Like most of us these days, I want my family and I to live healthy and active lives while minimizing our carbon footprint, but sometimes it’s hard to know where to start, or what options are available to us.  It can all be pretty overwhelming, but the good news is that there are lots of simple solutions out there to help keep your family and your environment in tip-top shape.  You can find out more about the many great ideas and products for healthy living by heading down to the Healthy Family Expo this year.  It’s only a month away – exciting!!  The countdown is on!

Here are the  details:

The 2^nd annual Healthy Family Expo is coming to the Vancouver Convention Centre on Sunday March 29^th from 10 am – 5pm. It’s a fun-filled day for Lower Mainland families with kids aged 0-12 offering small steps & simple solutions to healthy, active, eco-friendly living, including:

• 100+ Exhibitors, lots of shopping and food sampling (oh YES!), and hybrid vehicle test-driving
• Biggest Active Kid Zone in the Lower Mainland, with climbing wall, bouncing, giant hamster ball track, Tumblebus, run bike area, baby crawl zone and family fitness. I know my kids are going to go wild for these activities, and it’ll be great for them to burn off some energy. I’m especially curious about the hamster ball track – I bet it’s just as fun as I’m imagining it in my head!
• Bobs & LoLo concerts at 11 am and 2 pm. My daughter loves singing and dancing to their songs, so I’m thrilled to be able to take her to this.
• $10,000 Grand Prize Showcase, including a 1-year lease on a Toyota Prius c
• First 200 attendees receive child day ticket to the Sea to Sky Gondola

Families can stay connected with the Expo and win lots of prizes online leading up to the event by:

• Joining their Facebook Event (flash giveaways running daily for the whole month of March)
• Liking their Facebook Page (facebook.com/HealthyFamExpo)
• Following them on Twitter (twitter.com/HealthyFamExpo)
• Following them on Pinterest (pinterest.com/HealthyFamExpo/)
• Visiting their website (healthyfamilyexpo.com)

Tickets:

$8 in advance (online at www.healthyfamilyexpo.com/tickets or at Whole Foods Market or London Drugs)

$12 cash at the door, kids under 12 are FREE!

Advance tickets are entered to win a 2015/2016 family season’s pass to Cypress Mountain, and $1 from each ticket sale supports the Canucks Autism Network.

Giveaway!

To kick off pre-Expo celebrations, Healthy Family Expo partners & exhibitors have teamed up to give one lucky Lower Mainland winner a healthy family prize package valued at over $2000!

The generous prize package includes:

• Family Summer Season’s Pass (2 adults / 2 children) to Sea to Sky Gondola ($300 value)
• $50 gift card to Whole Foods Market from Toyota Canada
• $50 gift card to London Drugs
• 1-month Translink Farecard for one-zone travel by bus, SeaBus and SkyTrain services provided by TravelSmart ($91 value)
• Sliding area birthday party package for up to 8 kids at Cypress Mountain ($120 value)
• Starter package & 2-week service from Happy Baby Cheeks Cloth Diaper Service ($95 value)
• Family pass for 2-hour climb (2 adults / 2 children) at Climb Base5 ($93 value)
• AspenClean Whole Home Cleaning Kit from Susan Upton of RE/MAX Select Properties ($70 value)
• Sonicare electric toothbrush from PDG Pediatric Dental Group ($59.95 value)
• Annual perks membership to Modern Mama ($50 value)
• $50 gift certificate to Yaya Baby
• $50 gift certificate to Boomers & Echoes Kids & Maternity
• $50 gift certificate from BC Playthings
• WaterBox prize pack from Happy Water ($50 value)
• $50 gift certificate from UNDERABLES
• Love Child Organics gift pack full of pure, healthy delicious products ($50 value)
• Naked Coconuts trio including soy-free seasoning sauce, coconut nectar & coconut oil ($50 value)
• Summer 2015 kids bike camp gift pack from PedalHeads ($50 value)
• Ra Energy gift pack ($50 value)
• Just Jingo Body Botanicals gift pack including diaper/belly/nursing balms, and deodorant ($65 value)
• Gift pack including 2 dressings & CheeSauce from RawFoodz, and Brussel Bytes, Snip Chips and CocoRoons from Wonderfully Raw ($50 value)
• aden+anais cozy sleeping bag from Jill Parker of Little Dreamers Consulting ($53.99 value)
• $50 gift card for online shopping from VONBON
• Gnubees rainbow-pack from GnuSanté, including 15 pouches of your favourite lunchbox no-brainer! ($50 value)

This pre-Expo online giveaway runs from March 2^nd to 25^th, 2015.

Enter through Rafflecopter below.

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Winner will be announced at the Healthy Family Expo Facebook Party on Thursday, March 26^th, 2015.

Winner must collect all prizes at the Healthy Family Expo live event at the Vancouver Convention Centre on Sunday, March 29^th, 2015, open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.