Healthy Lombard offers Flat Apple Fitness program for kids this summer

The mission of the Healthy Lombard Foundation is to address the epidemic of childhood obesity and promote a healthier lifestyle.

With that mission in mind, Healthy Lombard developed the Flat Apple Fitness program to incentivize kids to stay active during the summer months outside of school.

This year, in addition to physical activities focusing on physical well-being, the have added new features like "Mindfulness Mondays" to promote social-emotional learning (SEL), "Wellness Wednesdays" to encourage physical activity and "Foodie Fridays" to promote healthy eating and cooking.

Each week, registered participants will receive a short newsletter from Healthy Lombard detailing the various opportunities to earn "tickets."

Registered participants can log their "tickets" throughout the duration of the program by completing the tracker provided by Healthy Lombard.

At the end of the summer participants will use their tickets for eligibility to win a variety of prizes.

The 2021 program runs June 13 to July 31. Prize winners are typically contacted in September.

To register your child, visit www.healthylombard.com and select Flat Apple 2021 under the Quick Clicks Column on the right-hand side of the page.

This link will take you to the registration site. There is no fee to register. Children must be registered by an adult to participate in the program.

More Flat Apple information can be found at healthylombard.com/flat-apple-fitness-2021/.

The Healthy Lombard Foundation welcomes community suggestions for social-emotional learning (SEL) activities, physical activities and recipes!

Send ideas via email to jay@healthylombard.com by July 15.