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Healthy Kids Day®

YMCA of the USA lists Healthy Kids Day 2026 on April 18 and identifies it as the Y’s national initiative for kids and families.

Date / rule18 April 2026
ScopeUnited States / YMCA national family-wellbeing initiative
VerificationMajor Nonprofit Current Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-08
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Healthy Kids Day®?

YMCA of the USA lists Healthy Kids Day 2026 on April 18 and identifies it as the Y’s national initiative for kids and families.

Date and recurrence

18 April 2026

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States / YMCA national family-wellbeing initiative. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Health, Wellness & Awareness →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Health Information Not Medical Advice.
  • Minors Context Care.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. YMCA of the USA — Healthy Kids Day 2026Major Nonprofit
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Healthy Kids Day®?

18 April 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 18 April 2026.

Does Healthy Kids Day® fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Healthy Kids Day® an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / YMCA national family-wellbeing initiative. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Healthy Kids Day®?

The stored designation basis is: YMCA of the USA lists Healthy Kids Day 2026 on April 18 and identifies it as the Y’s national initiative for kids and families.. Supporting provenance includes YMCA of the USA — Healthy Kids Day 2026. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Healthy Kids Day® international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / YMCA national family-wellbeing initiative.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-08.

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