Rainbow Fun Program - Physical Activity and Children's Health
The Community Services Committee recommends the adoption of the recommendations of the Children and Youth
Action Committee embodied in the following communication (June 30, 1999) from the City Clerk:
Recommendations:
The Children and Youth Action Committee recommended to the Community Services Committee the adoption of the
following:
(1)that all children in Toronto achieve levels of physical activity which support their optimal health and well-being;
(2)that all children in Toronto have opportunities to build the skills and habits which assist their development into
physically active adults; and
(3)that Divisions within the City of Toronto (e.g., Parks and Recreation, Public Health, Children's Services) co-ordinate
and collaborate to reach children and their parents/guardians/caregivers, to increase levels of children's physical activity;
this may be accomplished through joint efforts in the areas of: program development, research, training, sharing of
resources, promotion, outreach and awareness efforts.
In addition, the Committee also recommended that Council endorse the Rainbow Fun Program and that the Provincial and
Federal Ministers of Health, and the Provincial Minister of Community and Social Services and the Federal Minister of
Human Resources be requested to support the Rainbow Fun Program as a health promotion activity of high value.
The Committee also requested staff from the Community and Neighbourhood Services Department to link the information
on the Rainbow Fun Program with the Children and Youth Action Committee's website.
Background:
The Children and Youth Action Committee on June 25, 1999, had before it the following materials:
(i)vision for physically active children and families, filed by Carol Timmings; and
(ii)leaflet on the Rainbow Fun Program - A physical activity program for young children.
The Committee recommendations are noted above.
(A copy of the leaflet referred to in the foregoing communication is on file in the office of the City Clerk.)
