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The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & fish Refuge/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service generously donated 15 Let's Go Outside backpacks to Healthy Kids Club. The backpacks are designed to encourage kids to explore the outdoors and get active.
Families are invited to check out backpacks though Winona Health’s Healthy Kids Club program at Winona Health for up to two weeks at no charge. “With winter here and snow on the ground, it’s a great time to get outside and explore the outdoors,” said Jennifer Olson, Winona Health community relations coordinator. “We live in a great area with so many different species of trees, insects and nature trails that having these backpacks for kids to use really compliments the mission of our Healthy Kids Club program.”
Below are the details about checking out a backpack for your child:
~ Backpacks can be checked out at no charge for two weeks at a time through Winona Health’s Community Relations department, 507.457.4161. Call ahead to reserve a date to pick up backpacks. Backpack pick up will be at Winona Health, 855 Mankato Ave. in Winona.
~Children using backpacks should be in the 6-11 age range. Parents and older siblings are welcome to use them, too. Two backpacks may be checked out per family.
Each backpack contains the following:
~Thermometer clip
~Cloud watching weather window
~Wood frame
~Bug finder
~ “Nature in a Nutshell” book
~Paper notepad for journaling (you may tear out and keep the pages you use)
~Binoculars
~Insect vision
-more-
Please note that all items must be returned with the backpacks in clean working condition so other children can use them.
There is no charge to checkout the backpacks or to be a member of the Healthy Kids Club. To learn more about Healthy Kids Club, or to sign up to receive free e-mail updates about Healthy Kids Club, visit winonahealth.org/HKC or call 507.457.4161.
Healthy Kids Club Partners:
~Winona Health
~Winona Health Foundation
~Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Winona
~Family Medicine of Winona
~Habitat for Humanity
~Lewiston-Altura Community Education
~Minnesota Marine Art Museum
~Project FINE
~Project Get Outdoors
~Rushford-Peterson Schools
~United Way of the Greater Winona Area
~Winona Area Ambulance Service, Inc.
~Winona Area Public Schools
~Winona County 4H
~Winona County Community Health Services
~Winona Daily News
~Winona Family YMCA
~Winona Park and Recreation Department
~Winona Post
~Winona Radio
~Winona Volunteer Services
Families are invited to check out backpacks though Winona Health’s Healthy Kids Club program at Winona Health for up to two weeks at no charge. “With winter here and snow on the ground, it’s a great time to get outside and explore the outdoors,” said Jennifer Olson, Winona Health community relations coordinator. “We live in a great area with so many different species of trees, insects and nature trails that having these backpacks for kids to use really compliments the mission of our Healthy Kids Club program.”
Below are the details about checking out a backpack for your child:
~ Backpacks can be checked out at no charge for two weeks at a time through Winona Health’s Community Relations department, 507.457.4161. Call ahead to reserve a date to pick up backpacks. Backpack pick up will be at Winona Health, 855 Mankato Ave. in Winona.
~Children using backpacks should be in the 6-11 age range. Parents and older siblings are welcome to use them, too. Two backpacks may be checked out per family.
Each backpack contains the following:
~Thermometer clip
~Cloud watching weather window
~Wood frame
~Bug finder
~ “Nature in a Nutshell” book
~Paper notepad for journaling (you may tear out and keep the pages you use)
~Binoculars
~Insect vision
-more-
Please note that all items must be returned with the backpacks in clean working condition so other children can use them.
There is no charge to checkout the backpacks or to be a member of the Healthy Kids Club. To learn more about Healthy Kids Club, or to sign up to receive free e-mail updates about Healthy Kids Club, visit winonahealth.org/HKC or call 507.457.4161.
Healthy Kids Club Partners:
~Winona Health
~Winona Health Foundation
~Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Winona
~Family Medicine of Winona
~Habitat for Humanity
~Lewiston-Altura Community Education
~Minnesota Marine Art Museum
~Project FINE
~Project Get Outdoors
~Rushford-Peterson Schools
~United Way of the Greater Winona Area
~Winona Area Ambulance Service, Inc.
~Winona Area Public Schools
~Winona County 4H
~Winona County Community Health Services
~Winona Daily News
~Winona Family YMCA
~Winona Park and Recreation Department
~Winona Post
~Winona Radio
~Winona Volunteer Services