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Coalition Sponsored
Community Challenges
This
5-week program will challenge your family to make physical activity and
healthy eating a daily priority. Earn miles every day you participate and
walk your way from La Crosse County to Juneau, Alaska! Return a completed
log to the Health Department for a chance to win great prizes!
Registration is required to participate and receive a Challenge log. To
register, email lakowske.rebecca@co.la-crosse.wi.us or call
608-785-5665 by January 27th.
Age appropriate logs are
available for preschool children, elementary children, and teens.
LOG FOR TEENS, COLLEGE STUDENTS & ADULTS
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Turn Off the TV Week:
April 22nd-28th
We’ve heard
the statistics...the average child spends more time in front of the TV
(1,023 hours) than in school (900 hours).
If you’re worried that your family spends too much time in front of
the TV, playing video games or chatting on line then join Coulee Region
Childhood Obesity Coalition members and become part of the 5th annual
Coulee
Region
Turn Off the
TV Challenge April 22nd
– 28th ! During
this week, families are being challenged to turn off their TVs and
exercise their both minds and their bodies by finding healthier
alternatives. Rather than come home from school or work and plunking down
in front of the TV, coalition members are challenging families to enjoy
their free time by reading a book, going on a picnic, walking or biking
with a friend or listening (and dancing!) to their favorite music.
The possibilities are limitless!
Turning off the TV, video games or computer frees up time to spend
with friends, family or enjoying favorite pastimes and helps Coulee Region
families stay healthy and strong. It’s a great way to encourage healthy
habits and build a healthy mind as well as a healthy body. To sign up for the Turn off the TV Challenge download the instructions & logs by clicking on the appropriate log below. LOG FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE CHILD LOG FOR TEENS, COLLEGE STUDENTS & ADULTS
May 14-18th
Warm Spring
days filled with sunshine...what a wonderful way for kids to start their
day. May 14 – 18th
is Bike to Work Week; a week set
aside each year to encourage community residents to bike rather than drive
to work. To encourage
children (and their teachers!) to bike to school during the week, the
Coulee Region Childhood Obesity Coalition is challenging Coulee Region
kids to get active by participating in the
Wheel to School Week Challenge.
The goal of the challenge is to increase the number of
children throughout the Coulee Region adopting an active lifestyle by
biking (rollerblading, scootering or skateboarding) to school. Students
who cannot bike to school can still participate by walking to school.
Students are
encouraged to challenge their teachers and other school staff to
participate in the challenge as well.
The school with the highest proportion of students and school staff
wheeling to school during the week will win the
silver spoke award, a
traveling trophy. It’s easy &
fun to participate! Just
download the log below and record on it how you commuted
to and
from school each day.
At the end of the week submit your logs to win cool challenge
prizes (including the silver spoke award)!
To be included in prize drawings and the count for the Silver Spoke
Award logs must be submitted by May 28th.
WHEEL TO SCHOOL WEEK CHALLENGE
LOG
Sponsored by the Coulee Region Childhood Obesity Coalition, the goal of the week long challenge goal is to activate Coulee Region kids’ lifestyles by encouraging them to regularly walk or bike to school. Why encourage your kids to walk or bike to school? Children who walk and bike to school are more apt to be physically fit and less prone to overweight, they learn how to handle traffic safely, they help reduce the family’s gas budget and they contribute to a cleaner environment and improved air quality by reducing traffic volume near their school. Children at participating schools receive a log on which they note if they’ve walked or biked during the Challenge week. At the end of the week, the school with the highest proportion of walkers & bikers for the week will win the coveted “Golden Shoe Award” for display at their school during the 2012-13 school year. Lost your log? Download the copy below & be sure to record your school as well as how you got to school on the log!
Contact
Us: Linda Lee, Co-Chair
c/o La Crosse County Health Department
Contact Linda at:
Contact Beth at:
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