Childhood obesity has become a serious health concern across the nation. ING Run For Something Better is tackling the issue by helping kids become fit through free, school-based running fitness programs. The mission of the nonprofit program, ING Run for Something Better, is to prevent obesity in children by making fitness opportunities available in schools. We want to introduce kids to the benefits of running and physical fitness and empower children with the means to achieve a healthy lifestyle that they can maintain for the long term. And we’re making it fun for kids, too!
With your help, more kids may avoid the risks of childhood obesity. Make a donation of $10 or more and receive a pair of orange ING Run For Something Better shoelaces as a token of our appreciation and show your support of youth running and fitness.
Donate now!ING Run For Something Better, in partnership with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE*), seeks to increase physical activity in students and help fight childhood obesity nationwide through the creation of school-based running programs. Research shows that physical activity improves self esteem, school performance and overall well being.
The new awards program will provide fifty (50) $2,000 grants to schools that desire to establish a school-based running program or expand an existing one. Through activity plans created by NASPE and based on the National Standards for Physical Education (NASPE, 2004), the awards program will offer children a healthy start to life and foster their desire to exercise before obesity ever begins. To ensure impartiality, NASPE will manage the 2009 school awards program for ING.
If you are ready to make an impact on the lives of your students through healthy lifestyle changes, improving self esteem and reducing the rate of childhood obesity, then step up to the starting line!
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