Everybody wins when somebody goes outside
Come Alive Outside’s purpose is to simply create awareness with the intent of exposing every opportunity for an individual, family, business, and community to enjoy the outdoors and Come Alive Outside!
The statistics on diabetes, and other chronic diseases as a result of obesity and sedentary lifestyles are staggering.
- 68% of Americans are overweight or obese
- Kids 8-18 are spending 8 hours and 30 minutes everyday watching TV, playing video games, surfing the internet, listening music, and more.
- For the first time in two centuries, the current generation of children in America may have shorter life expectancies than their parents. (The New England Journal of Medicine)
It has happened gradually, but with each generation…
- There are fewer skinned knees
- A loss of unstructured outdoor play
- Fewer memories being made around a campfire or in the garden
- Adults have forgotten and many children have never learned the joy of simply being outside.
