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| Fit Kids |
The Green Bay Packers, WFRV CBS-5, Karma Group and the Green Bay Area Public School District team up to fight childhood obesity through the creation of a program called Fit Kids. Fit Kids is a fourth-grade curriculum that focuses on the physical, nutritional and social health of children. Each month, physical education teachers and classroom teachers incorporate various elements of the program into their lessons. Players are featured in monthly themed videos and posters. Themes include Get Together, Get Out, Get Fueled, Get Cooking, Get Moving, Get Bendy, Get Happy and Get Fit. In its fifth year, all public school districts in Wisconsin were encouraged to take part in the program, bringing the participation level to nearly 280 school districts. - More Info |
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| What Moves U |
| The Green Bay Packers and the American Heart Association joined together to create "What Moves U," a program offered to middle schools throughout Wisconsin designed to combat childhood obesity with the help of the state's teachers. In 2009, fifth through eighth grade students from nine Wisconsin schools participated in a six week physical fitness program called the What Moves U Challenge. Each instructor received a teacher's guide and each student received a game planner. Students were encouraged to track their daily amount of physical activity on their classroom scoreboards. The top four schools that accumulated the most physical activity time received What Moves U basketballs, footballs, kickballs, soccer balls and volleyballs. |
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| Atlas and Athena |
| During the 2008/2009 academic year, the Green Bay Packers partnered with seven Wisconsin high schools to implement the NFL ATLAS & ATHENA school programs, a nationally acclaimed initiative designed to promote healthy living and reduce the use of steroids and other drugs among high school athletes. The ATLAS & ATHENA programs focus on nutrition and exercise as alternatives to drug use. The ATLAS program targets adolescent male athletes' use of anabolic steroids, human growth hormone, alcohol and other drugs and use of sport supplements, while improving healthy nutrition and exercise practices. The ATHENA program is designed to reduce disordered eating and use of body shaping and other drugs among young women, while promoting healthy nutrition and exercise. |
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| Hometown Huddle |
| Packers players Will Blackmon, Daryn Colledge, Tony Moll, Charlie Peprah, Jason Spitz and Brett Swain took part in the 10th annual Hometown Huddle, featuring the Green Bay Packers teaming up with the City of Green Bay to provide a new playground for the city's Beaumont Elementary School Park. The project also supported the NFL's Play 60 program, a youth health and fitness campaign focused on making the next generation of kids the most active and healthy by encouraging them to be active for at least 60 minutes a day. The annual event is funded by a grant from the NFL, the Green Bay Packers and the United Way of Brown County. |
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| Coats for Kids |
| Lambeau Field has traditionally been a collection point for the Salvation Army's Coats for Kids campaign during one regular-season game. Fans attending the Packers game against the Minnesota Vikings donated more than 480 coats, bringing the Coats for Kids collection totals for the last nine years to approximately 2020 coats. In addition, over $8,000 was collected for the campaign at the game. |
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| Community Events |
| The Lambeau Field Atrium has given the Green Bay Packers a unique venue to periodically host events throughout the year that are open to the community to enjoy
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| Project LEAP! |
Curing cabin fever was the goal of Project LEAP! (Lambeau's Exercise & Activity Playground). This event, offered for the sixth consecutive year, gave kids the opportunity to run, bounce, climb and tumble like never before. The Lambeau Field Atrium floor was transformed into an indoor playground as a variety of inflatables and obstacle courses were made available for kids. Add to that list some climbing walls, martial arts and acrobatic performances and workshops, in addition to face painting, and there was something for kids of all ages. - More Info |
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| Shindig at 1265 |
| Shindig at 1265 offered families the chance to spend some time enjoying a variety of activities together at Lambeau Field. This event provided opportunities for young and old alike to participate in crafts, cookie decorating and flower potting, as well as compete in pie-eating contests. Other activities included bungee trampolines, air-brush tattoos and a petting zoo. Several stage entertainers, varied in their talents, kept the atmosphere lively. - More Info |
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| Spooktacular Fun at Lambeau Field |
The sixth annual Spooktacular Fun at Lambeau Field event offered the community an opportunity to come to the Atrium to enjoy the thrills and chills of Halloween. Various performers amused guests through interactive and entertaining activities, including sing-along music, magic and miming. Costumed stilt walkers roamed the Atrium, while children awaited their turn to have their faces painted and create a masterpiece in the crafts area. In its third annual run, the Haunted Concourse offered scenes of high tech shocks and horrors to those guests brave enough to enter. - More Info |
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| Ecumenical Thanksgiving Day Dinner |
| For the sixth consecutive year, Christian Outreach hosted its annual Thanksgiving Day prayer service and dinner in the Lambeau Field Atrium. More than 500 volunteers joined together to prepare and serve a sit-down dinner to approximately 850 local, needy people. An additional 600 meals were prepared and delivered to those who were unable to leave their home to attend the dinner. During the meal, guests were treated to an instrumental performance by members of a local high school band. No one left the Atrium empty-handed, as goodie bags were presented to everyone attending the dinner. |
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| Community Events Grant |
| In 2008, the Green Bay Packers made four grants available to non-profit organizations servicing Brown County who were interested in holding an event in the Lambeau Field Atrium or Legends Club. These grants, which waive the facility rental fee, are awarded on an annual basis. The Packers awarded the Community Events Grant for use in 2009 to: Greater Green Bay YMCA, Green Bay Traffic Club, Leadership Green Bay and Special Olympics Wisconsin. |
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