The creative and educational team at KCHFF has developed a nationally unique, multi-media, multi-lingual communication project to teach wellness to very young children and their families, based on best practices from dozens of experts around the world, including those specializing in early childhood education, nutrition, wellness, medicine, education, marketing, journalism and nonprofit collaboration.
No wetsuit, a one-speed BMX bike and cheap gear: 35-year-old Glen Jusczyk will compete “Old School style” in his 10th full Ironman in Louisville, Ky. on Aug. 29 and his 11th full Ironman at the Kona (Hawaii) Ironman World Championship on Oct. 9 to raise money for an innovative family health education action called Fit4Fun™. In both events he will cover 140.6 miles. Glen is president of, and competing on behalf of The Kentucky Children’s Health and Fitness Fund, which is creating and giving more than a million dollars worth of innovative wellness curriculum to Kentucky public schools in 2010-2011.
KCHFF’s “Play It Forward™” campaign is riff on the “pay it forward” concept/film: if you’ve been fortunate, pass that good fortune on to the next person who needs it. We want those adults who played youth sports to help the next generation get in the game. Did you play youth sports? Did your coach change your life? Did youth sports teach you lessons you still remember? Then Play It Forward!
The Children at Play Conference explores the value of free play in nature in order to increase our collective capacity to understand, promote, design and champion best practices in outdoor play environments that connect children with nature.