Family Wellness Night Resource Kit
The Family Wellness Night Resource Kit, including templates, PDF's, Word documents, and arts and crafts section is available for download here...
Veggie & Fruit Tracker
A handy printable sheet you can use at home with your kids. Laminate or use fun magnets to track the five recommended servings of veggies and fruit per day. The other side has a guide to local Ontario produce and it's seasonal availability. Print, track, and celebrate!
York Region Food Network
York Region Food Network is a centre for the promotion of food security. In support of this vision, YRFN works to raise public awareness on the many issues affecting food security such as affordable housing, adequate employment, education, accessible childcare and social assistance policies through programming, outreach and advocacy initiatives. Their website offers information on Community Gardens, Meals, Food Banks and the Good Food Box
York Good Food Program
York Good Food Program offers tips to reduce your food wastage. They offer meal planning, money saving and shopping advice as well as regular competitions.
Good Food Box
The Good Food Box is a fresh and nutritious box of affordable fruits and vegetables available from York Region Food Network and satellite sites each month. Find out how to get you food box.
Winter DPA Ideas
Activity in the winter boosts our children's immune system, making it easier to fight the flu and colds. It also helps combat depression, such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), caused by lack of sunlight exposure from increased indoor time and shorter days.
Download this guide for simple and fun ideas to use with students for their Daily Physical Activities. At least 20 minutes of indoor and outdoor ideas with a seasonal focus to get kids moving every day!
Spring DPA Ideas
Springtime is perfect for outdoor play and activity. Leave the cold, snowy winter behind and emerge into a sunny spring, which kids love to play in.
Download this guide for simple and fun ideas to use with students for their Daily Physical Activities. At least 20 minutes of indoor and outdoor ideas with a seasonal focus to get kids moving every day!
Fall DPA Ideas
Mild fall days are a great mood boost and source of motivation to get active. The fall provides us with opportunities like spending more time outdoors while taking in the beautiful landscapes and changing colours. It is important to take advantage of this increase in energy during the fall months while it lasts and get active!
Download this guide for simple and fun ideas to use with students for their Daily Physical Activities. At least 20 minutes of indoor and outdoor ideas with a seasonal focus to get kids moving every day!
Ontario Healthy Kids
The website for the Healthy Kids Community Challenge, summarizing the program and listing all the communities involved. It also offers many tips on health and well being for our children.
All Kids Can Play
Sport Aurora's All Kids Can Play program enables kids who would be unable to participate in sports due to financial restrictions. Contact them to donate or to receive assistance for your child.
Sport Aurora
Sport Aurora support and develop sport in Aurora by advocating on behalf of our member organizations in order to build capacity, increase participation, enhance integration and celebrate excellence. They are running the Activate Aurora program and are in partnership with HKCC Aurora.
Town of Aurora
The Town of Aurora's official website offering information on events in the Town, facilities, policies, news and more.
Fitness Facilities Aurora
A list of the Town owned fitness facilities in Aurora.
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in its field. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.
Aurora Sports Hall of Fame
The Aurora Sports Hall of Fame is a celebration of sport history and excellence; dedicated to the recognition of the important place that sport has assumed within the fabric of Aurora.
Master Beard's Taekwondo
One of your local Martial Arts centre. This centre is bound to boost your child's self esteem, fitness, balance, self defense skills and strength.
CAMH Health Promotion Resource Centre
CAMH Health Promotion Resource Centre (CAMH HPRC) is Ontario's source for health promotion evidence regarding mental health and substance use and they build related capacity in health promotion, public health and allied health professionals. In addition, their other primary activities include partnership development and knowledge exchange to impact local and system-level practice, planning and policy.
60 Minutes Club
The 60 Minute Kids' Club is a free program that supports students and elementary schools, Physical Literacy and Health Strategies! The 60MKC suite consist of two tools that support delivering and tracking healthy behaviours, and fundamental movement skills, to students 5-12 years old. Take part as one class, a grade, or as a school!
Nutrition Resource Centre
The Nutrition Resource Centre (NRC) was established in 1999 by the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA), and is a Health Promotion Resource Centre that strengthens the capacity of health professionals across all care settings and in all communities across Ontario through policy development support, knowledge exchange, transfer and translation and serves as a centre of excellence for healthy eating and nutrition tools and resources.
Participaction
ParticipACTION plays a unique and significant leadership role in championing the physical activity and sport participation issue in Canada. With a 45-year history of physical activity leadership, ParticipACTION works with governments, corporations and the sport, physical activity and recreation sector to achieve their vision.
Aurora Skating Club
For all you skating enthusiasts: Here is the page where you find out about all things skating in Aurora
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