YMCA Healthy Kids Day is FREE to the public

FREE for all in the community

Apparently, this is a popular weekend for health and wellness. Yes, the WTHR Health & Fitness Expo is coming up this weekend, too. But while this event from the YMCA won’t feature Andrew Luck, it is more versatile. Instead of taking place in just one area (the State Fairgrounds), this event takes place at all the Y locations around Indianapolis.

It’s called Healthy Kids Day and the Y is holding this event on Saturday, April 27 to help kids exercise both their minds and bodies. The cool part for those of you Cheapsters who are not members of the Y is that the event is FREE to anyone in the community who wants to participate. According to the YMCA’s Family Health Snapshot (which is a parental survey gauging kids’ activity levels during the school year) only 19% of children get 60 minutes of physical activity per day. The percentages of those who read books for fun and eat enough fruits and vegetables are even lower.

The Y is hoping to change that, and FREE events like Healthy Kids Day are a good way to jump start this initiative. We encourage you to click here to read the full press release and find out which activities to expect at which locations. In the meantime, we’ll list the locations and times for Saturday:

• Baxter YMCA at 7900 S. Shelby Street in Indianapolis: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Benjamin Harrison YMCA at 5736 Lee Road in Indianapolis: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Fishers YMCA at 9012 E. 126th Street in Fishers: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Hendricks Regional Health YMCA at 301 Satori Parkway in Avon: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Jordan YMCA at 8400 Westfield Blvd. in Indianapolis: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Pike YMCA (holding its event at Imagine Indiana Life Science Academy) at 4950 W. 34th Street in Indianapolis: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Ransburg YMCA at 501 N. Shortridge Road in Indianapolis: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Urban Mission YMCA at IPS #37 at 2605 East 25th Street in Indianapolis: 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.