Play more, Eat right, & Push away the screen
May 25, 2009 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under activities, giveaway, sponsored post, summertime
SUBWAY recently partnered with the National Institute of Health and their We Can! program (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition), encouraging kids to push away the TV screen. In celebration of this partnership, our family received a P.E.P. Rally kit to help jump start outdoor activities with our kiddos. The box was delivered on a gorgeous day last month and soon the sidewalk chalk, jump ropes, nurf footballs, and frisbees were in the hands of six very happy kiddos.
The goal behind these kits is to get parents and kids excited about being up and active, now that the weather is nice and summer is just about here. I can tell you, this kit did just that for my family… We enjoyed outside play for hours!
Do you and your kiddos need a little extra coaxing to get moving outside? I have a P.E.P. Rally kit for one of you to win. In fact, your activity kit will include a SUBWAY gift card, as well, to help your family accomplish the goals to play more, eat right and push away the screen!
Here’s how to enter:
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- Leave me a comment on this post, by 9pm on June 5th, telling me about your favorite outdoor activities and how you plan to play more, eat right and push away the screen this summer.
- For additional entries feel free to blog about your summer plans and include a link to this giveaway in your post, send a tweet, or leave the link to this giveaway on your Facebook page. Be sure to leave me a separate comment with a link to your blog, post, tweet, or Facebook page.
- You may also subscribe to my blog feed for yet another entry, and leave me a comment saying you did so. You must remain a subscriber during the entire duration of this giveaway.
One lucky winner will be chosen at random, at 9pm on June 5th, and will be notified via email. Make sure you leave a valid email address in your comments.
My favorite outdoor activity is to go bike riding. I plan to play more and eat right by spending time with my little brothers & watching my portion sizes. I’ll work out more since I work at a gym now, and I’ll stay active outside by spending time with family!
My favorite thing is to plaly tag with my kids. I can’t run very fast but we have lots of fun.
We love to slide and swing at the park and we will be spending lots of time splashing at the public pool nearby weather permitting!
we like going to the beach, swimming, and camping and amusement parks when we can.
we drive 1200 miles one way to visit family.
kids go to running camp and 4-H camp that are 800 and 1200 miles from home.
they also have cross country and track practice
they also have band camp for marching band.
We eat more healthy because of the heat, we eat more salads and fruit
Thank you
camper223[at]live[dot]com
I’m a subscriber
Thank you
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I love walking my dog!!!
Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!
Janna Johnson
janna@FeedYourPigBlog.com
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My favorite is gardening. I love that.
We love seimming. So we get very excited when the weather is nicer. We spend our days at the lake or pool swimming. It is fun and we stay active as a family.
My family spends time in the pool during the summer, which lessens the amount of time we’re sitting in front of the screen and eating junk.
Tweet… http://twitter.com/Lisa4Christ/status/1960349386
Our favorite outdoor activity is bike riding. We also have a neighborhood pool where we can swim. We’ve been trying to increase our intake of fruits and veggies and decrease fatty and high calorie foods. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I enjoy the 30 minute walks we take on the trails in our woods. We’re cutting back on portions and adding more fruits and veggies.
Our favorite outdoor activity is mostly in the pool, but we love to ride our bikes on a beautiful day.
We lead a very healthy life and my husband and I lead by example. My children know about serving sizes and the importance of fruits, veggies and lots of water. But I never discourage them to not have their kiddie goodies.
My favorite summertime activity is biking. We love to ride our bikes all over our town. Sometimes, we pack a picnic and take off on our bikes for a day of adventure. We eat our healthy picnic lunch and bike back home! It is so fun!
I plan to get my kids out this summer by being an example first! I take them on walks with my dog when they want to and we ride bikes.
Our favorite summer activity is to go on nature hikes to collect leaves, sticks, rocks and bugs and talk about what we find. It’s lots of fun! We plan to also work on a veggie garden this year!
We love to go hiking with the dogs. Good exercise for everyone.
We like to do a lot of BBQ’s with friend and family I’m also going to start a garden to help us eat more veggies.
We love to hike outdoors. We love riding our bikes and camping.
Thanks
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I tweeted.
http://twitter.com/ccboobooy/status/1965181332
We love to go outside and play with our humungous ball. The kids love to run around with the dog, too.
We love to swim in the pool as well as going hiking. Love the nature
My kids love to be outdoors – and during the summer, it’s easy to stay away from the boob tube! Riding bikes, nature hikes, swimming, ball games, etc keep us busy all summer long!
