Subaru Kids Obstacle Challenge Gives Back To Local Parks And Encourages Families To Get Outdoors

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Sept. 4, 2018 - PRLog -- Subaru Kids Obstacle Challenge announced today its Outdoor Playday Initiative aimed at encouraging families to spend more time outdoors together. Representative of the event series' mission to help foster a more active, adventurous, and perseverant younger generation, Subaru Kids Obstacle Challenge aims to encourage families to spend more quality time together getting outside and being active. With the support of Subaru, who is committed to making outdoor fun as accessible as possible, Kids Obstacle Challenge will be providing parks in the San Mateo, CA area with play equipment including jump ropes, frisbees, basketballs, soccer balls, and more. Parks will be provided with play equipment on September 8th.

In addition to participating in Outdoor Playday, families are encouraged to share their activities on social media using #KOCOutdoorPlayday, to educate other families about the initiative and encourage them to get outside. Kids Obstacle Challenge also encourages the use of the hashtag to share how families spend outdoor time together to help inspire new ways of family bonding.

"Through this initiative, we aim to reduce screen time and inspire families to connect with one another and the outdoors," said Brooke Jackson, Managing Director of Kids Obstacle Challenge. "We look forward to encouraging kids and their families to be more active and adventurous, not just at our events but throughout the year."

The Subaru Kids Obstacle Challenge event series – which will host its Bay Area event on September 15-16 at Coyote Point Recreation Area in San Mateo, CA – will continue to emphasize the importance of family bonding and outdoor activity with events in cities across the nation. Events offer kids ages 5-16 and their parents (who run for free!) and opportunity to challenge themselves and get muddy together as they tackle a 1.5-2 miles obstacle course with 13-15 obstacles! For more information about the Bay Area event and Subaru Kids Obstacle Challenge, please visit: www.kidsobstaclechallenge.com/bayarea

About Kids Obstacle Challenge

Kids Obstacle Challenge is a family-focused event series headquartered in Portland, OR. The company produces Kids Obstacle Challenge events throughout the country, hosting 23 events in 2018. Kids Obstacle Challenge is the largest touring adventure and obstacle course event series for kids in the nation with big plans for 2019. Each event consists of 13-15 obstacles across a 1.5-2 mile course, as well incorporating mud pits and water features throughout. The mission of Kids Obstacle Challenge is to inspire and challenge kids, and forge family bonds, through adventure and obstacles. Kids Obstacle Challenge proclaims, "Brave Your Adventure!" to encourage kids to courageously face the obstacles they will encounter on the course and carry that courageousness over to obstacles they will encounter in life. Kids Obstacle Challenge is committed to helping foster a more active, adventurous, and perseverant younger generation. For more information, visit www.kidsobstaclechallenge.com/about. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

About Subaru of America, Inc.

Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Subaru Corporation of Japan. Headquartered at a zero-landfill office in Camden, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 630 retailers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill production plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is the only U.S. automobile production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. SOA is guided by the Subaru Love Promise, which is the company's vision to show love and respect to everyone, and to support its communities and customers nationwide. Over the past 20 years, SOA has donated more than $120 million to causes the Subaru family cares about, and its employees have logged more than 40,000 volunteer hours. As a company, Subaru believes it is important to do its part in making a positive impact in the world because it is the right thing to do.

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