The Devesa Park, which celebrates its 10th anniversary on September 28, is the stage for a big party of Sport, Family and Solidarity, next Saturday. The "BeActive in Family" is an initiative promoted by the municipality under the European Week of Sports, and framed within the celebrations of the Day of the Council, taking place on September 24, Saturday, between 15h00 and 18h00.
Sport and health are the watchwords of the activities promoted in the initiative, which will have spaces for the promotion and experimentation of sports activities, including cycling, badminton, airbadminton, chess, athletics, rugby, boccia, football and volleyball, volleyball and handball, and the promotion of radical activities such as slide, inflatables, zorb ball and military route, as well as a space dedicated to street games, a Street Basket 3x3 tournament (with inscriptions at
www. famalicaodesportivo.pt), group classes such as functional gymnastics for seniors at 15h00, dances at 16h00 and pilates at 17h00 and, finally, a cardiovascular and body composition evaluation station.
The day ends with a night run and walk: the "BeActive Night". The event, promoted by the Portuguese Institute for Sport and Youth, covers a distance of 5 kilometres. The start for the run or walk is scheduled for 21h00, in Devesa Park, next to the car park of CITEVE.
It should be noted that the walk has a solidarity nature to the sister city of Famalicão, Zhytomyr, Ukraine. Solidarity with Zhytomyr is encouraged in the context of the return to school with the aim of collecting school supplies for that war-stricken locality. The material needed for sending, and suggested for donations, which can be delivered at the event secretariat throughout the day, are backpacks, A4 lined and squared notebooks, pens, markers and pencils, erasers, rulers and squares, awls, springs and clips.
More information
here.