Vote for Your Favorite State or National NC Park for a $100,000 grant!

As part of its Live Positively promotion, Coca-Cola is offering a $100,000 grant in an effort to promote national and state parks. Until Aug. 31, you can help support America ’s parks by simply voting for your favorite. The national or state park with the most votes will receive a $100,000 grant from Coca-Cola. Vote as many times as you like. Get more information or VOTE NOW.  There is also a link to vote on the National Parks Foundation Site as well as other information about supporting our National Parks.

As of 8-6-10 Great Smoky Mountains National Park leads all parks by about 14,000 votes with a total of 129,219. Other eligible NC mountain parks are not shown on the "first"page so you must do a search by state to find them. Here's the list and the vote count as of today:

Blue Ridge Parkway - 6067
Pilot Mountain State Park - 755
Hanging Rock State Park - 79
Mount Mitchell State Park - 59
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site - 38
New River State Park - 29
Chimney Rock State Park - 26
Gorges State Park - 15
Lake James State Park - 12
Mount Jefferson State Natural Area - 3