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In March, Always Play Fair will kick-off the Packy PlayFair State of Sportsmanship National Tour. During this 50-state tour, Packy will meet with Governors and visit elementary schools, after-school programs and other youth events. Tour goals are to promote and advance good sportsmanship; encourage youth, parents, coaches and administrators to pledge to a higher standard of conduct; and encourage commitment from national, state and local leaders to make sportsmanship a priority. 70% of kids drop out of sports by the age of 13 with the top reason being it’s no longer fun. Improving sportsmanship will help put the fun and participation back in physical activity.
Over the next year, America SCORES will be hosting many initiatives and events to continue promoting health and physical activity among at-risk youth in inner-city public elementary schools across the country. These events will involve the participation of more than 4,000 urban youth, over 300 public school teachers and administrators, and thousands of parents and other members of the community. Specifically, these events will be soccer game days, tournaments and professional development workshops to inspire teachers to incorporate physical activity into the regular classroom day. At the soccer tournaments, health booths with information, games and tips will be available to all those attending. The following is a list of currently planned activities happening in 13 SCORES cities around the country.
- Bay Area: game days on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, March 6 to May 20 Jamboree! soccer tournament May 20
- Chicago: game days on Fridays, March 27 to June 3
Jamboree! soccer tournament June 3
- Cleveland: game days on Fridays, March 13 to May 26
Jamboree! soccer tournament May 20 or 27
- Dallas: game days on Fridays, February 27 to May 12
Jamboree! soccer tournament May 12
- DC: game days on Thursdays, March 13 to June 6
Jamboree! soccer tournament June 6
- Denver: game days on Thursdays, February 22 to May 20
Jamboree! soccer tournament May 20
- LA: game days on Tuesdays, March 15 to May 26
Jamboree! soccer tournament end of May (date TBD)
- Milwaukee: game days on Fridays, March 20 to May 26
Jamboree! soccer tournament June 3
- New England: game days on Thursdays, March 20 to June 3
Jamboree! soccer tournament June 3
- New York: game days on Fridays, March 20 to June 17
Jamboree! soccer tournament June 17
- Seattle: game days on Fridays, March 13 to May 25
Jamboree! soccer tournament TBD
- St. Louis: game day on Fridays, March 6 to May 19
Jamboree! soccer tournament TBD
Additional events will be scheduled during the fall season.
The Better Your Body health and fitness expos will partner with the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports to motivate Americans on the importance of physical activity and fitness. Throughout 2006, Better Your Body, in it's nationwide series of healthy, participitory events will provide information informing and celebrating the PCPFS 50th Anniversary and it's message. Along with the PCPFS, Better Your Body will bring its Call to Action efforts to not only promote a healthy lifestyle but motivate the American public to actual Get Up, Get Out and Get in Shape!
The televised Body Electric program, now celebrating
20 years on PBS, first aired in 1985 and quickly
attracted legions of at-home exercisers. Shape
Magazine touted exercising with weights as the path to
muscle tone and definition.
We subsequently learned that there was a more vital
benefit to be gained from resistance-type exercises.
The entire population could benefit from stronger
muscles and bones, especially post-menopausal women at
greater risk for the fractures associated with
osteoporosis. (Exercising with weights causes a pull
of the muscles on the bones, thereby increasing bone
density.)
The Body Electric program is now reaching
second-generation participants across the United
States and Canada on over 125 PBS-TV stations. This,
our 20th year on PBS television, coincides with the
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports’
50th Anniversary.
The Center for the Study of Aging (incorporated in 1957) as a 501(c)(3) organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life for older men and women through research, education and training.
Lifelong Health and Fitness (IAPAAS) – quarterly newsletter about the Center’s programs, educational opportunities, calendar, and original and new information including physical activity and aging.
Senior Health Fair (Albany, NY) – Experts and staff from the Center were on-hand during the 2006 Senior Health Fair to answer questions about physical activity, aging, balance and falling prevention. Free informational bulletins were distributed.
“Take Control of Your Life” Programs were presented in the Albany, NY area on physical activity and education, nutrition, and motivation.
