Cutest Race in Town

Cutest Race in Town is
Saturday, September 12

The Children’s Museum of Denver promotes health and fitness for every member of the family; even those crawling or toddling to the finish line!

Hop, Skip & a Jump Start The 3rd annual fitness fundraiser at the Children’s Museum of Denver is a stroller-friendly, 5k, Infant Crawl, Toddler Trot and Kid Course. Proceeds support the Children’s Museum of Denver’s educational programming, innovative Playscapes, outreach initiatives and learning through play!

Day of activities including:

• Pom-Pom Making with momslikeme.com
• RUFF Flyball Demonstration immediately following the mini-meets
• Face Painting with Denver Vail Orthopedics
• Award Medal Creation
• Bunny & Froggie Hat Construction

Saturday, September 12th
Race Day Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. on the Children’s Museum Plaza
5k starts at 9:00 a.m.
Mini-meets begin at 10:00 a.m.
Activities & Expo - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Children’s Museum of Denver Plaza
121 Children’s Museum Drive
The 5K goes along the Platte River

Cost:

5K Registration ~ $35
Mini-Meet Registration* (Infant Crawl, Toddler Trot and Kid Course) ~ $15 with 5k registration, $25 without
*Limit 2 children per 5k participant. Registration for each additional child is $20.

Registration includes: Race bib, Museum admission, t-shirt/onesie, post-race snacks and activities.


Contacts:
Zoe Poltawec, Marketing and Communications Manager
303.561.0111 – office
732.407.9233 – cell
zoep@cmdenver.org
Amy Burt, Senior Manager of External Affairs
303.561.0105 - office
720.771.4991 - cell
amyb@cmdenver.org

Colorado's Extra Brainy

There might be a good explanation for why you and all your friends seem so doggoned smart that has nothing to do with watching quiz shows like “Jeopardy!” or “So You Think You’re Smarter Than a 5th-Grader?”

According to a new study by Martek Biosciences and Michael Roizen, M.D., a best-selling health author and chairman of the RealAge Scientific Advisory Board, Colorado ranks sixth in the nation in brain health.

All 50 states and the District of Columbia—you knew it wasn’t a state, right?—were evaluated on 21 indicators of brain health, including diet, physical health, mental health and social well-being. The top 10 areas on the list were the top-ranked District of Columbia, followed by Maryland, Washington state, Vermont, Connecticut, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine and New Hampshire.

Colorado and Washington were the only two states west of the Mississippi to make the top 10. The only two areas in the elite group that were also below the Mason-Dixon line—look it up if you don’t know what it is, smarty-pants—were Maryland and the District of Columbia.

The bottom 10 states in the brain-health survey were West Virginia, Iowa, North Dakota, South Carolina, Indiana, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Alabama and, dead last, Louisiana.

Coloradans ranked high in the study for several reasons: We consume relatively high amounts of DHA Omega-3 fatty acids from fortified foods, supplements and fish; we have a low prevalence of diabetes; and we have a low prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease.

But don’t get too cocky about the study. It also found Colorado has a low rate of health insurance coverage, and relatively low involvement in religious/spiritual/community activities shown to boost brain health.

—Michael Whiteman-Jones

Brain photo by Studio Araminta