Our Community - Your KidSport
Kid's Health

Our kids are the future. Organized sports and healthy physical activity just doesn't make us healthy – it makes us better prepared for life. We know that fitness activities have a positive impact on the body. Kids are healthier, stronger and fitness lowers their risk of developing disease. Healthy play also builds leadership and develops social skills and self-esteem. Healthy kids make Barrie and Simcoe County a better place to be.

Fitness is a problem for our kids. Obesity, some say, is at an epidemic level. Childhood diabetes and other diseases are increasing at alarming rates. Our kids are at risk. The couch, the computer or the mall are sometimes the only activities available. Keeping kids off the streets and in healthy activities will help to build a better future for our kids and our community.

We once relied on the extra-curricular sports delivered in our schools. Schools can no longer deliver the fitness activities they once did. Now families must look to other levels of organized sports and we know those are expensive. The cost often includes equipment, enrolment, transportation and more. For some families that is simply out of reach. The result is low participation and a sedentary, unhealthy youth population. We need to fix that and we can!