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I was recently introduced to the Together Counts initiative – a movement towards encouraging families to eat together and to get moving together. Our family has the eating together down… family mealtime is and has been a priority for us for quite some time. The moving together, however, is something we aren’t consistently great at.
How often, as a parent, do you passively sit and watch as your kids are playing outside? The Together Counts initiative is empowering families to be the force for change by creating active healthy habits for all family members…not just the kids.
Summer is here, and after a long winter hibernation, I can’t wait to pick up our nightly family walks and bicycle rides again. I know that when my kids see Nick and I setting the example for an active lifestyle, they are more likely to adopt that lifestyle for themselves. What better way to encourage a healthy lifestyle than to join together as a family with a commitment to healthy living?
The Together Counts website offers everyone the opportunity to share what they ate together as a family as well as their healthy family activity for the day. Just viewing the website and checking out what other families are doing offers up inspiration for my own family.
Are you ready to get active with your family? The folks at the Together Counts campaign are offering a $100 Sports Authority gift card giveaway to Dine & Dish readers. To enter the giveaway, simply leave a comment on this post letting me know what your favorite family activity is.
For additional entries:
- Follow Together Counts on Twitter. Return to this post leaving a comment letting me know you did that.
- Become a fan of Together Counts on Facebook. Return to this post leaving a separate comment letting me know you did that
- Tweet the following: I just entered the $100 Sports Authority Gift Card giveaway from @dineanddish & @TogetherCounts http://su.pr/1VqTGw –>(Leave a separate comment on this blog post letting me know you did this)
All comments must be received by midnight CST on Friday, May 27th. Winner will be chosen by Random.org and will be contacted shortly after.
Together Counts has provided the gift card for this giveaway. All opinions are my own.
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I Became a fan of Together Counts on Facebook.
Thanks for the introduction to this organization! I followed them on Twitter.
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My little one is only 8 mon ths old, so our favorite activity right now is taking walks. (Although we also took swim lessons, which was also a blast!) Next on my list is buying a trailer for my bike 🙂
I follow Together Counts.
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One of our favorite family activities is canoeing, but we also enjoy hiking and biking!
Eating out!
Riding bikes.
I love camping and fishing with my family.
I am a fan of Together Counts on FB.
we like to walk at the zoo.
Our favorite family activity is bike riding at the local park.
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liked Together Counts on Facebook from Catherine Davis
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playing in the yard!
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We love taking walks and hikes together
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I like on facebook
I tweeted (ssmina1)
I Follow Together Counts on Twitter
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We love going for walks and being outside. Fortunately we live on state park land, so it’s a great environment for that.
Both girls just learned to ride their bikes without training wheels so biking is number one
Our family LOVES to swim together.
I follow Together Counts on Twitter.
My fav family activity is picnic suppers at the beach! tracietrump@yahoo.com
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We enjoy taking walks together or hiking.
I like Together Counts on Facebook with my username Mary Happymommy
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My family and I enjoy swimming together in the afternoon and walking together in the evening.
I’m sure each member of my family would name a different “favorite” activity. Some of the activities we’ve enjoyed together include: white-water rafting, trail riding, and (moderate) hiking. My kids are involved with sports and another thing we enjoy together is watching whomever happens to be playing at the time. Thanks for the giveaway.
@Lexiquin follows @togethercounts on Twitter
I like Together Counts on Facebook
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I long to be a family that moves together. We do share family walks and play at the park alot-but I can’t wait to hike, bike, kayak,etc. That is kinda hard to do with a two year old!
Now its summer so that means we’ll be moving in the pool a lot these next few months.
We love to hike – at least most of us do. My 3 year old keeps asking when we are going hiking.
Hello! Our family’s favorite “together” activity is walking through Valley Forge National Park…we love to see who can spot the most deer while we walk the 5.5 miles! If I win this giveaway, I will be donating it to a non-profit called Special Spaces to help a child with a life challenging illness. Thanks!!
Our favorite family activity is hanging out at the beach together. We do that when on vacation and our “everyday” kind of family activity is hiking the trails in the parks near our house. Thanks for the chance to win this awesome giveaway!
Our favorite activity is hiking together or walking around DC looking at all the monuments and museums.
Hiking in the great outdoors!
going out to eat at our usual local spots!
Our favorite family activity is hiking.
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We like to take walks together. We’ll walk to a grocery store a mile away, pick up a few things, and walk back home. It’s nice to get some fresh air!
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I Liked Together Counts on Facebook
I also just tweeted “I just entered the $100 Sports Authority Gift Card giveaway from @dineanddish & @TogetherCounts http://su.pr/1VqTGw “
My boys currently love baseball, so our favorite family activity is to head out to the yard to practice our catching and batting!
We love to do outdoor trips….the zoo, the botanical gardens, camping, walks, you name it…if it’s outside, we like it.
I Follow Together Counts on Twitter. @ParentingAuthor
I became a fan of Together Counts on FB.
I’m a fan of Together Counts on Facebook.
