Jays Care Foundation and Sobeys partnered together to create Sobeys Healthy Athlete Clinics to provide Challenger Baseball students and athletes with access to information and resources on nutrition and healthy eating. Please find the following resources available for teachers and program implementors here:
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What is a Sobeys Healthy Athlete Clinic?
Sobeys Healthy Athlete Clinic’s, facilitated by Jays Care staff, teach athletes about how to live long and healthy lives. These clinics are educational and play-based and work on developing life skills, such as independence, that they can transition into their everyday lives. Students will actively participate in activities that have been adapted to focus on healthy eating.
What are the goals of each clinic?
Each Sobeys Healthy Athlete Clinic has specific learning goals and are designed to focus on the following four overarching goals:
Connection: Working with peers to enhance knowledge of healthy eating.
Independence: Having the power to choose what food to eat to become a healthy student-athlete.
Love of Self: Learning all of the ways nutrition can fuel a strong, healthy body.
Courage: Developing the courage to try new, healthy foods.
How long are the clinics?
A clinic can run between 30 minutes to 1.5 hrs (based on the educator’s discretion). The goal of the clinic is to have athlete leave feeling like they learned something new about healthy eating that will in turn, help them become a healthier athlete.
Below are the 5 clinics that we offer for the Sobeys Healthy Athlete Clinic:
- Myth Busters – breaking down common myths about food.
- Food Groupies – introducing/reviewing groups of healthy foods.
- Sugar Sugar – Introducing the effects of sugar on ones body.
- Water, Water, Water – Teaching the importance of hydration.
- Health Detectives – Demonstrating how to identify healthy food vs. unhealthy food.
If your school/organization has completed 15 sessions of Challenger Baseball, that means you are eligible for a Sobeys Healthy Athlete Clinic! If you choose to participate in a Sobeys Healthy Athlete Clinic please do the following:
Fill out the application for a Sobeys Healthy Athlete Clinic for your school/organization here: https://forms.gle/QjvgVohXumjD8ULq8
Once you have completed the application form, please send Rebecca.rulys@bluejays.com an email to confirm your application.
