Fueling your Family: Food, Fun & Fitness Fair

If 2012 is the year you resolve to become more physically fit, here’s a reminder: Don’t forget your children!

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A great event to encourage your kids to become healthier and to educate them in this decision is the Fueling your Family: Food, Fun & Fitness Fair. It will take place on January 21 at Glenbrook Square in the Macy’s Wing. Activities will take place for all ages of kids from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Better yet—it’s all free!

Scheduled events for Fueling your Family: Food, Fun & Fitness Fair include:

11:15 Madeline’s Toy Box – This is a kids band that will play and encourage kids to dance.

12:15 Kids Zumba led by Shelley Paulausky & Cindy Brandt from Jorgensen YMCA.

1:15 Jumping Jax Jump Rope Team / Kristen Creager, Coach. Jump ropes will be given to kids to take home!

2:15 Powerhouse Fruits and Veggies demonstration given by Kathy Wehrle, RD, from Parkview Hospital. She will provide information about fruits and vegetables and provide samples for kids to taste test. Yum!

Some of Fort Wayne’s finest health-related venues are participating in the Fueling your Family: Food, Fun & Fitness Fair:

Fort4Fitness Community Wellness group
Parkview Hospital
Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne
YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation
Student Focus on Health
Lutheran Health Network

See you there!

 

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Kayleen Reusser has written children’s books and had stories in Chicken Soup books. She writes features for the News-Sentinel newspaper and profiles for the Ossian Sun Riser. She loves to travel and write about her experiences at her website: www.KayleenR.com

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