Posts Tagged "NH"
Catching Kids Getting Healthy
Catch Kids Club at Keene Recreation Center in Keene, N.H. Dawn Klingensmith Andy Bohannon was shocked. He knew that the percentage of children nationwide who are overweight or obese, or at risk of becoming so, is alarmingly high. In 2004, it stood at 28 percent. But when he learned that New Hampshire’s rate was even higher (32 percent), he was astounded—and vowed to do something about it. But though the reach of the city of Keene’s Parks and Recreation department is fairly broad, its coffers aren’t deep. Bohannon, a recreation programmer for the department, needed a program he could implement quickly and economically to combat childhood obesity in...
Read MoreMadison, NH PTO Promotes Family Fitness with a Thanksgiving Day 5K Trail Race Fundraiser Funds Help Support Enrichment Programs Like CATCH Kids
By Catalina Kirsch, Program Director, Lead Teacher Madison Mustang Academy, Madison Elementary School Madison, NH “That…was…FUN!” were the words uttered by Dan Doherty as he crossed the finish line on a crisp Thanksgiving morning at Purity Spring Resort. The skies offered a reprieve from early winter snow showers and rain just long enough on Thanksgiving morning for 76 runners and 63 fitness walkers to enjoy the beautiful trails of Purity Spring Resort in East Madison, NH for the First Annual Madison Thanksgiving Day 5K Trail Race and 2 mile Fitness Walk. The event was a benefit for the Madison PTO and by all accounts was a great success. Kevin...
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