The Cartoon Network’s Get Animated Tour, which allows kids to get active, get healthy & get involved with the world’s best cartoons, will come to Mesa’s Red Mountain Multigenerational Center at 7550 East Adobe, on Saturday May 31st.
The event is part of the City of Mesa’s on going Fit City Program, which is a 12-month fitness challenge designed to educate & motivate Mesa residents to become more physically active & create a healthy lifestyle.
This national Get Animated tour stop at Red Mountain will include:
· Ben 10 Bike Challenge, 2 players pedal stationary bikes as hard as they can to beat the countdown clock & each other.
· Foster's Soccer Challenge, kids dribble up a short field, or play “beat the goalie” – with a weeble-wobble goalie who is always up to the task!
· Chowder Bowl, kids will help feed the loveable chowder, one of the Cartoon Network’s most popular characters, by rolling magical bowling balls down the tongue & into the fantasy fruit & vegetable pins.
· FDA Spot the Block, kids can test their test puzzle-solving skills on a life size nutrition label puzzle & learn about nutrition charts on food packaging.
· Camp Lazlo’s Tennis Court features racquets for all size hands, and a special slow-bounce ball so everybody can enjoy the game of tennis.
· “My Gym Partner is a Monkey” Obstacle Course, with its inflatable obstacles, climbing vines & other fun features.
The stations include colorful Cartoon Network branded backdrops & safety mats emblazoned with graphics that feature scenes & characters kids will recognize from their favorite network shows.
Fit City will also offer a Stroller Stride, which will begin at 8:30 am, a Zumba class from 9 am to 10 am, a Fun Family Circuit from 10 am to 11 am, & an open gym from 11 am to Noon. The rock-climbing wall will also be open to Fit City participants from 10 to Noon.
The Cartoon Network activities start at 8 am & are FREE, but anyone wishing to participate in the Fit City events must be registered for the Fit City Program. New participants can register at the event for $5 a person or $20 per family & the fee will include T-shirts & will be good for the remaining Fit City events.