Adventure Challenge for Kids is the ultimate celebration of outdoor athleticism. A multi-sport event that includes kayaking, cycling, and trail running, the Adventure Challenge for Kids will be a fun and exciting test of your endurance and technical skills while you travel along one of two scenic routes.
The Vancouver event will see participants paddle out to sea from Jericho Beach before taking to the trails of the UBC Pacific Spirit Park for the mountain bike and trail running segments of the race. For those in the Fraser Valley, Cultus Lake Provincial Park will set the stage. Participants will kayak the lake and road bike the paved park
roads before running amongst old-growth giants on the Seven Sisters Trail.Whether you sign up as an individual or compete as a team, the Adventure Challenge for Kids will provide you with a thrilling challenge and a great way to give back to your community. Your fundraising efforts will benefit the Canucks for Kids Fund in support Canuck Place Children’s Hospice and the 60 Minute Kids’ Club.
Canuck Place Children’s Hospice supports children with life-threatening illnesses through respite for the entire family, pain and symptom care, 24-hour province-wide family support, art, education, music and recreation therapy, bereavement counselling and end-of-life care. Whether life is measure in days, weeks or months, children deserve the opportunity to learn, develop and grow. Canuck Place helps children and families live courageously through life’s most challenging circumstances.
The 60 Minute Kids Club program addresses childhood obesity and physical inactivity by entrenching healthy habits in our youth through our in school campaign and web-based platform that builds daily healthy habits. The activation campaign engages kids through in school assemblies and an online platform that tracks daily activity, healthy
eating, screen time, sleep and hydration. Through an interactive medium, goal setting, accountability and fun incentives the 60 Minute Kids’ Club is a conduit for youth and their families for healthy lifestyle habits. It serves as a stage for sharing success stories and promoting healthy role models. For more information, please visit
www.60minkidsclub.orgThe Canucks for Kids Fund dedicates resources to assist charities which support children’s health and wellness, foster the development of grassroots hockey, and facilitate and encourage education in British Columbia. Thanks to the generosity of their fans, donors, players, employees and sponsor partners, the Canucks for Kids Fund has
granted more than $41 million to more than 120 charities within British Columbia over the last 27 years.For more information on the beneficiaries of the Adventure Challenge for Kids, please visit [cfkf site] www.canuckplace.org and www.60minutekidsclub.com.
Join the fun. Take the Challenge! Adventure Challenge for Kids takes place on September 14 at Cultus Lake Provincial Park and September 15 at Jericho Beach
Go to www.adventurechallenge.ca to register!
We hope to see you there!
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