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The Monmouth County Vocational School District Career Academies prepare students for higher education through a rigorous, thematic program of study and for the evolving workplace through relevant, structured learning experiences and collaborative partnerships.
The seniors at Communications enroll in the President's Challenge program and are required to accumulate 20000 points before the
end of the 3rd marking period.
My plans to support the Get America Moving initiative include working with local women’s fitness centers, educate members of the local Girls and Boys Club of America, provide support with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s TNT Program, support local summer sports and camp programs, form walking clubs for family, friends and neighbors, work with churches as well as partner with the Jr. League of America in an effort to support children at-risk.
UPDATE FROM CECELIA MINTON (04/13/06):
“Curves of Livingston” Celebrates Physical Fitness
Let’s celebrate! That’s the buzz at Curves of Livingston. In affiliation with Fitness for Lifestyle, Curves members were participants of the President’s Challenge “Active Lifestyle” program. The program requires a commitment to performing regular physical activity 30 minutes per day at least 5 days per week, for a total of 6 weeks. Activities such as working out at the gym, playing tennis as well as performing house chores qualifies participants for earning the award. Fitness advocate CC Minton states, “We're excited about the first 6 week session that ended on March 31st. We're currently in our 2nd session and have a waiting list for the next. The first six weeks of the program was a great sucess! We're looking forward to a successful year! The Active Lifestyle program is a great program to “Get America Moving” and we
started right here in Livingston, NJ.
"Fun and Fit In New York City"
Fun, fit and fabulous (FFF)! That's what participants of the FFF program say. The program targets residents in specific areas of the city that show the highest incidents of diabetes and high blood pressure. Fitness for Lifestyle, a organization in support of the program, did just that. Provided fun, fitness and the feeling of being fabulous. Through a 45 minute aerobic routine, participants worked through team building exercises to get the job done - to be fit and fabulous but also to have FUN!
Our mission is to increase the general population's level of fitness in Morris/Sussex/Warren county community. We plan on providing such service by providing a high quality fitness boot camp and fitness seminars to improve their quality of life.
Fitness VIP - Fitness Boot Camp is promoting and marketing a free weight loss/fitness seminar to Warren community residents. Initial goal is to reach 100 to 200 citizens.
In addition, this personal training, boot camp, and fitness information products company plans to set up a Get America Moving Fitness Boot Camp and donate 25% of the profit to a local charity while helping local communities get in better shape.
The mission of GMP Fitness is to help reverse the nationwide growing epidemic of overweight and inactive individuals to a population of positively motivated people dedicated to the pursuit of a robust active lifestyle.
GMP Fitness plans to inspire others to enrich and extend their lives by educating and promoting sound exercise principles and preventative medicine.
As an acknowledged leader in the sports and fitness industry, GMP Fitness has produced over thirty books, videos, learning tutorials and innovative educational products, all dedicated to helping individuals pursue an active lifestyle.
We create correspondence courses that have helped educate and energize thousands of fitness professionals towards a healthy nation.
GMP works closely with doctors of chiropractic, offering information and advice on how to work in partnership with personal trainers to implement fitness programs for their patients within their practice.
We will be providing the fitness expert advice for an upcoming PGA book. This book will be sent to thousands of golfers. All will learn the benefits of a healthy body, injury prevention and overall enjoyment of physical activity.
GMP Fitness is launching a new exercise program, for all ages and fitness abilities, to help create a healthier nation by encouraging people to incorporate physical activity into their lifestyle.
National City Mortgage Bank believes that healthy and fit employees are more productive and less sick.
National City Mortgage Bank is organizing a Ping-Pong Competition in the Chinese community in the New Jersey/New York area. The competition will be arranged in mid- August before Chinese Moon Day. The Name is: America-Asia Middle Moon Ping-Pong Competition. There will be a total of 10 winners. My group will support the gift and all costs of the competition. We hope that this will lead to additional group and individual activities.
Along with the our Physicians Optimal Health Centers staff, we will
promote the PCPFS Get America Moving initiative each day through our work
with multi-cultural families, adolescents, schools, health organizations,
health departments, Girls and Boys Clubs of America, community and church
groups, providing direction on how easy it can be to become more active by
doing “individual activities” with the focus on fun and not necessarily
organized sports and to balance it with appropriate healthy nutrition
behaviors.
