JOGGING CLUB WEDNESDAYS (7:15 AM, BRIARGROVE TRACK)Open club -- No participant limit. Get your day off to a great start by joining the jogging club. Come and run/walk the track from 7:15 to 7:45 a.m. and see how far you can go by the end of the semester – five, ten or 20 miles? All students/families can participate. Kindergarteners must be accompanied by an adult. VOLUNTEERS WANTED! We always welcome and need bolunteers on Wednesday mornings at Jogging Club. Come when you can. All volunteers at Briargrove Elementary need to be registered through the school district's VIPS program (Karen please include link). Volunteers place stickers on students as they complete a lap and give words of encouragement. They also assist students as they fill out their log sheets each week at about 7:40 AM. Come join the fun! CHECK OUT WHAT JOGGING CLUB MEMBERS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED!
Student and grade level lap and mile totals coming soon! FAMILY FUN!Walk/Bike/Scoot to School Day – The Jogging Club teams up with the Briargrove Kids for Saving Earth Club (KSE) to hold monthly Walk/Bike/Scoot to School Days. Our first one was held on Sept. 30th (schedule coming soon). Volunteers meet at the Walkers entrance to greet students and congratulate them for using FEET NOT FUEL!
iWalk (Wednesday, October 5) – The Jogging Club teamed up with the Briargrove KSE to participate with other students from around the U.S. in the 2011 International Walk to School (iWalk) Day. Hike it! Bike It! I like it!
Weekends: Looking for something fun and active to do as a family on the weekend or the running bug has bitten you or your student? Here are links to some local fun runs/walks (there are too many to list them all). Typically fun runs are 1K (.6 mile).Run for Your LifeMuseum District Oct.
Run for Your LifeMuseum District Oct. 22http://www.thehealthmuseum.org/ManageDetail/Detail_Default.aspx?contentid=637&categoryid=422
Great Pumpkin Fun RunDowntown Oct. 29http://www.texasheart.org/AboutUs/News/funrun.cfm West University Trick-or-
TreatWest University Oct. 29http://www.active.com/running/houston-tx/west-u-trick-or-treat-5k-and-kids-fun-run-2011 Run in the ParkHermann Park Nov. 5http://www.hermannpark.org/run_in_the_park.php Nottingham Forest Club Turkey
TrotWest Houston Nov. 19https://www.signmeup.com/site/reg/register.aspx?fid=R62VQJ7 TXU Energy 2011 Turkey TrotGalleria Area Nov. 23http://turkeytrot.shelteringarms.org/ Trafigura Home Run 10K and 1K (Ronald
McDonald House event)Downtown Dec. 3http://www.active.com/running/houston-tx/houstons-ronald-mcdonald-house-trafigura-home-run-2011?int=29-6
Rudolph 5k Fun Run (Cupid 1k) City Center/West Houston Dec. 10http://www.itrievents.net/Rudolph_Fun_Run.html
YMCA Houston Jingle Bell Run and WalkDowntown Dec 11http://www.ymcahouston.org/jingle-bell-run// For more information about Jogging Club, please contact Christina Manero at christina@themaneros.com.