Fun and Fitness at Discovery Center
A free family fitness festival will be held at the South
Dakota Discovery Center on Monday, January 16 from 1-5PM. The festival is the grand opening of the new
traveling exhibit “Let’s Move South Dakota.”
Let’s Move South Dakota has hands-on activities to involve
the family in being fit. “This exhibit
will help your children ‘do fitness’,” says special projects director Anne
Lewis. “It’s one thing to tell them they
need to get active and eat healthy, it’s another to do it in a fun way together
as a family.
“This is for parents and kids to do together,” says
Lewis. Families can sign up for a
cooking opportunity with a recipe from Food Revolution. They can make a spinner of simple activities
to do during commercials or get a sneak preview of Harvest of the Month
produce. Best of all, it will be free admission thanks to our sponsor,
Coordinated School Health.”
Lewis expects that the impact of the festival will go beyond
the few hours families spend at the Festival.
“We are encouraging people to sign up for Presidential Active Lifestyle
Award Plus as families. To earn the award,
get the whole family active at least five days a week for six weeks. At the same time, make some simple eating
changes such as choosing lower sodium versions of food and eating smaller
portions. Our goal is to get 50 families
earning their award by spring. We even
pay for the award patch and certificate.”
Event specifics:
Family Fitness Festival
Monday January 16
1PM – 5PM
Free admission
224-8295
805 W Sioux Ave.
Monday January 16
1PM – 5PM
Free admission
224-8295
805 W Sioux Ave.
