Upcoming Events- Summer 2012

Rockville Let’s Move

Summer 2012 Educational Events

Date: June 25, 2012

Time: 1:00-2:30 pm

Location: Richie Park ES, 1514 Dunster Rd, Rockville MD 20854

Participants:

• Let’s Move
• ages 5-7
• 27 children
• Kid*Netic
• ages 8-11
• 13 children

Activities:

• Go, Slow, Whoa - We took We Can’s Go, Slow, Whoa activity and turned it into a relay race! The kids are divided into two teams, each with a basket of foods that range in health (some are Go-the healthiest, others Slow-the in between healthy and others are Whoa-the least healthy). Each team must race to sort their basket of foods into the Go, Slow, or Whoa bins. The team that sorts their foods the fastest with the most correct wins.  We were able to educate the kids on which foods they can eat anytime they are hungry and which foods are really just a special treat using fun and exercise. (Resources: We Can! http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/wecan/).
• Eat the Rainbow - This activity allowed each camper to think beyond the common fruits and vegetables such as broccoli, apples, and oranges and think of colorful fruits and vegetables that broaden their palate and teach them about food variety. After teaching them the reasons to eat fruits and vegetables and reviewing the many different forms they come in, the kids colored their new fruits and vegetables in an outline of a rainbow. (Resources: Fruits and Veggies More Matte http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/ The North Dakota State University Extension Service http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/foods/fn595.pdf).

Activities led by Sasha Nunes, Sumi Tohan, and Sara Mason

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Date: July 9, 2012

Time: 3:30-5:00 pm

Location: Lincoln Park Community Center, 357 Frederick Ave, Rockville 20850

Participants: Fab 5 ages 11-13, 15 kids total

• Youth development programs coordinated through the Rockville Community Services Division.
• 5 week program
• Focus “fun, fitness and fieldtrips.”  The fitness aspect includes a nutrition segment.
• Operates from 3:30 -5:30 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from June 18th - July 23rd.  Monday is the fitness/nutrition day.

Activities:

• Go, Slow, Whoa
• Eat the Rainbow
• Fruit Salad assembly-we are helping to encourage healthy snacks by assembling a fruit salad that covers the entire rainbow: Watermelon, Oranges, bananas, green apples, blueberries. (Supplies are provided by Cynthia Bangali)

Activities led by Sasha Nunes, Elaine Trujillo, and Sara Mason

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Date: July 16, 2012

Time: 3:30-5:00 pm

Location: Lincoln Park Community Center, 357 Frederick Ave, Rockville 20850

Participants:

• Fab 5
• ages 11-13
• 15 children

• Youth development programs coordinated through the Rockville Community Services Division.
• 5 week program
• Focus “fun, fitness and fieldtrips.”  The fitness aspect includes a nutrition segment.
• Operates from 3:30 -5:30 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays from June 18th - July 23rd.  Monday is the fitness/nutrition day.

Activities:

• Do You Know Your Food Game - (based on the Capital Area Food Bank game with information  from www.play60.com and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Physical Activity for Everyonehttp://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/guidelines/children.html/) using the categories: Choose My Plate, Fruits Vegetables and Grains, Label Reading, Play With Your Food, and Be Active. During this game the children are split up into teams and answer our healthy food questions while having fun!
• Pin the Food on the Body- Using a poster of a man and a basket of foods with their main vitamin printed underneath, kids randomly choose a food and pin it to the body part that the vitamin is associated with. This allows them to learn what vitamins and minerals make the body function as well as the reasons we eat healthy foods.

Activities led by Sasha Nunes and Sara Mason

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Date: July 24, 2012

Time: 1:00-2:30 pm

Location: Richie Park ES, 1514 Dunster Rd, Rockville MD 20854

Participants:

• Let’s Move
• ages 5-7
• 27 children
• Kid*Netic
• ages 8-11
• 13 children

Activities:

• Do  You Know Your Food Game
• Pin the Food on the Body

Activities led by Sasha Nunes, Elaine Trujillo, Sara Mason, and Sumi Tohan

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Date: August 2, 2012

Time: 1:00-2:30 pm

Location: Richie Park ES, 1514 Dunster Rd, Rockville MD 20854

Participants:

• Let’s Move
• ages 5-7
• 27 children
• Kid*Netic
• ages 8-11
• 13 children

Activities: TBD

Activities led by Sasha Nunes, Elaine Trujillo, Sara Mason, and Sumi Tohan

Volunteers

Elaine Trujillo, MS, RD

Nutritional Science Research Group

Division of Cancer Prevention

National Cancer Institute

National Institutes of Health

Sara Mason

NCI Summer Intern

Undergraduate Student

Salisbury College

Sasha Nunes

NCI Summer Intern

Dietetic Intern

Sodexho Mid-Atlantic

Sumi Tohan

Dietetic Intern

WIC Baltimore