Getting Active

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FLAG Football Across the USA!

On September 3, I had a very good experience with Fuel Up to Play 60 in Seattle, WA. I had the opportunity to meet and even interview NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, NFL alumni players, as well as the mascot fr...
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Get Involved In For the Love of Play!

There are many ways to get the word out about the For the Love of Play Campaign (September 9 – October 17), and it can be easy. For example, ask others what their favorite activity is and get to know them. By d...
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Be Active, Be Healthy!

After spending six hours in my classroom, I have just about reached my breaking point. With exams, homework, and class work, I no longer have the attention span to remain focused. As I turn my head to look out ...
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A Long Road to Victory

You must work hard to be good at what you do, right? Well, I have to work hard to be active. I have a bone/muscle problem called Osgood-Schlatter Disease. Lots of growing kids have this problem, which is basica...
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Helping Our Community with Fuel Up to Play 60

Hi, my name is McKenzie, and my name is Abby. We are Fuel Up to Play 60 Ambassadors from Kentucky. We helped start a service learning project called “Cardinals Play 60” to raise money for a new playground to h...
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WELCOME NEW AMBASSADORS!

I love being physically active and probably my favorite way to be physically active is playing softball.  Most of the time I play softball, I am the catcher. I would like to relate your new role as Fuel Up to P...
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Fuel Up on the News!

I wanted to share that I was recently on my local news for Fuel Up to Play 60! WCAX (our local news channel) came to my school, and Julie the News Reporter interviewed me. She asked me questions like "What does...
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Fitness Week!

The “Make Your Move Kick Off” assembly at Hulet Elementary School was cool because I knew many of the kids and they knew me or one of the athletes. Since they looked up to us, they all got involved. It also hel...
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Synchronized Skating

My name is Josie. I am in 6th grade and I am a Fuel Up to Play 60 leader at my school. I am from Neenah, Wisconsin. I love doing Fuel Up to Play 60 activities in school because it lets me reach out to sports th...
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Turkey Trot

It’s almost turkey time! Check out how one school in Hamilton, MI is starting Thanksgiving break by getting active: Hamilton Middle School just joined Fuel Up to Play 60 this year, and they’re already hittin...
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Fall Sports and Fuel Up to Play 60

This fall I have been involved in cross country and gymnastics. In cross country we have 48 students participating! We practice every day to compete in weekly races that are a mile and a half long. My fastest t...
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Finding 60 Minutes of Play

Not in a fall sport? That’s ok; there are plenty of other activities for you to do to get in those 60 minutes a day! I, for example, am not in a fall sport but my schedule is very busy. After school on Mondays ...
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Make YOUR Move!

The Make Your Move campaign kicked off on Tuesday with fun launch events around the U.S. NFL players headed to schools in Washington, D.C., Denver and Chicago to show off how fun it is to get 60 minutes of play...
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Bike Nights and Walking Clubs

I have several things that I would like to do during the 2013-2014 school year. The first thing I have planned is to attend a Coordinated School Health meeting to try and get more schools involved with Fuel Up ...