Doubledays help children stay fit

AUBURN - Opening day may still be a few weeks off, but that didn't stop children and parents from lining up at the gates of Falcon Park Saturday afternoon.

Dozens of families were on hand for a joint effort between Eat Well Play Hard and the Auburn Doubledays to promote healthy lifestyles for children of Cayuga County.

Sabrina Hesford, community nutrition educator at Cornell Cooperative extension said that Eat Well Play Hard is a program funded by the state Department of Health and implemented by the county health department which works in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Cayuga County Fitness Council to implement the grant.