Hydration stations showing up across the townships
Visitors to the St. Clements Arena and Hawkesville Community Centre can now enjoy state of the art hydration stations. The addition of the hydration stations are part of theme-two of the Healthy Kids Community Challenge (HKCC), ‘Water Does Wonders.’ The Waterloo Region is one of the 45 communities across Ontario taking part in the HKCC. The goal of the movement is to unite communities with the common goal of promoting children and their families health through physical activity and healthy eating. The theme, ‘Water Does Wonders’, encourages children and families to choose water when reaching for a drink rather than sugar-sweetened beverages. There are several initiatives across the region as part of the challenge to promote water as the beverage of choice including the implementation of the noted hydration stations and highlighting non-profit agency Blue W. Blue W, a community-based program, helps people identify where they can easily find clean, free and public water sources to fill reusable bottles through their online mapping tool and smartphone application. The stations provide water for bottles and to be used as a drinking fountain. “It records…