Fit Kid Corner
Take the Fit Kid Campus Challenge!
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ey, students and school staffers! Think your school has what it takes to take on the Banner Children’s Fit Kid Campus Challenge? Then sign up for this exciting contest and help Banner Children’s find the Valley’s healthiest school! Your school just might win an awesome prize! Designed to promote healthy lifestyles, the campus challenge not only provides health tips from medical experts, fitness suggestions and motivational ideas but is also an outstanding way to build school pride. Just ask the folks at James K. Zaharis Elementary School in Mesa. The 50-member running club entered the challenge last year and ended up winning a free garden for the entire school to enjoy! Information on how you and your school can sign-up will be available in October at bannerhealth.com/banner childrensfitkid.You (or your parent) can also visit facebook.com/bannerchildrens and “Like” the page to receive Fit Kid updates on Facebook. Or, send a text message that says FitKids to 411987 on your mobile phone to receive Fit Kid updates via text. Banner Children’s, in partnership with News-Talk 92.3 KTAR and 98.7 The Peak, sponsors the Fit Kid program to Valley families and schools each year. Banner Children’s brings together pediatric medical services offered by Banner Health. With Cardon Children’s Medical Center in Mesa and Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, and pediatric specialists and pediatricians across the valley, Banner Children’s has pediatric care covered valley-wide. With more than 30 pediatric specialties, Banner Children’s provides a wide range of services ranging from pediatric emergency rooms to highacuity health issues.
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Shape up at Chandler Day of Play Mark your calendars for what’s shaping up to be the best health and wellness expo in Arizona! Chandler’s Day of Play, presented by Banner Children’s and Shape Up Arizona, is a free and fun, fitness-focused event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at Tumbleweed Park, 2250 S. McQueen Road, in Chandler. Who’s invited? Everyone, from kids and teens to parents, teachers, seniors and the entire community! Along with entertainment, games, prizes and free tastings, there’ll be: bike helmets, courtesy of Banner P Free Children’s, for the first 500 kids stage performances, inflatables P Live and fitness stations
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For more information or to register, visit chandleraz.gov/ special-events, or contact Jyl Steinback at Jyl@ShapeUpUS.org or 602-996-6300. Fall 2013