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Help for parents at Healthy Kids Fair

Learn about healthy eating, screen time and where to go for family support in the Tri-Cities
Healthy Kids Fair
Organized by the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Committee, the annual Tri-Cities Healthy Kids Fair will be held at Hyde Creek rec centre, 1379 Laurier Ave., on Thursday, April 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

New parents face a variety of challenges, including finding health care, daycare and a pre-school.

As children get older, the issues get more complicated: Gow much screen time should they be allowed? Is sugary pop OK? And is an hour of athletic activity enough?

Fortunately for Tri-City parents, the answers will be all in one place next Thursday, April 19.

That’s when dozens of organizations will gather in Port Coquitlam to provide advice and information to families.

Organized by the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Committee, the annual Tri-Cities Healthy Kids Fair will be held at Hyde Creek rec centre, 1379 Laurier Ave., from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The fair is geared to families with children up to age six and this year’s theme is “Live 5-2-1-0,” a healthy living campaign to encourage parents to give their kids five fruits or vegetables a day while restricting screen time to two hours, encouraging one hour of activity a day and no drinks with added sugar.

“We have information from lots of different organizations that will be there,” said Ann Johannes, event organizer, who said the 5-2-1-0 campaign is gaining interest from families looking to raise healthy kids.

This year’s event will include 30 interactive displays, including a multicultural circle time, Terry Fox Library storytime and a play area. As well, healthy snacks will be provided by students in the Gleneagle secondary school culinary arts Program.

And families whose first languages are Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and Farsi will have access to interpretation on-site through parent ambassadors who speak their language.

Admission is free and donations of non-perishable items for the food bank are welcome