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Active Adventure Passport –
Recognition Assemblies

The winners are:
First:         Livingstone Elementary School
Second:     Maquinna Annex Elementary School
Third:        Nootka Elementary School

By finishing in the top three, each of the schools will host a recognition assembly to honour the accomplishments of their students for participating in the 2008 Active Adventure Passport. These assemblies will include a presentation by the Vancouver Active Communities Network Chair, Bob Lenarduzzi, and a demonstration of Active Adventure games by the Red Fox program. The presentations will be held at:

• Livingstone, Monday October 20th at 1:00 pm
• Maquinna Annex, Friday October 17th at 9:00 am
• Nootka, TBA

The 2008 Active Adventure Passport contained 10 free active adventures. Vancouver elementary students spent several months collecting stamps in their passports as they completed these activities. This program involved 59 elementary schools and 20,000 students. The teachers and students at the top three schools are now being recognized for their accomplishments.

Three East Vancouver Schools top the 2008 Active Adventures Participation Challenge

Park Board Chair Korina Houghton and Vancouver School Board Vice-Chair Carol Gibson participated in the March launch of the 2008 Active Adventure Passport that made the passports available to all 59 Elementary Schools east of Main Street and the West End. The Active Adventures Passport provided opportunities for the students and their families to become "20% More Active" by exploring local fitness opportunities at parks, rinks and pools.

The 2008 Passport contained a variety of free local active adventures that the students and their families were encouraged to complete. The 10 activities could be completed at school, by exploring local parks, swimming at local pools, skating at neighborhood ice rinks and attending special Active Adventure Park Days. The activities in the Passport included:

• "Jumpstart Your Day" - walk or cycle to school, participate in classroom activity
• Wall climbing
• Obstacle courses
• Pick-up soccer games
• Urban nature walks
• Swims at neighborhood pools
• Swim at Killarney Leisure Pool
• Skating skate a local arenas
• Explore three local parks
• BC Sports Hall of Fame free family visit
• Red Fox games – i.e. stilt walking, Pogo Sticks, Hula Hoops

Go to the following websites to see how much fun the participants had during the Active Adventure Park Days.

Trout Lake Active Adventure Park Day
Strathcona Active Adventure Park Day
Hastings Active Adventure Park Day
Killarney Active Adventure Park Day

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