Arizona Kids Kick Off Fitness Program

Event to include fun run, raffle and activities as kick off to Kids Rock in January

Phoenix, AZ – The Phoenix Children’s Hospital Kids Rock will kick off on Saturday, October 24. The free family festival is expected to attract more than 3,000 kids, who will join the ASU Track Team on a fun run that morning.

The program will kick off months of exercise and running that will prepare the kids for the Phoenix Children’s Hospital Kids Rock event on Saturday, January 16, 2010 taking place in conjunction with the P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon & ½ Marathon the following day.

When: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.  Saturday, October 24, 2009

Where: Tempe Marketplace, 2000 E. Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281

• Over 1,000 kids grades K-6
• Representatives from Phoenix Children’s Hospital
• ASU Track Team

The event is free to the public

• Phoenix Children’s Hospital Kids Rock event registrations
• 30 activity and learning stations including a bounce house, fire engines, face painting, obstacle courses and more
• This non-competitive, non-timed event is all about having fun and making it to the finish line.
• Fun run with participation from the ASU Track Team and mascots from the Cardinals, Suns, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Coyotes and Diamondbacks
• Part of the program will include a children’s training program in which participants run 25.2 miles leading up to the race and complete the last mile at the PCH Kids Rock event in January.

Published on behalf of Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix Children’s Hospital is Arizona’s only licensed children’s hospital, providing world-class care in more than 40 pediatric specialties to our state’s sickest kids. Though Phoenix Children’s is one of the ten largest freestanding children’s hospitals in the country, rapid population growth in Arizona means the Hospital must grow as well. Phoenix Children’s recently announced a $588 million expansion plan to bring its special brand of family-centered care to even more patients and families. The plan includes a significant upgrade of the Hospital’s current campus, an aggressive physician recruitment effort, and new satellite centers in high growth areas of the Valley. For more information, visit the Hospital’s Web site at http://www.phoenixchildrens.com/.

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