Information and referrals are available for professionals, family members and individuals on resources on physical fitness, aging and health. 
During the past year, the Eldred Central School District has begun a process to promote and encourage physical activity within the Eldred School Community. Eldred was fortunate to be a recipient of the Carol M. White Physical Education grant through the federal government. This grant has allowed us to enhance our physical education program to the best it has ever been. Our students now have opportunities and choices that Eldred students never had prior to our receiving this grant.
One of our crowning achievements through this grant was to open a state of the art fitness center on the grounds of our junior-senior high school that is now being used by students, staff and community members. We recently opened the fitness center to parents and other members of the community free of charge. Additionally, we have a Wellness Committee in place that meets monthly to discuss nutrition and lifelong physical education. Our goal is for students to graduate with tools to pursue lifelong physical education. Additionally, we are working with our staff and community members to teach them those very same concepts.
ESPN Play Your Way is designed to educate and motivate youth to become physically active through a broad-based, cause-marketing campaign that includes: content/resource development; web site; targeted special events, strategic non-profit collaborations; affiliate, league, corporate alliances and media relations.
ESPN Play Your Way is one of the signature programs under Team ESPN, the corporate outreach program for ESPN, Inc. which introduces a multi-faceted outreach program designed to make a difference in our world and our communities. “Fans helping fans.” ESPN Play Your Way is a youth fitness program designed to encourage kids, ages 7-12, to get fit and remain physically active. To do what they do best: be creative and have fun. ESPN Play Your Way encourages kids to take charge of their own health and fitness. It’s an outreach program that inspires them to be physically active by making up their own physically active games and writing their own rules.
ESPN Play Your Way is a unique program. It’s whatever kids want it to be. It’s all up to them and wherever their imagination takes them. This youth fitness initiative is important because the lack of physical activity among Americans has significantly contributed to the overwhelming increase in childhood obesity and other health-related diseases. Not to mention the barriers to physical activity including lack of motivation, accessible places to play and access to equipment.
TARGET AUDIENCES
Adult Influencers - Educators and involved parents (primary audience)
ESPN Play Your Way is a program designed to give influencers – educators, involved parents, counselors, community leaders – some direction on how to get kids more active. Not necessarily in the sense of organized sports, but more along the lines of encouraging kids to have fun while being active. By concentrating our efforts on both teachers and involved parents, we will reach community members who have the greatest ability to implement ESPN Play Your Way programs.
Youth (secondary audience ages 7-12)
Getting kids active earlier leads to a healthy lifestyle and ESPN Play Your Way uses a unique approach; it’s about being a kid and having fun. It’s about playing games…lots and lots of games! ESPN Play Your Way places the priority on fun and not letting anything get in the way. Fun has never been more accessible. All the tools for kids to have fun can be right in front of them including things they have never thought of before. Not everyone has the resources to join little league or buy their own equipment. However, everyone has access to the greatest tool for creating fun and being active: their imagination. Fun is meant to be discovered. ESPN Play Your Way wants to inspire and provoke, through the power of suggestion, the elements of fun. After all, “a great imagination makes its own rules.”
ESPN Play Your Way currently has programs activated in New York, Connecticut, California, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Michigan, Illinois, Texas, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Washington D.C.
Finest fitness is a health club dedicated to promoting and encouraging physical activity and wellness in our community and those surrounding. We have carefully crafted many programs to appeal to families and their members of all ages. Our 25,000 square foot facility consists of three floors comprised of state of the art cardio and strength training equipment, an onsite boxing academy, a women’s only fitness area, a well developed group exercise program, and specialized youth sports and fitness programs with a whole floor dedicated to kids.
We pride ourselves in offering hands on approach and developing strong and personal relationships to provide assistance, motivate, and educate our members to lead a healthy lifestyle. We have interacted on a huge scale with our community. We have done seminars for local schools, raised money for school sports programs, worked with the girl scouts, coordinated with local hospitals for health fairs, provided nutrition seminars, collaborate with personal training certification companies allowing usage of our facility, worked with interns, joined and supported local 5k runs, and donated hundreds of memberships.
