You can find all the children's WSC activities on www.aktivtilvm.no (Norwegian website only).
Activities during the winter of 2011 include:
- Ski schools: At least 200 000 kids will experience winter joy and learn to ski!
- School kits will be distributed to schools in Oslo: They will be invited to arrange world championships. Some lucky schools will be drawn out after an application process.
- Look out for "Aktiv til VM" on tour in Norway!
- There will be many children's activities during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, both in the arena (in cooperation with Statoil) and in down town Oslo.
- The Children's WSC Day 13 March in Holmenkollen. The aim is to set a world record: To arrange the biggest children's cross country race ever!
During January, February and March 2011 "Aktiv til VM" will arrange 60 ski day events. In addition, there will be ski day events organised at schools and through sports clubs (using material produced by "Aktiv til VM"), Telenorkarusellen and Skiforeningens ski schools which means 10 000 kids during five weeks.
Facts about "Aktiv til VM"
"Aktiv til VM" is a joint project between the Association for the Promotion of Skiing (Skiforeningen), the Norwegian Ski Federation
and Ski-VM 2011, with support from Statoil and Oslo City. "Aktiv til VM" will help children and teenagers all over Norway
get in shape for skiing. The goal is to encourage over 200,000 young people to develop themselves on skis leading up to the
WSC in 2011.
Project manager: Håkon Dahl, Tel. 922 08 328, e-mail: hakon.dahl@skiforeningen.no
FIS SNOWKIDZ
Click here if you like to read about the kids activities of FIS.
MASCOT
The 0slo 2011 mascot was launched in October 2011. See www.oslo2011.no for up-to-date information.
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