Since 2003, Healthy Futures has focused on empowering Alaska youth to build more positive, lifelong physical fitness habits through two core programs – the Healthy Futures Activity Log and increasing youth attendance at community recreational events. 

View Healthy Futures Fact Sheet (PDF)

In addition, Healthy Futures provides youth with access to positive role models in sports through the literary publication, Healthy Heroes, and classroom/
event participation by Olympians Kikkan Randall and Aelin Peterson.

Activity Logs

Children with parental supervision, record their daily physical activity during a one-month period. Completed Activity Logs are turned in to school faculty who work directly with Healthy Futures to administer the incentives. more>>

Community Recreational Events

In addition to staging unique new events, Healthy Futures aims to increase youth attendance at a wide-variety of existing recreation events through public relations and marketing efforts. Find information about adding your event to the Healthy Futures event series (PDF form).

Incentives

As added incentive, kids who complete three Activity Logs, participate in three or more Healthy Futures events or a combination of both qualify to win one of two grand prize sporting equipment packages of their choice – a $300 value.

Participation

Spokespersons

Kikkan Randall,a successful Alaska athlete and internationally-known Nordic skier, has been an official Healthy Futures spokesperson since 2003.  A 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympian, Randall was crowned National Sprint Champion and U.S. National U23 Grand Champion in 2002 and 2004, was 2006 US National Grand Champion and took third place in the 2007 World Cup Sprint – the best ever American finish.

In December 2007, Kikkan became a U.S. cross country legend as the first woman in 27 years to take gold in the World Cup freestyle sprint.  The U.S. Olympic Committee named Kikkan as one of two December 2007 Athletes of the Month.

www.kikkan.com

Aelin Peterson appeared in the 2002 Olympics as the fourth-    ranked woman in America for Nordic skiing. She ranked No. 1    for Jr. Female Cross-Country Skier in the U.S. in 1991, 1993, 1994, before retiring from racing in 1995.  Returning to the sport in 2000, Aelin won a bronze medal at the 2001 US Nationals. In 2003, she was named Cross Country Ambassador of Excellence by the U.S. Ski Association and earned a bronze medal at the U.S. Nationals.  Aelin retired from competitive skiing after the 2004-05 and joined the Healthy Futures team in 2007. www.aelin.net