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Passport to Winter Fun

The Passport to Winter Fun is a fitness incentive program designed to keep kids (K-6) outdoors and physically active during the long New England winter. Participants will receive a printed passport in which they can track their physical activity, 60 minutes or more per day, and receive prizes for completing 10, 20 and 30 days of the passport! At day 30, they qualify for the Polar Bear Achievement award and can enter the Grand Prize Raffle to win some amazing prizes!

The Passport to Winter Fun program runs from mid-January – end of March 2026

Enrollment for the 2026 Season is ongoing! 

Email passport@uvtrails.org to be included in the 2026 outreach.

UVTA proudly offers Passport to Winter Fun FREE of charge but with demand increasing every year, we are calling on our community to support this invaluable program and continue making a difference in the Upper Valley.

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Testimonials

Watch this video to hear a teacher, parent and participants discuss their reasons for continually participating in the Passport to Winter Fun! 

Thank you UVTA for the incredible work you put into our local trails and the Passport to Winter Fun. You guys are such a great and important organization to our community, my family has been blessed by your work and it has helped us find new trails and fun, and the Passport to Winter Fun has been a great program my family has looked forward to and enjoyed for years!! This is such a great program and has brought extra awareness to all of us to be outdoors and moving!
Kari
KariPassport Parent
My daughter really embraced the Passport to Winter Fun program and was eager to reach 30 days as quickly as possible! This program was a huge success in keeping her active this winter.  Thank you for offering this awesome opportunity.
Melanie
MelaniePassport Parent
My son, Benjamin (Age 7), did the Passport to Winter Fun and loved it. He would go outside no matter what, because he wanted to complete the box on his passport. Thank you to everyone who put the passport together. It was a huge success with Benjamin!
Becky
BeckyPassport Parent

2026 Prize Donors

All Incentive Prizes (listed on our prize sheet) AND Grand Prizes are offered to the Passport to Winter Fun program FREE of charge. We could not do this without the generosity of these local businesses. THANK YOU from all of us at UVTA!

List of donors: 

  • Ascutney Outdoors
  • CCBA
  • Claremont Savings Bank Community Center
  • Colby-Sawyer Hogan Sports Center
  • Dartmouth Skiway
  • Eastman XC Ski Center
  • Montshire Museum of Science
  • Northeast Slopes
  • Saskadena Six Recreation Area
  • Union Arena
  • Upper Valley Aquatic Center
  • Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS)
  • Wendell A. Barwood Arena
  • Woodstock Inn Resort’s Nordic Center

 

Passport Questions + Resources

Below are some important dates and deadlines for the 2026 season of Passport to Winter Fun! Please adhere closely as it will greatly contribute to your students success in the program!

January 4th – 15th: Passport Distribution. Students begin once they receive their passport.

February 13th: Front Flaps Due!

March 31st: Back Flaps Due! We cannot award Polar Bear Achiever prizes without a completed Back Flap. All incentive prizes must be cashed in by March 31st. Businesses will not offer discounts after this date.

April 3rd: Grand Prize Raffle!

PLEASE MAIL ALL FRONT/BACK FLAPS TO:

Passport to Winter Fun

PO Box 1215

Norwich, VT. 05055

*We will send deadline reminders in the Winter Fun Weekly eNewsletter. Please email passport@uvtrails.org to subscribe! 

Passport Program Guide – A step-by-step guide on how the program works

2026 Incentive Prize Sheet

Assembly Presentation Outline – Key program points to discuss after showing the Passport Video presentation! (Link below)

Passport to Winter Fun Video Presentation

School Announcements – Paragraphs to copy+paste to your school newsletter

Anything that elevates your heart rate! There are only two rules: 

1. Physical activity must be an entire hour (60 Mins.) to count in the Passport! Activity can be broken up throughout the day, as long as it adds up to an entire hour. 

2. No screens! That means no video games/phone apps/computer games – not even Just Dance! We want to discourage screen usage of any kind.

We prefer physical activity to be outdoors but if the weather does not permit, indoor activities count too!

We’ve received some inquiries about the Front/Back Flaps – Why does UVTA need them back? I am happy to tell you why!

1. Health Study! The Passport to Winter Fun program is part of a large study designed to improve health all over the Upper Valley. UVTA has used the data from the Front & Back Flaps as Pre/Post Assessments for this study, which is proven to increase physical activity in kids! 

2. GRANTS! The Passport program is solely funded by grants. These grants allow the program to be free to areas that otherwise cannot afford it, allowing us to help more kids! We need these Front/Back Flaps to quantify the impact of this program. 

3. Prizes! If we do not receive a Back Flap from your Passport Participant, we have no way of knowing if they completed the program and cannot award a Polar Bear Achiever Prize! 

Read the PDF below for detailed instructions on how to cash in prizes! 

Incentive Prize Instructions

The Winter Fun Weekly is a weekly eNewsletter with all things Passport – deadlines, updates, incentive highlights – you name it! 

Email passport@uvtrails.org to subscribe!