Beale AFB | Youth Program

Youth Program

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Families can accrue points by participating in activities that have been tagged ‘TRIPLE PLAY’ at the following facilities:*

Youth Center, Coyote Run Golf Course, Harris Fitness Center, Beale Lanes Bowling Center, Outdoor Recreation, Rod-N-Gun, and Airman & Family Readiness Center
*Make sure you register at the facility where you’re participating.

1st – 2nd & 3rd place each month (Jun-Jul-Aug) will receive awesome prizes!
The grand prize winners will be awarded on Friday, 11 Sept at our DAY FOR KIDS celebration.
Rules will be available at each facility.
For questions please call the Youth Center at 634-2142

Families Can Win!

- Bicycles for a Family of Four
- Season tickets to Six Flags Great America
- Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
- Disneyland Family Passes
- 2-Nights Stay in Fort Bragg
- Family Tickets To Scandia
- Family Tickets To Botanical Gardens
- Rollerblades
- Movie Passes
- Bowling Passes
- Family Pool Passes
- Youth Center Memberships
- 4 Hours Of Personal Training
- $50 Gift Cert To Restaurant Of Choice
- $100 Towards an OAC Trip!

Triple Play Rules:

• Open to authorized users (e.g. active duty military and their dependants, DoD civilians and their dependants, etc).
• Registered families must have at least one participating adult and one child (6-18 yrs).
• Participants must register at each facility that they participate at. Points will not count for non-registrants.
The time frame to accrue points is June 1 - August 31, 2009.
• Points will be awarded to the ‘family’ not for the number of participants in the family. (For example: A family of 5 would receive 100 points, not 500 points).
• Points will be awarded one-time for each event per day, although event can be repeated for points on a different day (Bowling 5 games in a row is the same points as one game.
• Youth Center sponsored ‘Triple Play’ events will be worth more points.
• It is the participant’s responsibility to seek out Triple Play events.
• Certain restrictions and conditions will apply to all award winners.
• Awards are non-transferable and must be used within the allotted time period.
• Monthly prizes will be awarded separately. Each prize however will begin at zero, not accrue from month to month. The grand prizes however will be an accumulation of points for all participants from June 1 through August 31, 2009.
• Grand prize winners will be announced at Day for Kids event in September 2009

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A Game Plan for the Mind, Body and Soul

Welcome to Triple Play Parents Game Plan, a valuable resource guide to help you “get into the game” of health and fitness at home – where healthy habits start.
Currently being offered in Boys & Girls Clubs, Triple Play: A Game Plan for the Mind, Body and Soul is a dynamic initiative that demonstrates how eating right, keeping fit and forming positive relationships add up to a healthy lifestyle. The Triple Play Parents Game Plan features easy-to-follow elements of this program which are designed to expand your health and wellness discussions with your child.
As a parent, you play a critical role in the development of your child’s physical, mental and social well-being. The Triple Play Parents Game Plan offers a holistic approach in three key areas of focus:

Mind – developing a knowledge base to acquire healthy habits, such as making smart food choices, understanding appropriate portion sizes and creating fun and healthy meals;

Body – becoming more physically active through daily fitness and fun, including activities to get kids active and moving; and

Soul – strengthening character and reinforcing positive behavior with activities designed to improve confidence and develop interpersonal skills.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s sponsors and partners, The Coca-Cola Company and Kraft Foods Inc., have committed their resources to launch Triple Play: A Game Plan for Mind, Body and Soul as well as to provide the Parents Game Plan. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has taken a strong interest in this program because it is in line with its Steps to a HealthierUS initiative. Working together, with you, this team can help youth build skills for maintaining physical fitness and making positive lifestyle changes.

Importance of Social Recreation

Leisure or social activities can positively influence your child by providing a way for him or her to learn social skills and creativity through play and sports.

Social activities include fun events and experiences that promote social success. It is essential to your child’s healthy development. In addition to the fun and engagement your child derives from participating in fitness, sports, games, contests and other recreational activities, social recreation offers a variety of other benefits, including:
• Adventure and challenge • Health and wellbeing • Strength and endurance
• Growth and development • Leadership and teamwork • Improved self-image
• Reduced problems • Stronger families and communities

Character Building
Social recreation can be an ideal setting in which to promote and develop good character in children. In order to be successful in instilling character in your child, it is important to understand clearly what character is and to know what traits a person of character demonstrates. Dr. Tom Lickona, professor of education at SUNY-Courtland, describes character as “knowing the good, loving the good and doing the good.”

The following definitions detail what character involves and the types of behavior you and your child might observe in someone who exhibits character. They also can be easy conversation starters to discuss the importance of character.

