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Top School in Healthy Kids Fun Run to Receive Award
By Tami Faram
Quantico, VA
February 7, 2012
For the Washington Running Report
Five hundred students of Lynbrook Elementary in Fairfax, VA will gather on Wednesday, February 8 to receive the Healthy School Award from the Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) and its partner, Sodexo. The award assembly will be held at 1:45 p.m. in the school gym located at 5801 Backlick Road in Springfield, VA.
For 12 consecutive years, Lynbrook Elementary has received the Healthy School Award for having the largest number of students in the Healthy Kids Fun Run, making it the leader among participating schools. In 2011, Lynbrook registered 300 for the one-mile fun run that was held on October 29 in Arlington, VA.
"Since the Healthy Kids Fun Ran began, the teachers and parents of Lynbrook Elementary have taken an active role motivating their students to participate and serving as a model for other schools that also benefit from the Healthy School Award program," says Angela Huff, MCM Deputy Director.
As part of the Healthy School Award, Lynbrook Elementary will receive $1,000 and each student will receive healthy snacks from MCM sponsor Sodexo. Also in conjunction with the award assembly, the National Children's Museum's "Museum Without Walls" team will feature programming focusing on physical fitness and activity for the students during the school day.
MCM Director Rick Nealis and Miles the bulldog mascot will present the Healthy School Award to Lynbrook administrators and teachers, while U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Base Quantico perform PT exercises with the students. Traditionally, Lynbrook also adds their own pageantry to the ceremony by raising a championship banner to the school gym rafters.
Lynbrook Elementary is one of five Northern Virginia schools to receive the Healthy School Award. The final award presentation will be held at George Mason Elementary School in Alexandria, VA on February 16.
The 2012 Healthy Kids Fun Run opens for online registration at noon Eastern on April 4 at www.marinemarathon.com. Parents can register kids for the event that will be held on Saturday, October 27. Schools or organizations interested in registering groups of students can contact Amy Beaulieu, MCM Communications Coordinator at amy.beaulieu@usmc.mil or 703-784-2357.