FitQuest – Shady Creek Outdoor Education Foundation

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Note If your student was eligible to attend Shady Creek last year 2020 or in 2021; and is from Yuba-Sutter, Placer or Sacramento Counties, you are also eligible to apply for Family Camp 2021.

Yuba-Sutter: July 16-18, 2021

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Sacramento-Placer: July 30- August 1, 2021

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FITQUEST visits online have served well to bring students options and resources for healthy living choices throughout this year.

The team has created an engaging dynamic assembly, that students have tools for healthy living. The wellness model and three tenets of FQ are making good nutritional choices, being physically active and mental wellness tools to help students navigate the present and post effects of the pandemic.

Visit our Fitquestkids.org and enjoy some fun learning, games and engaging videos. Teachers there are resources at this site for you, and yes Family Camp registration also.

Thank you, from all of us, to Sutter Health for helping us bring these tools and resources to our local kids with your ongoing investment in this life changing, FitQuest program.

What is Fit Quest All About?

Students in the Fit Quest program participate in grade-standard-based experiential learning opportunities that promote the importance of nutrition, mental wellness, and physical fitness. The program includes educational assemblies at the student’s schools and expanded curriculum during their week-long stay at Shady Creek.

The intent is to raise awareness and encourage program participants to:

Be mindful of food choices
Be responsible for what they can control
Choose to be physically active
Understand that their choices today affect their health tomorrow
Adopt healthy ways of dealing with stress
Nurture their mental health

The Family Camp program, sponsored by Sutter Health, is an action-packed family weekend.

The goal is to bring the family unit together and educate them on the benefits of:

FitQuest Program Sponsors

How Is FitQuest Implemented?

FitQuest has evolved to a virtual platform and our FitQuest presenters lead an engaging assembly. In-person assemblies may be available on a limited basis.

Phase 1: Virtual Assemblies/Classroom Visits

Prior to attending Shady Creek, students will have two visits lead by Shady Creek staff in which they cover our pre-visit concepts. After their week at Outdoor School, the staff returns to their school to review and cover the final segment of the Fit Quest program.
Concepts include: My Plate, Rethink Your Drink, Fun Physical Activities, Self Esteem Boosters, and Stress Relievers.

Phase 2: Shady Creek Outdoor School Participation

Students practice eating in line with My Plate recommendations
Communities class – Setting goals and encouraging one another in a team-building environment
Garden and nutrition classes – Making physical activity fun!
Recognizing and engaging in healthy choices
Becoming more independent

Phase 3: Back in the Classroom

Students review concepts from first two visits
Discuss the connection between Shady Creek and Fit Quest lessons
A final focus on independence and encouragement of a healthy lifestyle is delivered through physical activity and games that encourage both independence and team building as a way of nurturing their community and relationships (this can be related to the nearly isolating effects of the pandemic and how being active with yourself and your community can contribute to a healthy lifestyle that provides tools for managing this grand change)

Phase 4: Family Camp!

A fun-filled weekend for the whole family
Cooking classes
Garden class
Engaging in the Low Ropes Course Challenge
Attending specialist lead workshops on Nutrition, Mental Wellness, and Physical Activity
Naturalist lead hikes and games
Pool
Evening Programs and Family Movie Night
Take home materials that allow families to integrate the lessons they learned through FitQuest into their home lives

FAQs

What is Included?

Transportation can be provided from Yuba City, Marysville and Lincoln
Six meals
Sleeping Accommodations
Workshops
Naturalist Lead Activities
A weekend of fun for the entire family!
Day Care is provided for infants and toddlers

What do families provide?

Who can apply for Family Camp?

Students who were eligible in 1920 calendar year as well as students in the 2021 calendar year eligible to attend Shady Creek and participating in Fit Quest may apply.

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Yuba-Sutter: July 16-18, 2021

Sacramento-Placer: July 30- August 1, 2021

What is Fit Quest All About?

Nutrition

Mental Health

Physical Activity