Be Healthy. Be Active! Event Details
With the goal to empower youth to make healthy lifestyle choices and help reverse the growth of childhood obesity and its associated health issues, the Junior League of Cincinnati’s Kids in the Kitchen presents Be Healthy. Be Active! Children age 12 and under and their families are invited to join us for this special event!
When: Saturday, April 10, 2010
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Where: University of Cincinnati Campus Recreation Center
(2820 Bearcat Way, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0017)
For a map and directions go to http://www.uc.edu/reccenter/about_us/map.html. Located on the bus line. Free parking (with event flier) available in the UC Alumni Association parking lot on Woodside Drive and on surrounding streets.
FREE Admission!
Healthy Snacks & Cooking Demonstrations by Chef Rita Nader Heikenfeld, Whole Foods, and Kid Chef Jessica Gruber
Face Painting and Balloon Fun
Creative Crafts including seed planting and recipe box decorating
Yoga and Movement Classes
Iron Kids Chef Challenge
Football clinics with the Cincinnati Bearcat Football Team and Cincinnati Commandos
Turbo Kick, bootcamp, gymnastics classes and more!
Raffle Prizes & Giveaways guaranteed for the first 500 attendees!
No RSVP is required! Open to everyone! For more information, go to www.jlcincinnati.org or call 513-871-9339.
Thank you to our generous event sponsors: Eating Well Magazine, ProduceOne, Whole Foods Market, Fit Fruit and Vegetable Wash, Natorp's Garden Store, Ferry~Morse Seed Company, Dr. David Katz and the Nutrition Detective Program, World Peace Yoga and Motion Studio, Bob Duncan Racing, Fine Arts Fund, Army ROTC, Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Commandos, Costco, Nutrition Council, BeneFIT Studio, UC Athletics, Juice Plus +, Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati
Click here to check out the Kids in the Kitchen website to learn more about this effort and to access virtual recipes, healthy tips, an online nutrition game provided by Kids in the Kitchen international sponsor, Cartoon Network, and other resources.
Parent Testimonial (February 2010)
I wanted to share with you that earlier in the week Amelia (3rd grade student at PRMS) told us
that she wanted to make Fresh-Fruit Kebabs as she had learned in Kids in the Kitchen. We wrote down all the ingredients that she outlined for us. She also added her own touch - she wanted to put dates in
also. Last night she prepared a beautiful display of fruit to go with our dinner, including dates. I asked her why she chose to add dates to the mix, and she said she tasted them at school in the classroom (as part of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grant).
I thought you might like to see how everything you each do, to make experiences available to our children, really does find its realization in those children, and here is one example. For this one
small thing to happen so many pieces had to be put into place, and I am grateful for the all the hard work that has brought us to this place.
Sincerely,
Ruth Anne (PRMS parent)
Done in a Day Onsite Presentations
Kids in the Kitchen has developed a mobile presentation designed for schools and youth organizations with a special emphasis on community outreach to the underserved populations. Junior League volunteers who are interested in being presenters are partnered with a member of the Kids in the Kitchen committee. Presenters receive a kit with supplies like paper towels and utensils, 11 official KITK recipes from which to choose for the demonstration and a budget of $20 for food. There are also a number of age-appropriate activity sheets from the national organization, small prizes and a leave-behind for each recipe available. So, the presentation may be personalized for any group.
Photographers are needed to capture the presentations and events for PR, grant applications and JLC publications. KITK is also seeking Nutritionists, Dieticians, Personal Trainers and Chefs.
Contact the Kids in the Kitchen Committee at KITKJLC@yahoo.com to volunteer!
Too busy for a hands-on experience but still want to be involved? To find out ways in which you can help KITK financially, please email KITKJLC@yahoo.com with your inquiry.
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