{"id":194164,"date":"2025-06-23T21:16:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=194164"},"modified":"2025-06-23T21:16:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:16:26","slug":"runjumpthrow-event-returns-to-vw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/06\/23\/runjumpthrow-event-returns-to-vw\/","title":{"rendered":"RunJumpThrow event returns to VW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YWCA of Van Wert County is once again offering the USA Track &amp; Field \u201cRunJumpThrow\u201d program to the Van Wert community this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe really enjoy putting this program on for youth in our area, and we\u2019re excited to offer it again this year,\u201d said Betsy Hamman, YWCA Director of Youth Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RunJumpThrow is a free program open to all Van Wert County youth ages 5\u201312. This year\u2019s event will take place from 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, August 14, at the Van Wert High School track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the program, beginning at 6:30 p.m., the Van Wert High School cross country team will host a series of community races, including an alumni mile, elementary mile, middle school mile, and high school mile. Participants and their families are invited to stay and enjoy these additional events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration is required and can be completed online <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1AC-Z97OObmxnmRzUiv5nhkMSd0S8pspIGCB2HPTR0LY\/edit\">here<\/a>. Register by August 1 to receive a free event t-shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched in 2014 by USA Track &amp; Field and The Hershey Company, RunJumpThrow is a hands-on learning program designed to get kids moving by teaching fundamental running, jumping, and throwing skills through track and field activities. It is an evidence-based program aimed at addressing the nationwide decline in physical activity among youth, promoting physical literacy in a safe and supportive environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The YWCA is partially funded by the United Way of Van Wert County and the Van Wert County Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information The YWCA of Van Wert County is once again offering the USA Track &amp; Field \u201cRunJumpThrow\u201d program to the Van Wert community this summer. \u201cWe really enjoy putting this program on for youth in our area, and we\u2019re excited to offer it again this year,\u201d said Betsy Hamman, YWCA Director of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 17:30:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194165,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194164\/revisions\/194165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}