Around 20,000 children from 747 classrooms and 261 schools across New Zealand are starting an annual five-week Zespri Young and Healthy Virtual Adventure. The program, which helps children to make healthy choices for a lifetime of good physical and mental health, launched at Te Ākau ki Pāpāmoa with 150 students from years three to five.
Young and Healthy Charitable Trust and Virtual Adventure founder Kim Harvey is excited to get started and continue sharing the foundations of good health with this year’s participants: “The Zespri Young and Healthy Virtual Adventure is designed to encourage and educate tamariki to create their best health and wellbeing practices, and influence their friends and family to get involved too.
“Research shows the first 10 years of a child’s life set the foundations for good health, so we’ve designed the program in a fun and interactive way to help kids understand and notice for themselves what it feels like when they make healthy choices.”
Zespri’s support means the five-week challenge is free for 20,000 primary and intermediate students across New Zealand each year. This year’s adventure finishes on September 19.
Source: sunlive.co.nz
