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Since
its inception in 2003, the Healthy Futures initiative has focused
on inspiring and empowering kids to build more positive, lifelong
physical fitness habits through two core programs – the Healthy
Futures Activity Log and increasing youth attendance at community
recreational events. View Healthy Futures Fact Sheet (PDF)
Activity
Logs
Children
with parental supervision, record their daily physical activity
during a one-month period. Completed Activity Logs are turned in
to school faculty who work directly with Healthy Futures to administer
the incentives. more>>
Community
Recreational Events
In
addition to staging unique new events, Healthy Futures aims to increase
youth attendance at a wide-variety of existing recreation events
through public relations and marketing efforts. Find
information about adding your event to the Healthy Futures event
series (PDF form).
Incentives
As
added incentive, kids who complete three Activity Logs, participate
in three or more Healthy Futures events or a combination of both
qualify to win one of two grand prize sporting equipment packages
of their choice – a $300 value.
Participation
More
than 2,300 Anchorage elementary students from 30 Anchorage elementary
schools participated the inaugural school year. More than 7,900
students from 51 Alaska schools participated in the 2004-05 program
and more than 12,500 youth participated in 2006-07.
Spokespersons
Kikkan Randall,a successful Alaska athlete and internationally-known Nordic skier, has been an official Healthy Futures spokesperson since 2003. A 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympian, Randall was crowned National Sprint Champion and U.S. National U23 Grand Champion in 2002 and 2004, was 2006 US National Grand Champion and took third place in the 2007 World Cup Sprint – the best ever American finish.
In December 2007, Kikkan became a U.S. cross country legend as the first woman in 27 years to take gold in the World Cup freestyle sprint. The U.S. Olympic Committee named Kikkan
as one of two December 2007 Athletes of the Month.
www.kikkan.com
Aelin Peterson appeared in the 2002 Olympics as the fourth- ranked woman in America for Nordic skiing. She ranked No. 1 for Jr. Female Cross-Country Skier in the U.S. in 1991, 1993, 1994, before retiring from racing in 1995. Returning to the sport in 2000, Aelin won a bronze medal at the 2001 US Nationals. In 2003, she was named Cross Country Ambassador of Excellence by the U.S. Ski Association and earned a bronze medal at the U.S. Nationals. Aelin retired from competitive skiing after the 2004-05 and joined the Healthy Futures team in 2007. www.aelin.net |
