Has your love and appreciation for parks and outdoor spaces grown during the pandemic? Has your health improved by being outside? Submit a picture that illustrates what parks and outdoor spaces have meant to you over the past year, and tell us why. 
Photos must be submitted no later than Friday, April 16, 2021 at 11:59pm EST. Due to space limitations, all photos and stories submitted may not be used in the final project, which will be showcased on the Park Authority website and on social media. 
The Healthy Strides 5k/10k is a virtual race in 2021... which means you can run your race at your pace, and at ANY of our parks, if you so choose. To register for the Healthy Strides 5k/10k with a Live Zoom Event on May 1, 2021, please visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/healthy-strides/10k5k.

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* Photo Submission

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* Photo Location
A photo from any park or outdoor space is accepted. Please indicate where your photo was taken. 

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* Photo Caption 
Tell us YOUR story. Why do YOU love parks, how you have adapted to being active outdoors during the pandemic, and how has being outside affected your overall health?

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* I agree to give the Fairfax County Park Authority and the Fairfax County Park Foundation non-exclusive rights to my photo including but not limited to advertising, websites, social media, promotions, communications, publications, media relations and commercial resale use. Photo credit and compensation will not be granted except as stated above. Contestants retain their own usage rights. I also acknowledge that I have permission from all people in the photograph for the Fairfax County Park Authority and the Fairfax County Park Foundation to use the photo as stated above.

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