{"id":10158,"date":"2012-02-26T23:50:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T05:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=10158"},"modified":"2012-02-26T22:54:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-27T04:54:06","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-child-learning-center-earns-gold-sneaker-award-from-tennessee-governor-bill-haslam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2012\/02\/26\/austin-peay-state-university-child-learning-center-earns-gold-sneaker-award-from-tennessee-governor-bill-haslam\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University Child Learning Center earns Gold Sneaker Award from Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Last year, Connie Sanders, director of the Austin Peay State University Child Learning Center, became concerned about the preschool-aged children under her care. Many of them brought sack lunches with junk food and sugary treats, and she knew they weren\u2019t getting enough exercise at home.<\/p>\n

Obesity and diabetes loomed in their future, so Sanders and her staff decided to do something before it was too late.\u201cWe completely revamped our menus,\u201d she said. \u201cWe don\u2019t serve sugar at all. We serve fresh fruits as often as we can. We also do more than 30 minutes of physical activity with the children every day, in addition to the time we spend outside.\u201d<\/p>\n

These changes, along with APSU\u2019s decision to go smoke-free, caught the attention of Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, and on January 4th, he named the Child Learning Center a Gold Sneaker Facility. The CLC is one of only seven child care centers in Montgomery County to receive this designation.<\/p>\n

\"Gold<\/a>The state\u2019s Gold Sneaker Initiative was developed to enhance policies related to health and wellness within licensed child care facilities across Tennessee. The main criteria for the award include providing healthy food options, physical activities and keeping children away from tobacco smoke.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to make sure children aren\u2019t obese.\u201d Sanders said. \u201cWe\u2019re also fighting children\u2019s diabetes and lung disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

The children enrolled at the CLC are required to bring a lunch each day with a fruit, a vegetable, a grain and a protein. Later, if they\u2019re not outside playing, they watch and participate in an aerobic video led by adults dressed as zoo animals.<\/p>\n

[320right]\u201cThey love the exercises,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cTheir parents go to school all day, or work all day, and when they come home, they\u2019re too tired. Or they have to study for an exam. They don\u2019t have time in their busy schedule to do outdoor activities with their children every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the Gold Sneaker Facility award, the CLC received $200.00 worth of merchandise from the Governor\u2019s Office. The merchandise includes games, posters and other items that promote wellness in youngsters.<\/p>\n

The CLC, located in the Sexton building on campus, serves children from 2 \u00bd to 5 years in age, along with afterschool care for children up to the age of 8. For more information on the center or its Gold Sneaker Facility designation, contact Sanders at 931.221.6234.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – Last year, Connie Sanders, director of the Austin Peay State University Child Learning Center, became concerned about the preschool-aged children under her care. Many of them brought sack lunches with junk food and sugary treats, and she knew they weren\u2019t getting enough exercise at home. Obesity and diabetes loomed in their future, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,10225,10227,262,8513,825,9518,1114,3430,12913,12915,160,746,1758,12682,12914,6956],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-2DQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10159,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158\/revisions\/10159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}