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Article: Get fit, get healthy at Healthy Kids Day event

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April 10, 2008
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The children playing in Festival Park's water fountains were Bettina Brischen-Metz's inspiration.

She incorporated the fountains, along with a child in a champion pose surrounded by various sports symbols, into her entry for the Activate Elgin logo contest.

It is a fitting logo because Activate Elgin's goal is to get children fit and healthy.

Brischen-Metz is one of four finalists in the contest.The winner was chosen in an online poll that drew more than 1,200 votes. The grand-prize winner will be announced at this weekend's Healthy Kids Day.

Healthy Kids Day is the signature event for Activate Elgin, a citywide initiative under the YMCA Activate America umbrella to increase health and ...

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