WEDNESDAY DEADLINE FOR FIT FOR BLOOMSDAY SIGN-UP

Schools Have Until January 23rd to Enter

For Release—January 22, 2013
Contact: Don Kardong—838-1579, donkardong@bloomsdayrun.org




Spokane, WA—Elementary schools from Eastern Washington and North Idaho have one more day to sign up for the Fit for Bloomsday...Fit for Life youth fitness program. After the entry deadline, over 70 schools are expected to have signed up, with nearly 7,000 kids participating in the ten-week running and walking program.


“We’ve already heard from nearly 50 schools in the region,” said Bloomsday Race Director Don Kardong, “and over 5,000 kids are expected to participate at those schools. That’s a great start to this year’s program.”

Fit For Bloomsday...Fit For Life—dubbed Fit For Bloomsday for short—was developed by Bloomsday volunteers in cooperation with PE instructors, coaches and parents in the Spokane area. The Lilac Bloomsday Association provides information, materials, structure and incentives for the 8-10 week program, which is administered by school personnel and volunteers at participating schools. Now in its 27th year, the program prepares kids to run or walk Bloomsday while teaching them the importance of fitness, nutrition and safety.

Schools can sign up for Fit for Bloomsday by downloading an application form from Bloomsday’s web site (www.bloomsdayrun.org) and returning it to the Bloomsday office by January 23rd. Kids and adults who want to sign-up for the 37th annual Lilac Bloomsday Run can register online now at www.bloomsdayrun.org.

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