No TV Saturday – Worldwide Day of Play!
Hey, did you know that your favorite kids channels will be dark for three hours this Saturday? Lots of TV channels and websites will go off the air and offline from 12 to 3 p.m. (ET/PT) on Saturday, September 26, 2009, for Nickelodeon’s annual Worldwide Day of Play (WWDP). This will include Nickelodeon, Nicktoons Network, NOGGIN, The N, Nick.com, Noggin.com, Nicktoonsnetwork.com and The-N.com. The idea behind WWDP is to get kids to get up and be active.
“Over the last six years, Nickelodeon’s signature Worldwide Day of Play has encouraged millions of kids around the world to embrace an active and healthy lifestyle,” said Marva Smalls, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs, Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group. “This year, we are utilizing the power of all our collective media platforms and partnerships to encourage kids and families to take action on this important issue.”
A huge event will take place in NYC, where Nickelodeon and Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City team up for the BBBS of NYC RBC Race for the Kids. Lots of Nick favorites will be there, including (OMG, OMG!) DJ Lance Rock from Yo Gabba Gabba, which is, of course, the GREATEST SHOW EVER MADE.
Other Worldwide Day of Play events include:
- 600 local Boys & Girls Clubs of America chapters in all 50 states and several international territories will hold play events on and leading up to Sept. 26.
- The NFL will encourage kids to PLAY 60 by going dark on NFLRUSH.com on Sept. 26. NFL teams including the Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars and Minnesota Vikings will host WWDOP events at local venues nationwide.
- The U.S. Forest Service, a new WWDP partner, will promote WWDP as part of their National Public Lands Day on September 26 (and has over 60 events planned nationwide).
- The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) has also partnered with Nickelodeon to celebrate Worldwide Day of Play with events planned across the country in conjunction with National Public Lands Day.
We don’t watch a lot of TV anyway on Saturday (except for Movie Nights!) so I probably wouldn’t have even noticed this was going on – but it gives me that much more reason to get out and do something fun with my kids this weekend! I’m sure after the SNOW we had on Monday (yes, SNOW, on the last day of summer!) and the winterlike 40-degree temps we’ve had all week, we’re going to be ready to enjoy some Colorado sunshine on Saturday. I hope you do the same!
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Laura, also known as LaLaGirl, is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism.
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