Kosciusko Community YMCA is celebrating YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day® with a free community event. It encourages kids in Kosciusko County to get moving and learning and families help people live healthier. The event is April 27 and activities run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be activities and vendors in the gym including crafts and Martin’s food tasting, and organizations including Kosciusko County Velo Cycling Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the fire department, Purdue Extension and Premier Safety. There will be a “Zumba for Children” class from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The climbing wall will be open from noon to 1 p.m. Open swim hours will be from 1 to 4 p.m. All events and activities and admission to the YMCA April 27 will be free and open to youth and families. Healthy Kids Day, the YMCA’s national initiative to improve families’ health and well being, takes place at 1,900 YMCAs and kick-starts healthier behaviors now and throughout the summer. Kosciusko Community YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day will feature a one-mile fun run for kids up to age 14. Pre-registration is going on now and race day registration starts at 8:30 a.m., and the first 50 to register will receive a T-shirt. The race is at 9 a.m. at the YMCA. Kosciusko Community YMCA will host representatives from Warsaw Breakfast Optimists, who will be offering the Optimist Safe Assured program in the lower level meeting room from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This program creates a mini-CD that provides details about each child, including personal identification information essential for location efforts in the case that a child is missing. To register for the fun run or with any questions, contact the YMCA at 574-269-9622 or visit www.kcymca.org
