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Koala Active Kids Club
Welcome to the KOALA Active Kids Club website.
If you decide to become a member of the Koala Kids Club, you will start a new exciting journey of change that will lead to you and your family leading a happier, healthier and more peaceful life.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the Koala Active Kids Club?
The Koala Kids club is open to all children and adolescents whose families are enrolled in the Koala at Mater Healthy Lifestyle Program and who wish to learn about how to stay healthy by eating well, being physically active and having an active mind. This is not a club for overweight children but for ALL children in Families participating in the KOALA at Mater Healthy Lifestyle program and who want to make a positive change in their lives and the lives of their families for a healthy and happier future.
How do I become a member?
If you and your Family have enrolled to participate in the KOALA at Mater Healthy Lifestyle Program you and any brothers and sisters (age 6-16 years) are automatically eligible for membership.

We will ask you and any brother and sisters to tell us your age, date of birth and whether he or she is a boy or a girl and if possible why you want to join the Club. We do not need any other details from you. We will then give you one laminated membership card with your membership number on it that you can use for the whole family to participate in the Koala Community Eat Well Be Active Network or C-Network. Membership is entirely free. Your Family will be also invited to join a Members only page that will keep you updated about the latest new and events involving our growing Koala C-Network. We hope the Koala C-Network helps support you and your Family on your new exciting journey toward a healthier and more active life

Am I eligible to join to Koala Active Kids Club?
Yes anyone from 6-16 years old can join as a member with your parent?s permission. All children who are referred to the KOALA Healthy Lifestyle Program at the Mater Children?s Hospital will be automatically eligible to join the club, though membership is purely voluntary and is not required for participation in the KOALA Program at the Mater Children?s Hospital.
What do I get by joining the club?
Membership of the Koala Active Kids Club will allow you access to the Members Only Page where there will be lots of free information and fun and exciting things to do, which is all aimed at keeping you and your family healthy and active. In addition it will allow you and your family access to a growing network of KOALA sponsors and donors activities through the KOALA membership benefits scheme. Through this members only site we will keep you updated about the specific benefits from each member of the C-Network with a quarterly KOALA Healthy Lifestyle newsletter and hot news email updates about any "Eat Well Be Active" activities and events that you and your Family may wish to participate in.

The KOALA at Mater Program and KOALA Active Kids Club presently is only in Brisbane. Membership benefits will continue to increase as more organisations focused on "Eating Well and Being Active" join the KOALA C-network of sponsors and donors, that hopefully your family can take advantage of.

Children participating in the KOALA at Mater program will be able to earn KOALA "Eat Well Be Active" Reward Points. We would certainly like members to send us any of short stories or drawings or photos of how you and your Family have made changes in your life to be healthier, more active and happier.

The Diary and Reward Points Table can be downloaded as a word file (see top of this page). It includes examples only of how you and your family may like to start the reward system. You would have received a month of KOALA Eat Well be Active stickers free. If you need more then these can be obtained with a gold coin donation from the Koala program.

You are your Family can also take the KOALA Active Kids Club Pledge to "Eat Well and BE Active" and adapt the diary and reward points table to best suit your family.

For example, you could tell us how you are now having a healthy breakfast that you never had before, or going a few times a week after school to the park with Dad and Mum to walk and play tag, instead of watching TV. You could take a photo of yourself showing us these different activities or noting them down in your KOALA diary that you received at your first KOALA Clinic visit. Please show us your diary when you visit your GP and the KOALA Clinic.

For each story, drawing or photo you send describing what you have done you will earn between 1-10 points, which will be accrued during the year of the program for different fun prizes for you and your Family at the end of the 12 months. More details about what prizes will be available for different levels of points (all children will receive a surprise prize for finishing the 12 month program), but if you earn enough reward points during the year you may be rewarded with some special prizes, so get active and healthy to earn your KOALA Reward Points!

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