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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      First Lt. Nathan Flack, the 21st Communications Squadron flight commander, and his son, Titus, finish the Color Run during Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play at Patriot Park on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Sept. 26, 2015. The event included a healthy cooking challenge, inflatable obstacle courses, climbing wall, games, snacks and demonstrations from the Peterson Fire Station and Mobile Emergency Operations Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany DeNault)First Lt. Nathan Flack, the 21st Communications Squadron flight commander, and his son, Titus, finish the Color Run during Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play at Patriot Park on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Sept. 26, 2015. The event included a healthy cooking challenge, inflatable obstacle courses, climbing wall, games, snacks and demonstrations from the Peterson Fire Station and Mobile Emergency Operations Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany DeNault)
                
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        Airman 1st Class Pedro Muina, from the 21st Civil Engineering Squadron fire department, helps Logan Esplin shoot a miniature basketball during Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play at Patriot Park on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Sept. 26, 2015. The annual event encouraged active, healthy lifestyles by providing fun inflatable obstacle courses, games, snacks, a Color Run and demonstrations from the Colorado National Guard, Peterson Fire fighters and Peterson Mobile Emergency Operations Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany DeNault)Airman 1st Class Pedro Muina, from the 21st Civil Engineering Squadron fire department, helps Logan Esplin shoot a miniature basketball during Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play at Patriot Park on Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Sept. 26, 2015. The annual event encouraged active, healthy lifestyles by providing fun inflatable obstacle courses, games, snacks, a Color Run and demonstrations from the Colorado National Guard, Peterson Fire fighters and Peterson Mobile Emergency Operations Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany DeNault)
                
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        Children wait for their turn to climb a rock wall during the Worldwide Day of Play event hosted by the Youth Center at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 26, 2015. The event featured a 2-kilometer color run, a healthy cooking competition and inflatable obstacle courses but also highlighted National Preparedness Month by featuring activities and booths from the American Red Cross, Ft. Carson’s Veterinary Clinic and the Humane Society, the Colorado National Guard, “Prepare Colorado” and the 21st Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Debbie Lockhart)Children wait for their turn to climb a rock wall during the Worldwide Day of Play event hosted by the Youth Center at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 26, 2015. The event featured a 2-kilometer color run, a healthy cooking competition and inflatable obstacle courses but also highlighted National Preparedness Month by featuring activities and booths from the American Red Cross, Ft. Carson’s Veterinary Clinic and the Humane Society, the Colorado National Guard, “Prepare Colorado” and the 21st Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Debbie Lockhart)
                
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Airmen, families celebrate Worldwide Day of PlayPublished Sept. 30, 2015
                    
                    By Staff Sgt. Debbie Lockhart
                    
                    
                    50th Space Wing Public Affairs
            **PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AFNS) --**Approximately 350 families from Peterson and Schriever Air Force bases got off the couch and went outside to play during Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play event held in Patriot Park Sept. 26."This is a Department of Defense-wide event where we partnered with Nickelodeon for the Worldwide Day of Play to promote everyone putting down their remotes, turning off the TV and getting outside to play -- we want everyone outside and moving," said Carlos Wade, the Peterson Youth Center youth sports director.Each year during the event, the cable TV network Nickelodeon turns off its programming and goes dark for three hours. The Centers for Disease Control has found participation in physical activity declines as young people age."We always say this kind of event is for the kids, but this time we added a little more to really get the families involved," Wade said.This event featured a 2-kilometer color run, inflatable obstacle courses, games, featured booths, and raffles from various vendors."I think this is an awesome event," said Je'Mahl Ray, a Schriever School Age Program assistant. "It gives the kids the chance to be active, to do some things they see on TV and for some of these kids, this may be the first time they've gotten to do these things."In addition to encouraging children and their families to become active, the event also highlighted the importance of good nutrition with a family-oriented healthy cooking competition."Families get a surprise box, and won't know what is in it," Wade said. "They'll have to make a healthy meal from it -- just like the shows you see on TV."According to the CDC, good nutrition promotes proper growth and development of children as well as reduces the risk of obesity, osteoporosis, iron deficiency, and cavities."This is awesome -- the activities here are really going to get (the kids') brains going," Ray said. "It will teach the kids and make them think about (nutrition and physical activity)."Peterson's Youth Center spent four months planning and preparing for the Worldwide Day of Play event and plans to do the same again next year."There isn't a cloud in sight and the kids are amped up," Ray said. "We want to make sure to get the kids involved in these events and just let them have fun and play."AF family 



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