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 Turn
Off the TV Week: April
19-25, 2010
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 3rd annual
Coulee
Region
Turn Off
the TV Challenge April
19th - 25th!
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.
CHALLENGE
INSTRUCTIONS
LOG FOR
PRESCHOOL CHILD
LOG FOR
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE CHILD
LOG FOR
TEENS, COLLEGE STUDENTS & ADULTS
October 4-8, 2010
October is international Walk
to School Month, a month set aside each year to encourage children
to walk, rather than ride, to school.
The Coulee Region Childhood Obesity Coalition is again holding
the Coulee Region Walk to
School Challenge from October 4th-8th, 2010.
The goal is to have more children throughout the Coulee Region
adopting an active lifestyle by walking or biking to school. Students
who cannot walk or bike to school can still participate by walking
during the school day. Some area schools have established walking
routes at school and are encouraging students to walk at least 15
minutes before school or during recess.
Classrooms can also participate by taking a daily walking break
during the school day.
New this year
we are encouraging classrooms to sign-up for the
Walk to School Challenge
and set individual classroom goals. The first 25 classrooms to sign up
for the Walk to School
Challenge will receive a classroom prize package worth $20 after
turning in their logs (you must meet your goal to receive your prize
package!). Classrooms must use the classroom sign up sheet to sign
their class up for the Walk to
School Challenge.
Whether participating as a classroom or individually, children should
fill out a Walk to School
Challenge log and indicate each day during the week whether they
walked, biked, rode a scooter, skateboard, or rollerblades to school.
Students who cannot get to school using these methods should indicate
they walked AT school. Please make sure students clearly specify the
school they attend on the log. Logs can be mailed to
Virginia Loehr at
300 North 4th
Street, Nutrition Services, La Crosse, WI, 54601, by October 15th,
2010. The logs will be used to determine the recipients of the
Golden Shoe Awards. The
Golden Shoe Awards will be given to the elementary and middle school
with the highest participation in the Walk to School Challenge and the
winning schools will keep the Golden Shoe for the remainder of the
school year. All submitted logs will also be eligible for individual
prizes.
Why encourage kids to do this?
Children who walk to school...
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Are more likely to be physically fit and less at risk for becoming
overweight.
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Learn to handle traffic safely.
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Contribute to a cleaner environment and improved air quality by
reducing traffic volume near their school.
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Come to their classroom each day better able to concentrate and
learn.
Walking to school promotes a healthy, active lifestyle.
We hope you participate in this year’s exciting event!
WALK TO SCHOOL CHALLENGE LOG
Teachers download a classroom sign up sheet
here
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