At finest fitness we truly care, we pride ourselves in doing our part in encouraging an active and fit America. We appreciate this opportunity and look forward to future growth, expansion and continued community interaction working side by side with President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
The mission of the Genesee Valley Health Partnership is to improve health outcomes in Livingston County through collaboration, education, prevention and practice.
Objectives:
- To strengthen the local health system through continued coalition building.
- To improve health care access for Livingston County residents including pre-hospital care, primary care, hospital and after-care health services.
- To improve the health status of Livingston County residents.
Our organization is concerned with school, worksite, and community wellness. We have a childhood obesity prevention program known as HIP HOP that involves collaboration and consultation, and next year, curriculum. We also provide a physical activity initiative to our partners called Simple Steps that encourages participants to follow the Surgeon General's recommendations on exercise.
Ragdoll is the creator of innovative children's programs like Teletubbies and Boohbah. All of Ragdoll's programs reflect our philosophy that children's confidence and self-esteem are developed through active fun and laughter. To show the company's support for healthy choices from the youngest age, Ragdoll is sponsoring the sixth annual Get Up and Go! Teletubbies National Day of Exercise. Taking place on May 17, 2006, the day will be marked by a special broadcast of "Go! Exercise with the Teletubbies" on PBS KIDS as well as events hosted by local PBS member stations across the country. The Get Up and Go! program is designed to drive awareness among teachers, parents and caregivers about the importance of physical movement and the joy of active participation for young children.
Teletubbies has always been about movement, physical development and exploration for pre-school children, and the Get Up and Go! program has been specially created to encourage active fun in a playful and safe way, helping children to gain self-confidence and self-awareness, while developing their physical capabilities.
Learning through physical activity plays a crucial role in children's overall development. Young children need to be not only physically literate (walking, running, balancing etc) but also able to play amongst others, create their own games and enjoy the excitement of moving with energy. Through the use of the Teletubbies, Get Up and Go! encourages children to get up and try a range of actions and tasks that they could then do again on their own or with a parent. It says to young children: it's great fun to move.
To host your own Get Up and Go! event on May 17th (or any other day!) contact your local PBS Station or go to www.getupandgo.tv for more information!
Contact: Felicia Stoler
E-mail: fstoler@att.net
Website: None
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The Greater New York Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine consists of 125 students and professionals practicing clinical medicine, research, education and an array of health and fitness disciplines. Members work in clinical settings, research laboratories, classrooms and fitness facilities to advance health through science, education and medicine.
The Greater New York Chapter supports various initiatives to promote fitness and health through physical activity including educational meetings, presentations at public health events and participation on medical teams for various city-wide races. A highlight in 2006 is the chapter’s Annual Meeting to be held in December in New York City.
The St. Lawrence County Health Initiative, Inc. developed HealthQuest, with USDE Carol M. White PEP grant funds, to address childhood obesity county-wide.
HealthQuest provides nutrition education and cooperative physical activity. The cooperative physical activity provides training and curriculum for K-12 PE teachers, using Project Adventure's “Adventure Curriculum for Physical Education.” High and low rope challenge courses and a climbing wall are used to encourage life-long recreational pursuits. Summer programming includes adventure-based games and initiatives for all ages and outdoor leadership experiences for high school students. In 2006 HealthQuest will work with 14 School Districts. Please visit www.slchiinc.org for more information.
introPLAY is the online community for exercise and fitness. By taking
part in any one of the many group-oriented services at introPLAY,
each one of your workouts means something more.
Create or join an introLEAGUE, where you score points for each
workout. Compete with friends and motivate one another over the
course of the league. Prefer teamwork over competition? Start an
introTEAM with your friends and set goals for all members of the team
to strive for. Find mutual support and motivation to achieve common
goals. And throughout your experience at introPLAY, you have at your disposal the most thorough set of workout entry and analysis tools
available across 89 sports and exercise activities.
At introPLAY, members experience sports and exercise the way it was
meant to be--as a community.
introPLAY. Exercise to Compete. Health & Fitness as Community.
