This week we encourage you to get stretching DAILY! Try a new movement flow, make sure to do at least five minutes of dynamic stretching to warm up before your activity, and take some
time to properly stretch after you run! Check out our new “Get Your Run On” document for some great stretching ideas!
Boks Kids Weekly Challenge
2021 National Cooking Challenge: Sibling Groups Needed
Penn State Extension is hosting the 2021 National 4-H Cooking Challenge on May 15 and 22, 2021. The challenge is for the individual or sibling group to apply their creativity, knowledge of nutrition, food preparation, food safety, and leadership skills to prepare a recipe using a secret ingredient and ingredients in their food pantry, and then make a presentation about the prepared dish to a panel of judges.
Beef Cooking Demo
On Wednesday, March 31, 29 4-H members joined together virtually for a Beef Cooking Demo. The demo was led by Janna Sullivan, Director of Consumer Information for the Tennessee Beef Council.
Boks Kids Weekly Challenge
Challenge: Make it Fun! This week we challenge you to make your run FUN! Find creative ways to keep your runs engaging and fun for you. Create a new running play list or try a “tree run” where you walk to one tree, skip to the next, jog to the next and sprint to the fourth tree. Then repeat for however much time you have. Get creative and have fun!
2021 Healthy Living Ambassador Opportunity
Opportunity for: 4-H Agents and Healthy Living Ambassadors Shelby Brawner, Extension Specialist 4-H Healthy Living Ambassadors are a great component in accomplishing goals and outcomes related to healthy living programming.…
Boks Kids Monthly Challenge – April
BOKS Kids monthly fitness calendar for April that includes a guide that will help you with a couch-to-2k or the couch-to-5k
Boks Kids Weekly Challenge
Challenge: Math
Make your days COUNT! – There are so many fun ways to get moving with numbers. One of our favorites is using an EMOM (every minute on the minute). Time yourself for 10 minutes every day. Do the following exercises, completing each series of exercises within a minute, resting until the minute is up and then repeating.
2021 National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week
The National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week marks its 11th anniversary March 22-28, 2021, encouraging communities around the country to Shatter the Myths about substance use and addiction. NDAFW is a joint initiative of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), which are both part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NDAFW is an annual, week-long observance in which local educational events link teens with science-based facts about drugs and alcohol.
Williamson County 4-H Member Interviews Chef Lazarus
Yusuf from Williamson County 4-H was able to interview Chef Lazarus Lynch for the National 4-H at Home Cooking Demo this week. The recipe and information can be found here: https://4-h.org/about/4-h-at-home/jerk-chicken-cooking-demo/
Boks Kids Weekly Challenge
This week we challenge you to make your run FUN! Find creative ways to keep your runs engaging and fun for you. Create a new running play list or try a “tree run” where you walk to one tree, skip to the next, jog to the next and sprint to the fourth tree. Then repeat for however much time you have. Get creative and have fun!