Let's Get Healthy this Summer! 10,000 Steps per Day!

This summer my colleagues and I have joined the iVillage Get Moving now Community Challenge!

On behalf of iVillage I gave away 25 pedometers to my colleagues, so they can keep track of their daily steps.

Did you know that to stay healthy you should be taking 10,000 steps a day? How many steps do you take in a typical day?

This summer, iVillage and the President’s Challenge Program are working together to help 1 million Americans get active! With their six-week program you'll receive:

• DAILY EMAILS from members of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition: Cornell McClellan, personal trainer to the First Family; Drew Brees, