Summer 2006
PCPFS E-Newsletter  
Council Members' Activities
John P. Burke, Chairman
 
President's Challenge Program Updates
Presidential Active Lifestyle Award Emblem
 
Become One of Our 50th Anniversary Partners
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Mark Your Calendar
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Main Page
Become One of Our 50th Anniversary Partners
Council Members' Activities
Feature Article: Coaching Children to Embrace a "Love of the Game"
Mark Your Calendar
President's Challenge Program Updates
Science Board News and Notes
What's New at HHS
 
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From the Executive Director
Melissa Johnson
 

Melissa Johnson, Executive Director

Following a busy spring we will celebrate the birthday of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports on July 16. We are pleased to say that we have over 220 organizations and individuals who have become 50th Anniversary Partners to Get America Moving! Representing nearly every state, these partners are hosting an impressive range of programs and activities. I encourage you to read more about our 50th Anniversary partners and to sign up if you haven’t done so yet. It’s not too late! We can’t celebrate our 50 years without celebrating all of you who are making an impact on physical activity and fitness in America. We honor and salute all our partners!

We kicked off National Physical Fitness and Sports Month (May) with a proclamation from President Bush. He encourages all individuals to participate in daily physical activity and draws upon the words of President Kennedy who stated, “We do not want…a nation of spectators. We want a nation of participants in the vigorous life.” The participants in the 3rd HealthierUS Fitness Challenge on May 6, 2006, stepped up and participated in the “vigorous life.” This highly interactive event featured the latest and greatest in health and sports activities and programs being offered nationwide. I am truly grateful to all the exhibitors and thank them for the lengths they went to share their programs and expertise.

I could not have asked for a better bookend to May Month than the official swearing-in of our new council members. President Bush appointed these members based on their remarkable experience and ability to make a difference in this country. John Burke will serve as Chair of the Council, and Dr. Dot Richardson continues as Vice-Chair. We have a full list of goals to accomplish these next two years, and we are off to a great start! The PCPFS staff and I look forward to working with the Council Members to get more Americans active and moving.

Finally, I remind you that June is Great Outdoors Month. What better place to be active than in the wonderful parks and waterways that dot our landscape. When designating June as Great Outdoors Month, President Bush said, “Outdoor recreation provides an opportunity to enjoy the splendor of our Nation’s remarkable natural treasures and reminds us of our responsibility to be good stewards of the environment.”

So, go out and be active this summer and enjoy all the Great Outdoors has to offer!

All my best,

Johnson Signature

Melissa Johnson, M.S.

 
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