Host an LMIC Event
Host an LMIC Event
Hosting an LMIC Event is a great way to get your community motivated about increasing their fitness and reaching their healthy eating goals. Events can range from relay races to basketball tournaments to healthy cooking seminars. Utilize these great resources and ideas to help make your LMIC event a success!
- ·Raise awareness for the event. Highlight the event in newspapers and community bulletin boards and post Let's Move! in Indian Country ads around your community! The ads are located at (Website)
- ·Involve leaders in the community as role models and participant in the event. Contact tribal officials, police officers, teachers, etc. to join you and spread awareness for the event.
- ·Consider partnering with local community groups, non-profits, faith based organizations, etc to create a week focused on fitness oriented and healthy eating events.
- ·Hold a Family Fitness Night! For step by step instructions on how to hold the event with ideas about activities, games, and more, go to: http://www.boxtops4education.com/familyfitnessnight/