October 21, 2008 - Visit of the Moroccan Girls Soccer Delegation July 24, 2008 - HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt presented Alaska Governor Sarah Palin with an award for Alaska's first-place finish in the National President's Challenge June 19, 2008 - Dr. Joe Thompson, Surgeon General of Arkansas, accepted the award for the state's top five finish in the National President's Challenge May 29, 2008 - President's Council Executive Director Melissa Johnson presented the 2008 PCPFS Science Honor Award to Dr. Russell Pate May 14, 2008 - Dr. Richard Keelor received the 2008 PCPFS Lifetime Achievement Award March 20, 2008 - President Bush gives remarks at the White House about the kick-off of the first National President's Challenge - March 20, 2008 August 5, 2007 - Jazzercise founder and CEO Judi Sheppard Missett receives her PCPFS Lifetime Achievement Award in Chicago, IL from PCPFS Executive Director, Melissa Johnson July 9, 2007 - PCPFS Lifetime Achievement Award winner Joe Weider was honored in Sacramento, CA by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger May 5, 2007 - PCPFS Council members and President Bush go mountain biking in celebration of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month May 3, 2007 - PCPFS Lifetime Achievement Award winners were honored in Washington, DC, to help kick off National Physical Fitness and Sports Month February 1 , 2007 - Photos from the 2007 kick-off event for the HealthierUS advertising campaign (sponsored by HHS and the Ad Council) January 22, 2007 - Photos from the 2007 HealthierFeds Physical Activity Challenge kick-off event October 5, 2006 - Council member Donna Richardson Joyner participates in the "Game On! The Ultimate Wellness Challenge" September 29, 2006 - Swearing-in of Denise Austin for her second term as a member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports July 31, 2006 - Swearing-in of Andy Roddick as a member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports July 26, 2006 - Meeting of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports June 29, 2006 - Congressional Baseball Game: PCPFS Executive Director Melissa Johnson with Congressman Zach Wamp (Co-Chair of the Congressional Fitness Caucus), Congressman Jim Ryun and daughter Catharine Ryun May 24, 2006 - President George W. Bush with new Council members in the Rose Garden at the White House May 24, 2006 - Photos of the swearing-in ceremony of new PCPFS members in the library of the White House, Old Executive Office Building May 6, 2006 - Photos from the PCPFS HealthierUS Fitness Challenge at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC January 7, 2006 - Melissa Johnson, PCPFS executive director, kicked off Winter Trails Day on January 7, 2006, with Liberty Mountain President Eric Flynn. (For more photos/information on the event, click here.) October 24, 2005 - Council member Denise Austin and U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona at the 3rd National Prevention Summit July 14, 2005 - Meeting of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports June 8, 2005 - 3rd Annual American Running Association (ARA) Honors Gala March 1, 2005 - Chairman Swann and Executive Director Johnson meet with Secretary Leavitt October 6, 2004 - HealthierFeds Physical Activity Challenge Kick-off July 18, 2003 - President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports New Interactive Web Site Launch at the Lakewest Family YMCA in Dallas, Texas June 20, 2002 - President's HealthierUS initiative at the White House |