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We love to ride bikes at the park! It is just down the road and they have trails to ride on and the kids love it! Thanks for the giveaway!
I follow Together Counts on Twitter
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I like Together Counts on FB
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Long bike rides on the trails near our house.
I love this initiative! With baseball season in full swing, we are always outside throwing the ball… we also enjoy heading off for bike rides to a local park!
We play wiffleball!
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We love to swim every Friday at the local pool. We play a family game, talk and watch a movie on Sunday evenings. We love being together as a family!!!!
I follow Together Counts on Twitter. @caty7d
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I like Together Counts on FB (Cari 4)
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Liked them on FB!!! Would love to have some new sports equipment for our family! We’d love to have a new basketball and goal or maybe soccer balls or maybe new water toys and goggles for swimming at the pool or a new paddle for the kayak (since we loaned it out and it did not return w/ a paddle LOL).
Thanks for letting us know about the new cool site ….. it will be fun to track our progress!
I tweeted – 5/23 @caty7d
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One of our favorite family activities is to go on nature outings and picnics. lyndaclark81@yahoo.com
I am following Together Counts on Twitter @lyndacooks (Lynda Clark) Lyndaclark81@yahoo.com
I am a fan of Together Counts on Facebook as Lynda Clark. Lyndaclark81@yahoo.com
I have Tweeted about this Giveaway:
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@togethercounts I just entered the $100 Sports Authority Gift Card giveaway from @dineanddish & @TogetherCountshttp://su.pr/1VqTGw
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walks in the forest preserve
Love going on walks with my family.
One of our favorite family activities is mountain bike riding. We’re blessed to live by some GREAT trails & thankfully there are some that aren’t too strenous for us all to do together 🙂
Swimming, swimming, swimming!
Hiking in the woods 🙂 cool enough for my yankee hubby to tolerate, and interesting enough to keep the disagreeable tween happy.
My 4 and 2 year old love taking “nature” walks through the paths around our town. They are always amazed at the everyday things we see and it gets us all up and moving!
Our favorite family activity is a neighborhood walk 🙂 *Thanks* for the giveaway!
Following @togethercounts on Twitter
I Like Together Counts on Facebook
Tweeted the giveaway
Our family loves to walk and swim and ride bikes together. Recently we have started rock climbing too.
I like together counts on face book. don’t do twitter though.
I’ve always liked biking and evening walks!
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oh my to choose one family activity……hmm well I guess the easiest one is walking to the park. My daughter is big into this one right now. Every night she asks if we can go to the park. We also love to camp, hike, fish. So ready for the warmer weather
My favorite family activity is hiking.
I follow Together Counts on twitter as humanecats.
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I like Together Counts on Facebook as Ricky Todd.
We love apple picking and fresh blueberry picking as well!
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Swimming is our favorite family activity.
I go to the gym at least 4 days a week and need new clothes
Very cool — thanks for the link.
We love to camp and hike!
Fan of Together Counts on Facebook!
Mandatory Entry: we love bike riding as a family!!
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Thanks for the chance!!
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Our favorite family activity is to go looking for sea glass together on New England beaches.
The family that plays together stays together. Wonderful to look at couples having the time of their lives playing with their kids. Not only does it keep you healthy and trim, makes you feel and look younger too.
At the moment it’s kayaking but we are looking to purchase bikes so I think they will take the #1 spot.
I follow Together counts on twitter!
I tweeted about the giveaway!
Right now our favorite thing is watching Criminal Minds but hopefully that will change soon 🙂
I “like” on facebook
Our favorite family activity is game nights on Wednesday…. we have a blast together and look forward to it each week. thanks for the chance to win!!
Our favorite family activity is taking the kiddos to the park
My favorite family activity is bike riding!
I follow Together Counts on Twitter. I am @purplelarkspur
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Besides eating???? We are a soccer family. Love traveling new places together for tournaments.
There is nothing like a good ol family game of bocce ball! My family loves to play this game together! Mom/Dad vs Kids; Mom/Daughter VS Father/Son; Momma/Momma’s Boy VS Daddy/Daddy’s Girl… All combos are a totally different treat!
Rineeliz is following Together Counts on Twitter!
I “Like” together counts on Facebook
Tweeted!
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Lately, it’s been WII Dance Dance Fever – Based on the kid’s reaction, Mom’s doesn’t have very good moves – but it’s a ton of fun….Now that it’s warmer outside – it’s time for walks and…..we just bought a spring free tamp – that should be interesting….
Hiking and biking and when the sun is shining swimming. We all love the water.
I follow Together Counts on Twitter as @jdnorthwest
I’m a fan of Together Counts on Facebook.
Tweeted… http://twitter.com/#!/jdnorthwest/status/74203869223202816
Hiking is my families favorite together outside thing to do. there are so many trails here that it is always different.
My favorite family activity is Hiking.
Our family enjoys go for walks together and playing baseball in the backyard.
I am a fan of Together Counts on facebook 🙂