As a sports pediatrician, I know that the YMCA promotes play, physical activity, and healthy habits from an early age. Together, we can advance the health and wellness of kids and families across the region.
Keith J. Loud, MD, MScDartmouth Health Children’s, New Hampshire’s only pediatric health system, will sponsor the Granite YMCA, the Keene Family YMCA, and the YMCA of Greater Nashua’s annual Healthy Kids Day, a free and family-friendly event.
Healthy Kids Day is a national initiative focused on improving the health and well-being of kids and families. Celebrated each spring, YMCAs across the country are hosting community-facing events that teach healthy habits, encourage active play and inspire a lifetime love of physical activity.
“This partnership makes so much sense because we know that our children thrive when they feel good both physically and mentally,” explained Michele Sheppard, CEO of the Granite YMCA. “The Granite Y and Dartmouth Health Children’s are looking forward to engaging communities across southern New Hampshire as we encourage family-friendly activities and healthy habits to inspire positive physical and mental health of children,” Sheppard added.
“As the Granite State’s comprehensive pediatric healthcare system, Dartmouth Health Children's is dedicated to helping all children live their healthiest, happiest lives,” said Keith J. Loud, MD, MSc, physician-in-chief of Dartmouth Health Children’s “As a sports pediatrician, I know that the YMCA promotes play, physical activity, and healthy habits from an early age. Together, we can advance the health and wellness of kids and families across the region.”
The Granite YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day events will take place as follows:
YMCA of Downtown Manchester
Saturday, April 13 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
30 Mechanic St., Manchester, NH
YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown
Sunday, April 21 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
116 Goffstown Back Road, Goffstown, NH
YMCA of the Seacoast
Saturday, April 27 from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
550 Peverly Hill Road, Portsmouth, NH
YMCA of Greater Londonderry
Saturday, May 4 from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
206 Rockingham Road, Londonderry, NH
YMCA of Concord
Friday, May 10 from 5:15 – 7:30 pm
15 North State St., Concord, NH
YMCA of Strafford County’s Camp Coney Pine
Saturday, May 18 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
63 Lowell St., Rochester, NH
Keene Family YMCA
Saturday, April 27 from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
200 Summit Road, Keene, NH
YMCA of Greater Nashua
Healthy Kids Week from May 20 – 25
For more information about Healthy Kids Day, contact Tori White at twhite@graniteymca.org or visit graniteymca.org/hkd.
About Dartmouth Health Children's
Dartmouth Health Children’s is the most comprehensive pediatric healthcare system in the region and the first integrative medicine children’s health system in the country. Dartmouth Health Children’s is fully integrated in Dartmouth Health and anchored in Lebanon, NH, by Dartmouth Health’s Golisano Children’s Hospital (also a member of the nationwide Golisano Children’s Alliance): home of the highest acuity neonatal intensive care unit and only pediatric intensive care unit in New Hampshire, along with the only adolescent medical-psychiatry unit in northern New England. Through a unique partnership with the state of New Hampshire at Hampstead Hospital, Dartmouth Health Children’s also provides the state’s only inpatient psychiatric care for children and adolescents. Dartmouth Health Children’s advances knowledge through groundbreaking research and education as the primary pediatric partner of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and delivers the best patient- and family-centered care for infants, children, and adolescents in a range of settings across New Hampshire and Vermont. Outpatient specialty visits and same-day surgery services are available at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics in Manchester, NH, with pediatric primary care at nearly every Dartmouth Health member location.