This past Saturday a fantastic event, Healthy Kids Day, was held at the Wang YMCA. Healthy Kids Day is an annual event held by YMCAs around the country aimed to increase kids’ awareness of how to live a healthy life and what it means to be healthy. I spent a lot of time helping to plan the Wang’s Healthy Kids Day, and am happy to report that the event was great and drew a full house. I think that Saturday’s event was a showcase for a successful event that includes many sectors of the community. Although the event was aimed at kids, there were people of all ages and backgrounds in attendance. Many community groups and businesses volunteered their time to participate, from the police to health professionals to a traditional Chinese dance group. Best of all….everyone had FUN!
Below are some highlights from the day!
Healthy snacks were donated and served to get kids thinking about eating right and cutting out junk foods. Wholefoods market sent three very creative employees who got kids eating veggies by challenging them to create a “veggie face” on a plate and then eat all the veggies to win a prize. 
The Beantown Jumpers showed the crowed a doublt dutch routine.
Northeastern’s ballroom dance team performed an awesome dance (and then was asked to come back out for an encore!). NUBallroom is a great group that is hoping to continue to work with the Wang to teach dance classes to kids in the after school and summer program in the coming months!
Girls perform traditional Chinese Dance!
A volunteer led kids in fitness activities!
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