We just moved to a great neigborhood where we live on a lake, and there is so much to do. We just bought 2 kayaks, so you can bet we are gonna be doing a lot of that this summer.
My all time favorite outdoor activity is going for bike rides! We actually already implemented one of our plans to get our children outdoors more by putting up a basketball goal this week. It’s working already and my children have spent a lot more time outdoors. Thanks!
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
I Tweeted this giveaway. http://twitter.com/lisalmg/status/1968063140
Thanks!
lisalmg25 at gmail dot com
My favorite outdoor activity is playing with my son with our inflatable Octopus sprinkler. We now have a sand box and are getting a water table soon so We will be playing outside a lot MORE!
ilovebabynoah707@yahoo.com
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ilovebabynoah707@yahoo.com
Riding bikes is a great and fun summer activity.
I’m subscribed to your RSS feed.
My fave outdoor activity is walking the dogs. Now that its warmer we can go more places and spend more time
swim in our pool,walk&play basketball
pushing away the screen GLADLY
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We live right near a “greenway” – not a golf greenway, but a system of trails through the woods in our town. We love to walk there because it’s so quiet and peaceful. We also play a lot of badminton as a family and …. well… not that it’s a lot of exercise, but we play a lot of bocce ball, too.
We love to go for walks in the mountains near our home.
We love to spend time at the beach and pool and basically any outdoor activitie
We love going to the beach in the summer.
Metal detecting(hopefully), goofing around, walking should do it this summer for us.
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I plan to get out and active more by not volunteering as much for overtime at work as I am accustomed to.
We love to spend time outdoors bicycling, hiking and swimming. We are planning on doing more activities at the Y and eating more healthy meals such as Subway.
I like swimming.
I plan to cut down on dairy, see friends more, and I’m already away from the TV.
Here in AZ. it’s almost impossible to play outdoors during the summer but we do plan on using our pool quite often and have many a pool party!
We are going to start inviting people over for some pool fun and some pot luck or bbq type dinners!
We love playing badminton and racquet games. Actually there is no tv during the summer except for rainy days and one show before bedtime. It’s all about being physically active and being outdoors.
I’m a subscriber!
My favorite thing to do outside is to swim then read by the pool as I dry off.
Thanks for the chance to win.
I subscribe via Google.
I love to play tennis and swim in the warm weather, and this summer I plan to eat more fruits and vegetables and also increase physical activity.
we love turning off the tube and playing badmitton or bocce and we try to eat lots of fruits and veggies
Gotta be the pool, we love it all summer long. We eat watermelon, swim all day, and get a great tan. It’s fun for the whole family!
We love to go bike riding together- and this summer we are in the process of putting up a gigantic basketball hoop in the driveway
fishing, nothing like it
Our favorite is going camping and hiking in the mountains.
We love to swim and walk the dog – our goal is to get out and walk every night!
Thanks
I like to attend outdoor festivals and concerts. We try to do something like that every weekend with outside with the kids.
My favorite outdoor activites are bicycling, tennis, and basketball. I plan to play more by planning more mixed doubles with friends. Make it a social activity that is also good exercise.
we like to walk and fish:)
Our favorite outdoor activities are swimming & fishing !
When we go campimg we are more active & play harder. No Tv at all!
We stay in a tent & I bring fresh fruits & veggies along to grill so we can eat healthier.
I subscribe!
We do a lot of bike riding, swimming and gardening
We love to swim and even walk to and from the commuity pool!
Well I joined Curves, I have felt better and I am walking more around the neighborhood. I have been eating better but not the best yet
We love to go camping and hiking. Today we went to the lake and walked almost 8 miles around the lake. We have been trying to eat more fruits and veggies and drink more water.
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My hubby and I and our 5 children love going for walks. Starting a few weeks ago, we promised ourselves we are going to go hiking at a local trail for an hour every other day. So far, so good, and the children love it!!
I just love to go swimming and grilling outside. We love to play washers and horseshoes. I also love to watch the kids work in the garden. They help me with the planting and watering.
we love to play outside.
we grow our own veggies. Our son can’t wait to eat the tomatoes.
My five-year-old is an excellent paper airplane maker, so we like to go out and fly his airplanes in our apartment’s parking lot. Also, our family camps out just about every other weekend during the late spring, summer and early fall.
This summer, I have made out a schedule for my son, which includes lots of summer camps and outdoor activities, and which also only allows one “movie day” each week.