PowerUp partners with Stillwater Area Public Schools and Cyclehealth to keep kids moving this summer
Friday, June 12, 2015
About 800 elementary students in Stillwater Area Public Schools will spend their summer moving and being active as part of a partnership between the school district, CycleHealth and PowerUp. Students enrolled in the Adventure Club school-age care program will participate in the
BreakAway Kids Summer Fitness Tracker, a personal activity journal patterned after a famous triathlon that allows kids to measure progress toward fitness goals. The tracker will challenge kids to complete swimming, biking, and running challenges over the course of the summer.
Staff in the Adventure Club program will work with CycleHealth representatives to make it fun for kids to train for a triathalon and track their progress. Chomp, the PowerUp superhero, will join in to inspire all the kids to eat better, move more and PowerUp all summer long. At the end of the summer, students will have the option of participating in the East Metro School-Age Care Fun-Run and the BreakAway Kids Triathlon.
“We’re excited to continue to partner with PowerUp and to also partner with CycleHealth to provide opportunities for our students to become more physically fit and active this summer and beyond,” said Annette Sallman, Community Education Director for Stillwater Area Public Schools. “This offers our Adventure Club staff a framework from which to structure activities that encourage participation in daily fitness. Children are encouraged to set goals, learn from challenges and celebrate success. It's a win-win for everyone involved!”
PowerUp and CycleHealth are both committed to helping kids make changes to grow up healthy and strong. The partnership with Stillwater schools will get kids moving in a fun way, and teach them life-long fitness skills. “PowerUp and Adventure Club have already joined forces to provide healthy snacks and activities for kids, and this new partnership is an opportunity to expand efforts in fun ways to add physical activity,” said Marna Canterbury, Director of Community Health and PowerUp for Lakeview Health (powerup4kids.org).
“Our mission is to stop the bad cycle of health in our country by starting a new cycle of health beginning with kids,” said Tony Schiller, CycleHealth Co-Founder. “We believe that kids can break the cycle of chronic disease in America. We help them become ambassadors to a new way of being fit while connecting them to being charitable” (cyclehealth.org).