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Wag Your Tail ~ Walk
Your Dog
and be WinterActive
January 18 to February 29,
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WinterActive
and SummerActive are Canada's annual six-week community mobilization initiatives designed to help Canadians of all ages improve their health and quality of life through healthy living. The goal is to spread the message that active living, healthy eating, living smoke-free and participation in sports are all key parts of a healthy lifestyle.
Alberta Initiatives
WinterActive
Launch event
January 18, 2008 - 10:00 - 10:30
a.m. from Oyen Public School
This year's launch event is being
coordinated by the Medicine Hat
College Be Fit For Life Centre, an
active living agency funded by the
Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and
Wildlife Foundation. For the
first time, the launch event
includes the participation of
schools across the province through
video-conference. Eight
participating schools will select a
class to sign-on, introduce
themselves and state their school's Winter
Active event. Together, all
participants will complete a Winter
Warm-up via video conference for 5
minutes and then sign off to
continue the celebration by engaging
in a winter activity at their
school.
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Kids tobogganing at the
launch of WinterActive in
Oyen, Alberta |
Winter Walk Day - February 6, 2008
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Congratulations Alberta!!!
Winter Walk Day -
February 6, 2008
Winter Walk Day 2008 was a
whooping success with 320
events registered and 61577
Albertans walking a combined
total of 1,092,648.5
minutes. This doubles
the walkers and the minutes
from last year!
Thank you to SHAPE who did a
great job encouraging
schools, community groups,
work groups and individuals
to take the time to walk on
February 6 and count
themselves in. |
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Healthy Active School Communities -
Winter Edition
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This resource has been developed to provide
information about promoting and adopting healthy, active lifestyles
for the home, school and community. The ideas included
can be easily modified to challenge students and participants at
every age level and support the development of the knowledge, skills
and attitudes necessary to lead active and healthy lifestyles.
Download copies of this and other Healthy Active School Communities
resources in English and French from
www.everactive.org. |
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For more information about WinterActive visit
www.winteractive.ca.
If you wish to receive regular
updates on WinterActive please e-mail
Pam.McEwin@gov.ab.ca and
ask to be added to the list.
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