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Connecticut’s Great Park Pursuit Returns

Voices – March 29, 2008

The Great Park Pursuit, Connecticut's state park family adventure, is returning for a third season. "The Great Park Pursuit provides children with an opportunity to go outside and have fun," said Gov. M. Jodi Rell. The Great Park Pursuit is a central element of Connecticut's No Child Left Inside initiative. The game will take Connecticut families to seven different state parks and forests this spring. Families can register for the game beginning Tuesday, April 1, at www.nochildleftinside.org. The Great Park Pursuit kicks-off Saturday, May 10, at Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, and concludes June 21 with a day of activities…
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