Kids in Force

Introduction

In 2010 Sage Fruit Company implemented the Kids in Force program to educate our youth on the importance of health and nutrition ultimately empowering them to their full potential and a healthier lifestyle.

Childhood Obesity is a growing epidemic that is affecting our future. School programing has struggled with funding for Health Education and after school activities leaving our children without healthy options. Through Kids in Force, we hope to educate and get our children involved in making healthy eating decisions as well as encouraging them to play and get physical activity each day.

The Kids in Force program is a free service to our community. Parents can find resources and tools on the Sage Fruit website about health and nutrition. Our website has a special section for kids to interact and learn with various downloadable activities like coloring sheets, connect the dots and games. These activities have been created to help educate our youth on the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Given the alarming increase in childhood obesity and diabetes, we must make changes now to promote health and chronic disease prevention as adults.

Nutrition

Diet plays a key role in an individual’s health, appearance, performance, and well-being. With the busy lifestyles of many parents, as well as the lack of funding in many of our schools, children are often lacking proper nutrition on diets high in fat, sugar, and preservatives. It’s important to provide healthy alternatives to these diets.

Sage Fruit wants to encourage children to make healthier snack choices. By providing great tasting and healthy alternatives through our resources, we hope to influence better Grocery buying habits and changes in the household. These important decisions first start in the home and affect behaviors in other environments.

Activity

Get out and play!

Studies show that youth should engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity for a minimum of 20 minutes, three or more days of the week to promote health and chronic disease prevention as adults. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education emphasizes the need to initiate even higher levels of activity in younger children of elementary school age. It is recommended that at least 30 to 60 minutes of activity on most, or all, days of the week is focused on with developmentally appropriate activities.

The Program

The outline of the program is simple, the more you decide to eat healthy and get daily activity, the more points you get! Your points add up and can be redeemed for some amazing prizes. But the biggest reward is better health!

First, go to www.sagefruit.com to download your official Kids in Force program form. If you are not an adult, make sure to get your parents permission first before going online. While you are there, check out our various activities and resources! Download the KIF form and print it out for your record keeping.

Fill out the required contact information and begin logging your activities and food choices! Once you reach your desired points and prize level, simply mail the form to the address provided on the bottom of the form and you’ll receive your prize in the mail!

Points do not accumulate from previous sent in forms, so save your points until you reach the point level and prize you want before sending it in. Once you send in one form, you can start over again and redeem for a different prize! Just please one form/prize every 60 days.

Get Rewarded!

Get rewarded by making healthy eating decisions and getting daily activity! The more you do, the more you could win!

Fruit Kids Activity Sheets