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Jack and Jill Toledo Chapter’s 2014 National Day of Fitness
theme is PASSPORT To Fitness: A Healthy Lifestyle Can
Take You Places!
For this special “evening” event, Jack and Jill families,
community partners and Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo staff
will join together to educate nearly 200 youth members of
Boys & Girls Clubs and Jack and Jill youth on the value of
healthy eating habits, good nutrition, kid-friendly
exercise, sports fundamentals (basketball, track and
football), dancing, and new this year, the importance of
good brain health!
Each youth will be given a mock Passport to get
stamped after completing tasks, participating in fitness
stations, eating a nutritious snack, or playing brain games
and reading books – all in an effort to stimulate fitness,
and to promote health & wellness, fun, education, healthy
lifestyles, and good brain health. At the conclusion of the
event, youth participants will obtain a ProMedica “swag
fitness bag” with items promoting good health.
“We want to stress to our young participants of Jack and
Jill’s National Day of Fitness that a healthy lifestyle can
help them grow and keep their bodies and minds sharp for
present and future success in life … the passports remind
them that a healthy lifestyle can literally take them
places,” said Rhonda Sewell and Katina Johnson, 2014
co-chairmen of PASSPORT to Fitness: National Fitness Day.
National Day of Fitness ties in to AIM for Healthy Living,
a national initiative of Jack and Jill of America,
Incorporated. The acronym AIM stands for Achieving
Excellence, Inspiring Greatness and Motivating
Youth to Lead and Serve.
“Boys and Girls Clubs of Toledo is proud to partner with the
Toledo Chapter of Jack and Jill in their National Day of
Fitness. Boys and Girls Clubs and Jack and Jill of America,
Incorporated have long partnered on a variety of enriching
programs and activities for our community’s youth. This fun,
healthy and educational National Day of Fitness directly
ties in to our own Formula for Impact, where we focus on
Academic Success, Good Character and Citizenship, and
Healthy Lifestyles,” said Shawna Woody, Boys & Girls Clubs
of Toledo Director of Program Operations.
Schedule
Station 1: I AM FIT
– Angela Stewart, founder/owner of Fabulously Fit™ will
teach kid-friendly healthy workout routines. Ray and Angie
Freeman, former Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Track & Field
coaches will teach track fundamentals.
Station 2: I AM
BALLING –
Dennis Hopson, Ohio Basketball Hall of Famer and former NBA
player; Leon Kynard, Roy C. Start High School Girls
Basketball Coach, and Tiffani Blackman, Lourdes University
Lady Gray Wolves Basketball player will together teach
basketball fundamentals. Several University of Toledo
Rockets Football players will teach football fundamentals.
Station 3: I AM
HEALTHY –
Chloe Berdan, MS, RD, LD, ProMedica Clinical Dietitian, will
educate youth on good nutrition via a “Food Is My Fuel”
activity.
Station 4: I AM SMART
– Books 4 Buddies will give away FREE gently-used and
new books to young participants, coupled with Boys & Girls
Clubs of Toledo staff teaching fun brain games.
Station 5: I AM
STRONG –
McDonald’s (North Detroit location) has donated healthy
apple slices for youth to eat on site, and oatmeal packets
to take home for breakfast the next morning. I’m Lovin’ It®.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Toledo will also provide a healthy
snack for its youth members.
Station 6: I AM
GONE/FAREWELL
– After a completed mock passport, Toledo Chapter Jack and
Jill volunteers will give away a ProMedica swag fitness bag
to Boys and Girls Clubs youth participants. Bags will be
filled with items from McDonald’s (oatmeal packets),
ProMedica (coloring books), The Toledo Museum of Art
(writing pens), Toledo Walleye (school folders and a team
photograph), Metroparks Toledo (summer activity brochures),
Books 4 Buddies (free gently-used and new books), and
include customized National Day of Fitness water bottles
courtesy of the Toledo Chapter of Jack and Jill.
The Toledo Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated
would like to extend our most sincere gratitude for the
generosity of the following community partners who donated
time, talent, and in-kind items to make the
2014 PASSPORT To Fitness a success for our community’s
youth:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo (Shawna Woody and staff),
ProMedica, McDonald’s (North Detroit Avenue location), WJUC
The Juice 107.3 FM, Books 4 Buddies, Fabulously Fit ™, BCSN,
Dennis Hopson (Ohio Basketball Hall of Famer and former NBA
player), Ray and Angie Freeman (former AAU Track & Field
coaches), Tiffani Blackman (Lourdes University Lady Gray
Wolves), Leon Kynard (Roy C. Start High School/Toledo Public
Schools), The University of Toledo Rockets Football players,
The Toledo Museum of Art, Metroparks Toledo, and Toledo
Walleye. |