As a professional member of the American College of Sports Medicine,
American Dietetic Association, Osteoporosis Council and the FIT Leader
Council, I will also daily promote the programs and messages of the PCPFS
through:
- Personally following the guidelines of the PCPFS and www.mypyramid.gov
- Helping families and children learn and develop physical activity skills
they believe are fun and by
- Helping other health professionals award the titles of Mr. FIT Teen and
Miss FIT Teen to exemplary FIT Teen Leaders from various cultures who can
best serve as healthy role models and young health educators to help their
peers improve their physical activity and nutrition behaviors.
Project ACES, an acronym for All Children Exercise Simultaneously, is a community outreach program proven to be non-competitive, educational, motivational, and fun.
Our mission: Educate and promote physical fitness as preventative medicine.
Our approach: Reach children early on. Empower and encourage them to make lifelong informed choices about nutrition, physical activity, and stress management habits.
Since 1989, on the first Wednesday in May, millions of children, parents and teachers all over the world participate in a symbolic gesture of fitness and unity that underscores the need for quality Physical Education in our schools. Project ACES Day is “The World’s Largest Exercise Class,” as part of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
Project ACES Clubs continue the momentum year long to combat obesity and physical inactivity.
Our motto: Be Fit, It’s Fun. Become the best you can be.
Soccer Player's Association promotes healthy lifestyles to its members by
encouraging them to participate in the Presidential Champions program. The
Association is enrolled as an official group member of the Presidential Champion's program and promotes active participation among the membership. In addition, the Association provides additional special commemorative Achievement Awards to members who complete any level of the Presidential Champion's programs. The Association also provide members with extensive information resources on a variety of healthy lifestyle topics including nutrition, fitness, conditioning, and achieving balance in work, school, athletics and life.
South Brunswick Health Department promotes and assures excellence in public health for the residents of South Brunswick Twp.
We are collaborating with the Senior Center and the Recreational Center in developing programs that will encourage walking activities. Specifically we are implementing "Eat Better Move More" on April 25, 2006. In addition to improving nutritional intake, participants will use pedometers to calculate their steps daily and learn ways to increase that number.
Physical activity is a critical component of the equation to solve the problems of overweight and obesity. The real challenge is in motivating individuals to be physically active. Switch2Health technology will quantify physical activity and reward consumers. Proprietary technology and algorithms will biometrically monitor and authenticate individuals. Activity will be converted to reward points redeemable for valuable discounts, goods, or services. “Health is a great motivator. So is money.” – Tommy Thompson (DHHS). Consumers respond to and are driven by rewards. The Switch2Health device will be a wrist worn fashionable device and fun for all ages. Device plus reward structure equals motivation.
The SDA church encourages people to adopt a healthy lifestyle. It is well known that the Latino community is one of the U.S. population groups most affected by obesity and overweight. To help improve this obesity and sedentary epidemic among Latinos, in September of the year 2005 we started a free program called “Una Vida Sana y Activa” (A Healthy and Active Life”) for the church’s surrounding Spanish speaking community. Our program offers free physical exercise, nutrition, and healthy cooking classes for the entire family. Every other Sunday, children, youth, adults, and seniors meet at 9 AM to exercise in different ways (e.g., walking, exercises with a ball, on a chair, with weights, etc.) for one hour. Participants receive encouragement to practice what they have learned in class at least three times a week for 30 minutes at their homes. Next, they receive either practical instruction on nutrition, based on sound scientific knowledge, or a healthy cooking class. To present, our program has 38 registered members. The youngest member is a two year old boy and the oldest is a 67 year old senior. The physical education instructors are Wences Arboleda, a Physical Therapist, and Gliceria Arboleda, a Physical Education Teacher. We are now planning to start a monthly sport night for the family in May. This activity will be the second Saturday night of every month and it will include basketball and other sports for the entire family.
The Rahway Branch YMCA has signed up with the National YMCA’s program titled “Activate America.” Our goal is to increase awareness, interest and programs concerning the importance of increased daily physical activity for all ages. We are attempting to collaborate with our service area representatives to make this happen. Our YMCA has joined and begun the SilverSneakers exercise program for seniors. Oxford Medical and Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield will pay for the participant’s membership and facility utilization. We are in the process of beginning collaboration with the NJ Devils and the National Hockey League with developing a street hockey league. Our pre-school department has just begun incorporating 30 minutes – one hour of physical activity for the students (ages 2 – 4). Our third season Dodgeball has been very popular with the older teens. Finally, in September 2006, our facility will also participate in the YMCA nation-wide “America on the Move” program. The goal is for all Y’s to get their members to take a total of one billion steps. Collaboration with PCPFS would therefore be extremely helpful with recognition, promotion and prestige. Both organizations have the same goal – improve the activity and conditioning levels of everyone. A combination of resources would reach more people and therefore help us reach our goals.
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