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February 9-15, 2025

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Jack Frost Challenge For Kids
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Jack Frost Challenge

Register your family, class, or entire school for some outdoor winter fun! This could include walking, playing, building snow forts, biking, running, skating, cross-country skiing, snow sculptures, snowshoeing, tobogganing, & more. Teams are encouraged to log 130 kms of outdoor activities.

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How to Participate

Register Kid School

Sign up your family, class, or school to participate in Jack Frost Challenge for Kids!

There are prizes for bingo card participants, the child with the most kilometres, family with the most kilometres, and classroom with the most kilometres.

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Plan Jack Frost

Decide how you want to celebrate Jack Frost Challenge, what activities you want to complete with your family or class. Check out activity ideas below or use our JFC Bingo Card that includes tons of fun activity ideas.

Get Moving

Walk, run, bike, skate, ski, snowshoe, play outside, and so much more! Share your adventures with us – use #SayFreezeMBKids

Jack Frost Challenge For Kids

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ACTIVITIES

Winter Bingo Card

It’s time to explore your own backyard!

The Bingo Card include mini-challenges you can check off along your journey to reach 130 km.

By participating you can be entered to win special prizes, and post on social media to increase your chances. Just check off as many challenges as you can and make a social media post using the hashtag #SayFreezeMBKids – one prize entry per post! Complete the entire sheet and send us proof for 5 additional entries.

Register to receive your bingo card!

LOG SHEET

Download the Team Log Sheet

The goal is for your team to complete 130 kms of outdoor activity! In situations where kilometers traveled aren’t as clear (such as fort building), you can log 10 minutes of play as 1 km.

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Events

Feb 09 2025

GAC Event

Jack Frost Challenge 2025

From Sunday February 9th to Saturday February 22nd, we want Manitobans to walk, roll, ski, skate, and cycle as part of a team or solo. Everyone has the chance to …

Jack Frost Challenge

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Our Blog

Jan 06 2025

Jack Frost Challenge for Kids 2025 is Here! ❄️🥾

Registration is now open for The Jack Frost Challenge for Kids 2025. This year’s challenge will take place from February 9th – 15th – sign up here. The Jack Frost Challenge …

ASRTS, Jack Frost Challenge

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Jack Frost Challenge For Kids

Prize List

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FAQs

Jack Frost Challenge for Kids is specifically intended for kids under 14 years of age. Although associated with the larger Jack Frost Challenge, Jack Frost Challenge for Kids is run by our Active and Safe Routes to School team, and people signing up for the kid’s challenge receive information about bonus activities and events.

In situations where kilometers traveled aren’t as clear (such as fort building), you can log 10 minutes of play as 1 km.

Prizes will be distributed for:

  • Most kilometres (family)
  • Most Kilometres (Classroom)
  • Bingo card winner

Certificates will be distributed for:

  • Most Kilometres classroom

Full list of prizes will be coming soon!

* Children must be under 14 years of age. Kids 15 and up can register for the larger Jack Frost Challenge here. Kilometres can be tracked through the log sheet and must be submitted to asrts@greenactioncentre.ca to be eligible to win

Resources

BikeWalkRoll School Travel Survey

Tracking trends in active school travel supports the work we do. Help us by showing how your students are getting to and from school. 

Activities, Jack Frost Challenge

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Team Log Sheet

The goal is for your team to complete 130 kilometres of outdoor activity!   Register your family or class as a team for Jack Frost Challenge, with the goal to…

Activities, Jack Frost Challenge

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Winter Walk Day

Winter Walk Day is celebrated by schools across Canada on the first Wednesday in February each year. Organize a group walk with your family, play outside for Phys Ed, or…

Activities, Jack Frost Challenge

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Polar Bear Recess

Host Polar Bear Recess for the week! Bundle up and send students outside to play at recess, even if the temperature is below -20C.

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Lily Pulliam

Lily Pulliam

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