Enjoy springtime activities within your own backyards and neighborhood.
•Organize relay races with household objects using recycling items like old boxes as obstacles
•Conduct a scavenger hunt in the backyard or neighborhood
•Create a children’s garden where the kids tend to it and help it grow
•Make a play date to walk the dog or borrow the neighbor’s dog
•Participate in a local run or walk with the entire family
Resources for you
Looking for ways to get out and active? Check out the resources below for a variety of springtime events and activities.
For a variety of family running events including the Irish Sprint 10K and Luck O’ the Leatherneck One Miler on March 26 on Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA, link to the Marine Corps Marathon website at www.marinemarathon.com.
For FitArlington programs and recreational opportunities link to www.arlingtonva.us/portals/topics/FitArlingtonMain.aspx
For the National Recreation and Parks Association go to www.nrpa.org
More about the Action Communities for Health Innovation and EnVironmental Change (ACHIEVE) grant can be located at www.achievecommunities.org/Pages/default.aspx
Articles in the Healthy Kids Series are presented by the Marine Corps Marathon’s (MCM) Healthy Kids Fun Run. The 2011 Healthy Kids Fun Run sponsored by FitArlington, will be held on Saturday, October 29 with online registration opening March 9. Register for the Kids Run and for other family running events at www.marinemarathon.com. Nick Heyd is the Marine Corps Marathon’s Marketing Intern and a graduate student at Georgetown University. No federal or Marine Corps endorsement is implied.
