Making Health & Fitness Fun
The Victoria School Wellness Challenge integrates fitness and nutrition into the classroom, with an emphasis on teamwork, community and having fun! Students work together to "walk, jog or run across Canada" by logging their collective steps, while sampling nutritious foods and learning about the importance of developing a healthy lifestyle.
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Step Up to the Challenge!
Community participation is what makes the Victoria School Wellness Challenge possible. From donating funds for classroom pedometers and healthy snacks to providing prizes and incentives for participating students, your contribution can allow kids to experience the many benefits of eating well and getting active. Find out how you can get involved!
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News & Updates
Congratulations to the Cloverdale Elementary students in Gale Penner and Ian MacPherson's classes for completing the challenge! After 30 days of walking, running and hopping, the students collectively walked from Victoria, BC to Grenville, QC near Montreal, accumulating over 5.7 millions steps or 4,631km. Each student averaged 5.6km per day! At the closing ceremonies this morning, the students were presented with individual certificates and some great prizes for completing the challenge. Thank you to Team Sales for supplying the students with great looking Cloverdale Wellness Challenge t-shirts, to Crystal Pool & Fitness Centre for providing free swim passes, to the Organic Islands Festival for supplying free family passes, to Scott Sulz from SunOpta for a batch of healthy Nature's Path snack bars, and to Marnice Jones from the Healthy Schools program and Sports Traders for their draw prize contributions. Stay tuned for more details on what the teachers and students thought of the challenge!
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