Photo gallery Badgers on the move
Badgers across campus celebrated Active Badger Day on March 7 with more than 20 events, from yoga to bowling, basketball, a food drive and free smoothie samples. Recreation & Wellbeing hosts the event annually to encourage members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison community to be active, get fit and live well.
![A student extends his arm forward as he throws a bowling ball down the alley of the bowling lanes in Union South.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/03/Active-Badger-Day-Bowling-2024-03-07MK-7497-1024x681.jpg)
Photo by MK Denton
Colin Lu, a junior, takes part in in Ready, Sett, Bowl, an event hosted by Rec Well as part of Active Badger Day.![Middle school students and college students smile as they play a game on the basketball court.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/03/Active-Badger-Day-Special-Olympics-2024-03-07BR-7699-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Groups of middle school students from the Madison area participate in a variety of open play games such as basketball, indoor running and tag with UW–Madison students from the Badgers for Special Olympics student organization.![From underneath the basket, a view of a student jumping as she shoots the ball toward the net.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/03/Active-Badger-Day-Special-Olympics-2024-03-07BR-7810-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
The event was a partnership between Rec Well, Special Olympics Wisconsin and Badgers for Special Olympics.![At a long table, students line up to receive free T-shirts as part of Active Badger Day.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/03/Active-Badger-Day-T-Shirts-2024-03-07BR-8021-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
RecWell ALPs program specialist Lauren Hagedorn (right), along with other Rec Well staff members, hands out free Active Badger Day T-shirts to students lined up in the Nicholas Recreation Center lobby.![An instructor leads a small yoga class in warrior one pose as they stand in an art gallery surrounded by colorful paintings.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2024/03/Active-Badger-Day-Yoga-in-the-Gallery-2024-03-07BR-7898-1024x682.jpg)
Photo by: Bryce Richter
Surrounded by inspiring artworks, instructor Carla Coleman leads Yoga in the Gallery.