercise outdoors. Run, bike, hike or use a local outdoor fitness space to get your daily exercise. ELEVATE® Fitness Course is a great way to involve people of all ages and fitness levels in a workout. With three different levels of challenge, people from fitness beginner to fitness mature can get their move on. Get on or in the water! When it’s hot outside, the water can feel so ...

July is Park and Recreation Month and a time to celebrate and support our parks and recreation spaces! There are so many reasons these places are important to us and to our communities…here are our Top Five Reasons We Rise Up for Parks and Recreation! Parks get people moving. We love movement and so do our bodies! Whether it’s a swinging adventure, a ride on a trail or climbing to the top of a tower or a tree, research shows that the more parks there are in a community, the more people exercise. Building new parks and playgrounds and updating existing ones is a great and proven way to get and keep people exercising. The ROI is strong! It’s true, parks and recreation spaces are great for communities, but do we know how great?! Research shows that spending $20 or more per resident on parks and recreation has incredible community benefits including lower obesity rates, better air quality, higher property values and decreased unemployment. Parks improve mental health. People living closer to parks and greenspaces report better mental health and have fewer ...

Movement and fitness are so important and parks, playgrounds, recreation and outdoor fitness spaces are the perfect places to move. Getting everyone moving is crucial to the physical and mental wellbeing of the community and gives us healthy ways to connect, engage and play together. In our home community of Fond du Lac, WI, we’re celebrating Family Health and Fitness Day on Saturday, June 11 at Walleye Weekend – a local festival held every June in the beautiful Lakeside Park! Some of the Burke “family” is taking on the five-mile run and we’re sponsoring a scavenger hunt that provides outdoor enjoyment for the entire family. The Burke playgrounds and the ALL-NEW MOVMNT™ provide a place for children and families to find movement and fitness that is also playful and FUN. MOVMNT is as the name implies – a way everyone to compete with each other or themselves on this outdoor electronic game that you can only play by moving and using your agility. The advantages of movement and time spent outdoors are endless and include a variety of benefits from increased ...