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Caroline County can log the most minutes of reading. Encourage youth
to create their own stories as well.
Family YMCA
• Get Moving! – Activities that require movement also

46 Denton Plaza, Denton help kids flex their mental muscle. Use materials in
unique ways: ask youth to build models, manipulate
tools or develop their own theatrical scenes.
Caroline County Family YMCA Kicks
Off Summer with Annual Healthy Kids Day • Play Together – Play may be the best way to prevent

childhood obesity. By putting more play into your

The Caroline County Family YMCA is hosting the Y’s annual family’s day, you will soon find yourself getting the

Healthy Kids Day® on Saturday, April 30, encouraging families activity that will have your family feeling energized and
to take a moment to help kids be kids and set them up for strong.
a summer of success. Sponsored by Howard Johnson® by
• Make sleep a priority – Doctors recommend 10-12
Wyndham, Care First, Best Western, Car-R-Us, Shore Strategies,
hours of sleep a day for children ages 5-12 and 7-8
Shore United Bank, and JP Automotive, the day-long event
hours per night for adults. Sleep plays a critical role in
will feature activities such as Bounce House, summer camp
maintaining our healthy immune system, metabolism,
information, basketball clinics, obstacle courses, community
mood, memory, and learning.
resources, healthy snacks, music and more to motivate and
teach families how to develop and maintain healthy routines The Caroline County Family YMCA Healthy Kids Day takes

at home. place at Choptank River Park, 224 Sunset Ave. Greensboro
from 11am to 2pm.
“At the Y, we believe in the potential of all children and each day

we work to help kids find that potential within themselves,” said For more information, contact Angel Perez, Program
Angel Perez, Program Coordinator. “Healthy Kids Day is a fun, Coordinator at 410-479-3060 or carolineymcamentoring@
free community-wide event to kick off summer and remind ymcachesapeake.org
us all how important it is for kids to stay active physically and
mentally throughout the summer.”
Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2022, Healthy Kids Day is
the Y’s national initiative to improve health and well-being for
kids and families. The Y hopes to use the day to get more kids

moving and learning, creating healthy habits they can continue
while they’re away from the classroom. When kids are out of
school, they can face hurdles that prevent them from reaching
their full potential. Research shows that without access to
out-of-school learning activities, kids fall behind academically.
Kids also gain weight twice as fast during summer than during
the school year. With all that’s going on in the world right now,
Healthy Kids Day is a reminder to families that we can help
ensure all children have access to what they need to reach their
full potential, even during out-of-school time.

Keeping Kids Healthy All Summer Long
In celebration of YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day, the Y off ers the Correction from March 2022 Issue
following tips to help families develop healthy habits this
summer that can have a lifetime eff ect:
In the March 2022 issue of the Caroline Review on the
• High Five the Fruits and Veggies – Make sure kids get story “Choptank: From Fishing to Boating”, the last few

at least five servings of fruits and veggies each day, words of the story were left off of the print edition. Below

the minimum number nutritionists recommend for is the last paragraph in its entirety. If you missed the story
healthy childhood development. And to keep kids’ in the March issue, you can view it on our website at www.
taste buds evolving, have everyone in the family try at CarolineReview.com.
least one bite of a new fruit or vegetable at least once a
month. One of the community’s oldest residents, Mrs. Estelle
Wright at 92 still lives in her own home and is featured
• Read Together – The summer is a great time to enjoy

in the recently published “VOICES FROM THE LAND;
books with summer program participants—and 30
A CAROLINE COUNTY MEMOIR,’ by Mary Anne
minutes a day goes a long way! Take trips to the local
Fleetwood.
library or create a family reading challenge to see who
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