Vote for Your Favorite Park

Coca-Cola is calling all Northeast Cobb families to go out and play this summer as part of the second annual America Is Your Park campaign. Families can vote for their favorite park to win the title of “America’s Favorite Park” and a $100,000 recreation grant made possible by the Coca-Cola Live Positively initiative.

Northeast Cobb parks that can be nominated: Bells Ferry Park, Sweat Mountain Park, and Shaw Park.

Go to LivePositvely.com. Vote for your favorite national, state or local park with just the click of a button. The three parks that receive the most votes by September 6, will be awarded recreation grants in the following amounts: First Place – $100,000; Second Place – $50,000; and, Third Place – $25,000. These grants will help restore, rebuild or enhance recreation areas in parks where people can play and be active.

“Last year, millions of Americans showed their passion for their favorite parks by voting, so this year we’ve raised the stakes – more parks can win and there are more ways to vote,” said L. Celeste Bottorff, Vice President, Living Well, Coca-Cola North America. “We’re asking people to be “digital‟ by voting online for their favorite park and then get “physical‟ by getting out and having fun with us this summer.”

The campaign, which launched Wednesday, was developed in collaboration with the National Park Foundation, America’s State Parks and the National Recreation and Park Association.

Last year, thanks to more than 1.6 million votes cast by its supporters, Bear Head Lake State Park in Ely, Minnesota, was named “America’s Favorite Park.” The park is using the recreation grant to build a new warming hut to ensure safety and comfort for winter sports enthusiasts.

For more than 40 years, Coca-Cola has supported America’s parks through partnerships with individual parks and national park organizations. The Company has donated more than $14 million for restoration and renovation of our country’s parks, including the restoration of more than 260 miles of “Active Trails” for families to hike and explore, and development of the first sustainable recycling program at The National Mall, a national park in the heart of Washington, D.C. Most recently, Coca-Cola donated $1 million to The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation’s Peopling of America® Center, a new initiative that will tell the story of the immigration experience in America.