Gopher Athletes Powered Up at Stillwater Open Gym
On Friday, February 7, 2014, PowerUp, in partnership with the Stillwater School District, welcomed Gopher athletes to the open gym at Stillwater Junior High.
Gopher athletes Elle Arvesen, Julia Courter, Jennifer Larrick and Luke Mcavoy shot hoops, played floor hockey, tossed a football, and had a blast with over 100 kids from the community. The athletes signed Gopher posters, greeted the children, and shared how they PowerUp.
Chomp, the PowerUp superhero, also made a guest appearance at the open gym and had a blast running around with the kids and Gopher athletes. He even challenged Gopher soccer player, Jennifer Larrick, to a push-up competition! Children gathered from around the gym to cheer on Jennifer and Chomp. After completing 25 push-ups, Jennifer decided to let Chomp win.
Gopher athlete Elle Arvesen, a graduate of Mahtomedi high school, who played both basketball and soccer in high school, organized a game of lightening with the athletes and kids. Elle was very excited to see such a great initiative in the St. Croix Valley and hopes to return to an open gym in the near future.
The Gopher Athletes also powered up by playing the PowerUp dice game, jumping rope and using the skip it. They also took the PowerUp Veggie Vote to help us elect the favorite veggies in our community!
To register for an open gym or open swim, visit powerup4kids.org/events
About PowerUp Open Gyms
Looking for a way to be active and have some fun as a family? Check out PowerUp Open Gym times, available in Stillwater, Mahtomedi, and Somerset! Free open gyms are one way that PowerUp is working in the St. Croix Valley to make better eating and physical activity easy, fun, and popular for kids and families.
About PowerUp
PowerUp is a community-wide youth health initiative to make better eating and active living easy, fun, and popular, so that our youth can reach their full potential. PowerUp is a long-term commitment to create change over 10 years in partnership with schools, businesses, health care, civic groups, families, kids, and the entire community! PowerUp is supported by a designated fund of the Lakeview Foundation in partnership with HealthPartners.