As parents, it is our responsibility to make sure our kids get enough exercise. So many kids are sucked up into video games, t.v., internet, etc and never leave the couch!
Lately I see kids cruising through the neighborhood on motorized scooters! Talk about promoting laziness! Kids need to play the old fashioned way.
Everyday that we have nice weather we get outside. We play in the yard, the girls ride bikes, roller skate, run around and have fun.
We need to encourage our children to be active and lead by example.
Since 1978, The HERSHEY®’S Track & Field Games has helped more than 10 million children get active and learn valuable lessons such as sportsmanship and hard work. Now in its 34th year, HERSHEY’S Track & Field Games hosts thousands of boys and girls, ages 9 to 14, in nearly 4,000 North American communities. They will compete this spring and summer in track and field events ranging from the standing long jump and softball throw to a variety of running and relay races – and all at no cost of entry. All you need is a pair of shoes.
Each year in August, the North American Final Meet hosts 450 participants in an all-expenses paid weekend trip to Hershey! While there they get to tour the world’s largest chocolate factory and visit the Hersheypark amusement park!
Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis and Olympic decathlon legend Rafer Johnson will again return as HERSHEY’s Track & Field Games ambassadors in 2011.
Now for the awesome part! Hershey is teaming up with the Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program to collect old, worn-out athletic shoes to be recycled into Nike Grind! Nike Grind is a material that they use in creating athletic and playground surfaces. They also use it in select Nike products. The participants will be invited to bring their used athletic shoes to state and provincial meets. They will then be recycled into Nike Grind.
Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe program has recycled more than 25 million pairs of athletic shoes into Nike Grind.
To learn more about HERSHEY’S Track & Field Games, and to find a local event in your area, please visit www.hersheystrackandfield.com.
The Giveaway!
One Not So Average Mama reader will win a HERSHEY’S Track & Field Games prize pack, which includes a drawstring backpack, visor, water bottle and rubber band shoelace stoppers.
Main Entry: Visit www.hersheystrackandfield.com and check out the site. Let me know what you find most intersting about the project in a comment below.
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This Giveaway will end on April 25th, 2011!
The information in this post, prize pack and giveaway have all been provided by Hershey’s through MyBlogSpark. All opinions are 100% my own.
I find Hershey’s Track & Field Games interesting because its goal is to get kids physically active.
I was able to locate 2 events in my area.
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like it helps me find events in the area
I was interested to learn that Hershey’s supports such a great cause! I had no idea.
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I learned HERSHEY’S Track & Field Games has engaged communities in this healthy event for more than 30 years.
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I learned the closest meet to where I live is about 3 hours away.
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Anything that gets kids interested in being more active is awesome and it’s awesome that Hershey’s has made such an investment into getting kids healthy. The one thing I found very interesting is the used athletics shoes collected at the Hershey events can be turned into playground surfaces. LKVOYER at aol dot com
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I think it is cool that kids that qualify in their events get the chance to compete at the North American Final in Hershey, PA. Thanks!
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I like that they turn old shoes into playground material!
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it’s about beating yourself
I think it’s great that you can find a track meet or create one through their site.
Throwing is one of the activities.