Character is defined by what one does, not by what one says or claims to believe.
Every choice one makes further defines the kind of person one chooses to be.
Character is demonstrated in the way one behaves when no one is looking.

Skills Development
In addition to the fun and engagement youth derive from participating in fitness, sports, games, contents and other recreational activities, social recreation provides a way for youth to learn motor skills, social skills and creativity through play and sports. Skill development motivates young people and makes games and contests more exciting. It implies that goals are being set. Goal setting leads to practice and analysis of the activity and to a measurement of progress.

Healthy Food Choices

USDA’s new MyPyramid (click on image / PDF) symbolizes a personalized approach to healthy eating and physical activity. The symbol has been designed to be simple and to remind you to make healthy food choices and to be active every day. MyPyramid.gov is a Web site that will give everyone in your family personal ideas on how to eat better and exercise more.

Stamp Out Portion Distortion
“Portion distortion” happens when the portions we eat are too large for our body size, too big in relation to the amounts of other foods and beverages we have in a day, or too big for the amount of physical activity we do. Over time, this might cause a child to gain too much weight for his or her body size, which can lead to other health problems.

Power Your Body and Brain with Breakfast
The word “breakfast” means “breaking your fast” after a long night without food. It’s an especially important meal for growing children. Breakfast fills your child’s empty tank to help get his or her body going for the day. Breakfast also helps to feed children’s brains so they can listen in class, get schoolwork done and maybe even do better on tests. When kids eat breakfast regularly, it can also help them get the vitamins and minerals they need to grow up strong and healthy.

Snacks, Fluids and Fad Diets
Eating meals that include foods from all the MyPyramid food groups is the best way to have a healthy diet. A “snack” is a small amount of food or drink that you eat between meals to keep you from getting really hungry – snacks are not meant to be eaten instead of meals. Smart snacks can help fill in the food groups your children might miss at meals. If kids are hungry, snacking gives them a chance to eat the fruit skipped at lunch, drink the milk forgotten at breakfast, and balance some of the food choices made earlier in the day.

Building Healthy Bones – and Teeth, Too
Having strong bones and teeth is an important goal at every age, but it is especially important during a child’s growing years. When it comes to bone health, what children eat and the amount exercise they get can greatly affect whether they build strong bones and keep them strong for entire lives.
Three nutrients are needed for building strong bones and teeth--calcium, vitamin D and phosphorus. If your child often falls short of getting enough these nutrients, eventually bones can get weak. Each day, your child should enjoy a variety of foods in all five food groups of USDA’s MyPyramid.

Parent Involvement

Physical fitness is an essential part of life and staying active can lead to a lifetime of wellbeing. Daily fitness activities give your child the chance to play longer and harder at different games – from jumping rope to basketball and even creating games of their own.

Parents play an important role in their children’s life and serve as a valuable resource to physical fitness and sporting activities. (click on image for TP Parents Guide / PDF) It is important that you become involved and informed about what activities your child is participating in. By taking an active role in your child’s activities, you are able to create strong bonds and reinforce good habits.

In 2004-2005, Boys & Girls Clubs of America conducted an in-depth study to identify the most important elements a Club needs in order to deepen its impact on club members. Adapted from these findings, here are some things to keep in mind regarding your child’s participation in group activities or organized sports:
• A safe and positive environment • Fun • Supportive relationships
• Opportunities and expectations • Recognition

When these forces are in place in your child’s life, they can help to counteract the negative influences that can deter youth from positive social development. Programs and activities based on the goal of deepening impact prepare children to resist the negative pressures they face.

Keeping Your Child Motivated
Many children who start playing sports at an early age stop participating by the time they reach adolescence. In order to remain motivated to play sports, children must have fun. Here are a few ways to help your child stay motivated while participating in sports:
• Help your child set individual goals and strive to reach his or her potential.
• Make sure your child is challenged to his or her level of ability when playing.
• Enable your child to learn about his or herself through participating in sports.
• Do not make winning the reason to play sports.

Preparing Your Child for Physical Activity
Before your child engages in physical activity and after your child completes a physical activity, there are steps he or she should take to care for his or her body. Some key components to preparing your body include: warm-up, stretching and cool-down.

Every exercise of physical activity should begin with a warm-up. The purpose of the warm-up is to prepare the body for the activity ahead by slowly elevating the heart rate, increasing body temperature and blood flow to the muscles. Once the body temperature is elevated, muscles are able to stretch better, preventing strains, pulled muscles and aches. A proper warm-up starts slow and easy and gradually increases in intensity, bringing the heart rate and body temperature up. Children should do five to 10 minutes of aerobic exercise to war up their bodies.