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Children get a healthy dose of fitness fun at Healthy Kids Day
YMCA, Hall schools keep everyone moving at annual event
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Omar Cisneros, 13, left, and Cesar Cardenas, 12, see how many baskets they can sink before the clock runs out Saturday morning at Laurel Park during the 26th annual YMCA Healthy Kids Day. The event featured the Fit Families 5K race, a rock climbing wall, bounce house, obstacle course, Zumba demo, games, and arts and crafts.
Families crowded Laurel Park to promote healthy lifestyles Saturday morning as part of the 26th annual Healthy Kids Day, organized by the YMCA and the Hall County school system. Amy Kienle, CEO of the YMCA, estimated that they had more than 1,000 people show up from 9 a.m. to noon. The event began as an end-of-school celebratory 5K run for Hall County schools’ running teams five years ago.