August 22, 2022
UPDATE
Apple celebrates America’s parks
By August 28, Apple is donating $10 to the Nationwide Park Basis for each Apple Pay buy on apple.com, within the Apple Retailer app, or at an Apple Retailer within the US
Celebrating 106 years of the US Nationwide Park Service, Apple at this time launched extra methods to study and assist America’s parks. These choices embody a $10 donation the corporate will make to the Nationwide Park Basis for each Apple Pay buy made with Apple via August 28,1 together with particular content material and collections on Apple Maps, Apple Podcasts, and extra.
“Each time I go to our nationwide parks — as I did not too long ago in Yosemite and Glacier — I really feel the sense of awe, tranquility, and quiet reverence solely nature can encourage,” stated Tim Cook dinner, Apple’s CEO. “We’re proud to associate with the organizations and communities who keep our parks, educate us about their historical past, and share them with the world. These treasures are properly value defending, at this time and for each era to come back.”
Final yr, Apple’s assist for the Nationwide Park Basis helped younger folks from throughout the nation — like Kalen Anderson, 2022 Corps Member of the 12 months — take part in a service corps program at a nationwide park. This yr, Anderson accomplished the Werowocomoco internship program at Colonial Nationwide Historic Park and Captain John Smith Chesapeake Nationwide Historic Path via the Appalachian Conservation Corps. As a part of this system fashioned in partnership with the Nationwide Park Basis, he was in a position to have interaction instantly within the administration of a Native archeological web site that’s a part of his Indigenous identification and heritage.
“Of my time as a corps member and intern of the Nationwide Park Service, I’ve been given a chance that has influenced how I developed and proceed to develop myself as a steward,” stated Anderson, who’s a member of the Nansemond Indian Nation. “I’ve discovered that I’m not solely a steward of my atmosphere, but in addition of my tradition. The profound time I’ve spent working with the group round me will ceaselessly have a optimistic impression on who I try to develop into for myself and for my neighborhood.”
With a ardour for park preservation and an understanding of its affect on his tradition, Anderson joins a collective of Indigenous service corps members who characterize the following era of nationwide park stewards. Apple’s donation to the Nationwide Park Basis final yr, pushed by buyer purchases made with Apple Pay, additionally benefited the Leaders of Shade service corps crew, which offers a supportive house for aspiring BIPOC conservationists to interrupt into the sector. This assist aligns with the corporate’s Racial Fairness and Justice Initiative, a long-term effort to handle systemic racism and develop alternatives for Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities.
“America’s nationwide parks are a present we share,” stated Will Shafroth, the Nationwide Park Basis’s president and CEO. “Apple’s partnership and beneficiant dedication assist to make sure that all folks see themselves in nationwide parks and really feel welcome in these locations that belong to all of us.”
Along with supporting these and different applications working to protect America’s cherished nationwide parks via Apple Pay purchases this week, Apple clients also can benefit from the distinctive worlds of those parks via particular collections and choices throughout Apple companies.
The Parks that Honor Native American Historical past Information in Apple Maps permits customers to be taught extra about nationwide parks celebrating Indigenous historical past and heritage. On Apple Podcasts, listeners can take a look at a assortment of episodes centering Indigenous voices, together with the “Yellowstone” episode of “Parks,” an Indigenous-led podcast in regards to the individuals who lived on US public lands earlier than colonists arrived.
Apple Watch customers are inspired to have fun the fantastic thing about nationwide parks in every single place with a restricted version Exercise Problem award. On August 27, customers can earn the award by finishing a hike, stroll, run, or wheelchair exercise of a mile or extra.
- Donations are restricted to a most of $1,000,000 and go to the Nationwide Park Basis.
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