On Tuesday, the Houston Astros field will be for kids of all abilities.
The baseball team will host the National Promoting a Lifetime of Activity for Youth — or PLAY — campaign Tuesday at Minute Maid Park from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The program was developed by the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society as a way to raise awareness about childhood health issues and inclusion for children of all abilities, according to the group.
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The organization was founded in part to help stop childhood obesity, and the two-hour program will give more than 100 kids an opportunity to work in groups while rotating through a series of stations, while promoting healthy living and disability inclusion.
The stations range from strength and condition, injury prevention, overall health and hygiene, nutrtion and a question-and-answer session with an Astros player. Astros pitcher Joe Smith will participate, as well as a pitching coach Brent Strom and five team trainers, physical therapists and a dietician, the team said.
The program, which started in 2008, expanded to include children of all abilities in 2014.
This year, the campaign is working with the Taylor Hooton Foundation, the Henry Schein Cares Foundation, the Ruderman Family Foundation and National Down Syndrome Society. The program is featured in all 30 Major League baseball ballparks this summer.
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