As a fitness enthusiast, personal trainer, former owner of a chain of health clubs and founder of a line of fitness equipment I know the value of motivation and positive reinforcement that people need to be healthy and to exercise. I founded Its My Bod to create a truly innovative and inspiring Healthy Activity Rewards Program to promote greater fitness awareness by providing adults and children with rewards based incentives to motivate them to exercise regularly and watch their diets.
Members are motivated to maintain a Healthy Lifestyle by earning Healthy Activity Points and receive positive reinforcement when redeeming those points for discounts and gift cards with participating local and national retailers, restaurants, airlines, car rentals, cruise lines, and hotels. The program is fun and promotes healthy competition among family members to earn greater rewards by continuing to maintain their healthy activities and lifestyles.
Much of the excitement about the Program is about how easy and fast it is to accrue points and redeem valuable awards. Visit www.ItsMyBod.com to see the wide array of Redemption Partners along with the Healthy Activities categories in our Workout Log that make this Program attractive to everyone.
In 2006, MLS will provide opportunities for kids and adults nationwide to get out and play.
MLS Futbolito is the official 4v4 competition of Major League Soccer. The 16 event tour is open to amateurs of all ages, and features not only fast paced soccer action, but activities for everyone in attendance.
The Jetix Kids Cup is a 5v5 youth soccer tournament, produced by Disney and Major League Soccer. The competition is open to kids ages 7-12, with events in three major cities. The U12 winners advance to play in Germany for the International Jetix Kids Cup title!
As president of an accredited (continuing education for Doctors and Fitness Trainers) educational provider, New York Strength Inc., I will work to promote the programs and messages of the PCPFS through
- Our seminar with Physicians and Fitness Trainers
- Our community service initiatives (CityStrength tm)
- Our work with Professional and Olympic Athletes at my studio in New York (The Center for Strength & Performance).
The YMCA of Greater New York is a community based organization, which promotes positive values through programs that build spirit, mind and body welcoming all people, with a focus on youth.
Our site is called the I.S. 347/349 Beacon and has been located for the past 12 years inside of a New York City Public School facility. We currently operate a year round program for both youth and adults. Our promise to promote physical activities to the adolescent population is summarized below in our course offerings:
- Baseball League offered during the summer months to youth participants ages 8-14.
- Football League offered on weekends during the fall and winter months to our teen, population ages 15-18.
- Basketball league offered to our youth during the winter and spring season. We offer activities for youth ages 12-14 and 15-17.
- Path fitness program offered to after school youth ages 6-14 as a part of our after school curriculum.
- Cooking/Nutritional programs for young girls ages 10-14 offered during the spring season.
Pinnacle Performance is a personal training service to help individuals meet their fitness and performance goals. Activities during the 50th anniversary year include community presentations that promote the benefits of physical activity to local business and groups.
Working with both the young and mature adult, You're in Charge! strives to provide quality preventive/wellness educational workshops, support services and resources to help our members stay healthy, active and independent.
Through our physical education classes for the older adult members of Preferred Care, we will be encouraging our members to continue being active outside and inside the exercise classroom. We will be providing members with informational flyers, giving tips for adding physical activity into their daily life and proper work-out attire. These handouts will also be distributed to other local Fitness Centers who are part of the SilverSneakers program through Preferred Care. Also we will be highlighting local area mall walking maps and outdoor walking routes for adults who would like to add walking into part of their daily life.
As a certified personal trainer, USA Track and Field Coach, and the creator of Punk Rope group fitness program, I have been promoting physical activity in my community, state, and beyond for nearly 8 years. I take every opportunity available to preach the benefits of an active and healthy lifestyle, whether it be to my friends, family members, advisees at Hunter College, training clients, or Punk Ropers. In addition to teaching two group fitness classes each week, I also lead a spring-time running program, and oversee a jogging club at Hunter. My goal is to get all Americans moving.
The mission of ReelFitness.com, LLC is to help both kids and adults to become healthier and more fit by the implementation of in home personal training and the production of fitness DVD’s.
This year we produced/directed a kids fitness video entitled the “Fantastically Fit Kids Workout” to help in the fight against childhood obesity. It’s the first kids fitness DVD to incorporate both resistance training (which, as you know, the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports has deemed essential to weight control) and yoga into one routine. We made this video with the intention of helping every child throughout the USA attain fitness in an affordable and fun manor.
