Do this today: Get up! Get Moving!
Good morning, readers.
As we all can't help but know these days, America is getting increasingly fat and unfit. If you've been wondering how to start living a healthier lifestyle -- how to get off the couch and get active -- The Mexican American Opportunity Foundation is staging a free event today -- called "Vive tu vida! Get up! Get Moving!" to help light a fire, teaching you both tried-and-true as well as newfangled ways to get in shape.
It's happening right now at Belvedere Park in East L.A. and runs until 2 p.m. This wellness fest hopes to especially reach out to Hispanic families, but everyone is welcome. Screenings for glucose levels, cholesterol and skin cancer are available free, as well as sports clinics, interactive displays for the kiddies, live music and healthy stuff giveaways.
U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA) will also be in attendance, and addresses the crowd at 11 a.m.
FYI, Belvedere Park is located at 4914 East Cesar Chavez.
--Bettie Rinehart
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Sad but True. It's good to see people who do make a change to speak out about it.
Posted by: Steve Sanders | February 03, 2009 at 02:30 PM
I am running for Mrs. Idaho International 2009. Preparing for the pageant has been a great way to celebrate the great changes I have made to my inner soul and my body. 2008 was one of the toughest years of my life at the same time I look at the year as a blessing and it has brought me to where I am now.
Running for Mrs. Idaho has been a wonderful decision. It has opened so many doors for me to share my story. My platform is on Type 2 diabetes. It brings me great joy to share my story with others and in so doing inspire them to "get up and get moving!"
I feel the last year and the 13 before that and what I have learned in those years has been preparing me to run for Mrs. Idaho. I am so excited about the journey I will be taking that leads me to the pageant March 19th and 20th. Doing the pageant has also been a great to get to know some wonderful ladies, Miss and Teens. We have been to some wonderful events together and a workshop and it has been so fun getting to know the other woman in the pageants. I have chosen Type 2 diabetes as my platform. Running for Mrs. Idaho has given me some great opportunities to talk to people about having Type 2 diabetes and getting the word out about how a healthy life style can prevent it.
Posted by: Jill Knapp, Jill- woolsey Knapp | January 27, 2009 at 11:19 AM