January 19 - April 28, 2010
Registration is now open!
Selected as 2010 Governor's
Challenge for Youth
What is
Live Healthy Iowa Kids,
formerly Go The Distance?
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A FREE,
100 day program designed to
encourage young Iowans to increase their physical activity levels and make
better food choices!!!
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A POSITIVE way to teach kids about the
importance of being physically active and show them ways to make fitness
FUN!!!
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A way for your team to WIN MONETARY AWARDS for
your school or organization to be used toward new playground equipment or
physical education classes!!!
Who's on a team?
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Each team needs an ADULT
team captain who has
e-mail.
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A team may have 5-30 members on their roster.
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Teams may consist of youth from
class, 4-H Clubs,
After School
programs, Scout
Troops, or Family
Teams!
How is the activity
and nutrition tracked during the program?
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Activity will be tracked by
minutes.
Each participant
aims for 60 minutes
of activity, five
days a week
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Fruits, Vegetables,
Milk/Water intake
and screen time will
be split by each
month and tracked on
the Nutrition part
of the poster
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Captain's will report the team's
total ACTIVITY MINUTES
and total
NUTRITIONAL INTAKE
for that month to this Web
site. For details on how to report these minutes click on
REPORTING on the
LHIK menu.
What else is included
with the program?
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Weekly activity and nutrition tips will be sent via e-mail to the team captain
and also posted on this Web site under Tips.
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Additional activity
and nutrition
resources listed on
the website.
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Captain's will receive a large colorful wall chart to help record the
teams activity minutes
and nutrition
- Chances for
MONTHLY INCENTIVES to help reach the ending
goal to be qualified for the
- Chance to win
MONETARY AWARDS
How can my team qualify for the monthly incentives and the monetary awards?
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Reporting periods will be outlined in the first weekly message or visit the
reporting page for more information.
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Teams that average
4200 minutes per team member
during the 100 day
program will
qualify for a chance
to win the monetary awards at the conclusion of the program.
How do I get a team involved?
Congratulations to
2009
Live Healthy Iowa
Kids
Winners!
$3,000 - Gehl's
Go Getters, Prescott
Elementary, Dubuque
$500
- 6th Grade Suntken, Richard O.
Jacobson Elementary, Belmond
$500 -
8B Orca, Boone High
School, Boone
$500
- Churdan Library
Afterschool Program, Churdan Public Library, Churdan
$500 -
St. Benedict 7th Grade, St. Benedict Catholic School, Decorah
SPONSORED BY:
Live
Healthy Iowa Kids is a program through:
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