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PHOTO/MEDIA ADVISORY for Friday, April 20, 2007

On Your Marks! Preschoolers, Kindergartners to
Race Trikes to Raise Money for Their School

What:

Dozens of preschoolers and kindergartners will test their leg strength as they race around Cal State Northridge’s Child and Family Studies Laboratory School to raise money for the school’s programs at its annual "Trike-A-Thon."

The competition culminates a weeklong lesson on the importance of exercise and physical fitness. The school’s play yard will be transformed into a race course, complete with start and finish lines, water stations and cheerleaders.

Friends and family members of the children have pledged money to the school to support the young racers.

The school and center are part of Northridge’s Department of Family and Consumer Sciences in the College of Health and Human Development. The school serves as a learning environment for Northridge students interested in working with children.

When:

Friday, April 20, 2007
10 a.m. — Full-Day Preschool class
10:30 a.m. — AM Half-Day Preschool class
11 a.m. — Kindergarten class
3 p.m. — PM Half-Day Preschool class

Where:

CSUN’s Child and Family Studies Center Laboratory School
18330 Halsted St., Northridge
Thomas Guide Grid 510 A-6

Who:

Dozens of preschoolers and kindergartners on trikes

Contacts:

Carmen Ramos Chandler, CSUN PR, (818) 677-2130
Christa Dunlap, CSUN Lab School, (818) 677-3131