We strive to enrich and extend the lives of seniors by providing life-enhancing and empowering fitness programs. By continually developing innovative exercise, balance and fall prevention techniques, seniors will benefit from improved physical conditioning, greater confidence, better balance and overall wellness.
We will promote and encourage physical activity at every opportunity. To name a few:
Board Meetings and other meetings
Senior Centers
Older Adult Programs
Speeches
Exercises classes
Workshops and Seminars for Professionals
Any and all government or civic affairs where appropriate
Book Sales
Any other affairs that would be appropriate
A specially made Steps Across America pedometer will be walked across America by a team of 12 walkers taking approx 14 weeks, starting April 2006. The pedometer’s journey and wellness message will be promoted with PR events in NY, Washington DC, Bentonville and LA. 300 events will take place along the route of march in Wal-Mart stores and at local venues. 2,000 “Well-tailtainment Celebrations” will be held at Wal-Marts around the country in April and May. The “Steps Across America” President's Challenge will be communicated at events. A free Fitness Guide will be distributed with info on how to register for the challenge.
Beginning in September 2005, WNED and ThinkBright Lifelong Learning launched a nine-month television and outreach initiative called "b-Healthy for Life." The purpose of the project is to provide information and resources to people to help keep them healthy throughout their lives.
The content for this initiative is being delivered on multiple formats including broadcast television, radio, outreach and the Web. This approach reaches the maximum viewers with multiple exposures to the project and its information.
Like other communities across America, Western New York struggles with high rates of stroke and heart disease. Given this major need, "b-Healthy for Life" aims to create a culture for health that supports preventive, healthy lifestyle choices.
Goals:
- Promote a healthy lifestyle involving eating right, increasing physical activity, and reducing stress.
- Prevent heart, diabetes and stroke disease as well as obesity.
- Close the gap between good intention and behavior.
Guiding Principles:
- Create a culture for health in Buffalo.
- Focus on energy and balance in family health.
- Use informative programming and news to inspire people.
- Engage young people as champions for health and link health to academic achievement.
- Promote interdisciplinary and inter-sector collaboration.
- Work through gate-keeping organizations and existing health networks to accomplish our goals.
- Connect health to community building.
In an effort to combat the alarming physical and psychological health hazards affecting America’s young girls, the Women’s Sports Foundation is launching a multi-million dollar initiative to get one million inactive girls to participate in regular physical activity and keep another one million currently active girls ages 8-18 from dropping out of physical activity. Launched on the occasion of the Foundation’s 30th anniversary, the initiative - GoGirlGo! – is a national education and awareness campaign to arm adults and girls with tools to enable girls to live an active lifestyle and educate others about physical activity.
Our YMCA currently serves 10,000 people in five communities in Central NY. Our youngest member is three months old and our eldest is 96; both come three times per week. We will offer a vast number of physical activities, sports and healthy choices for our communities and partner with our city governments, schools, hospitals and community based organizations to generate thinking about healthy lifestyles and activating America. We will incorporate a “Mayor’s Challenge” for our five areas to compete for healthy lifestyles through the YMCA. With this way of thinking, our kids will fight obesity, live longer than their parents, and keep the momentum going forever.
The Yomenco Project is a media program Doc Film/DVD/video/TV Programming and on-site programming/training which effects positive change in senior populations.
The program has received the attention of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; several professors will be studying these techniques. The scientific studies show that dance/movement/meditation therapies are the most effective preventative for Alzheimer’s, Dementia, pain management and slowing cognitive decline.
The following benefits of the program have also been observed:
- Develop more loving relationships between the staff and residents
- De-stress the staff
- Reduce chemical dependence
- Improve sleep of the residents
- Improve behavior of the residents
- Improve state of mind of the residents
- Improve balance and reduce risk of falling
- Empower family members to visit more frequently
Yomenco is an effective and affordable physical therapy/exercise motivation/stress management for a group. It’s a little too sexy, a little too spiritual to feel like “health” or “wellness.” It is an effective therapy which engages all populations especially those facing health challenges such as the elderly and those in rehab.
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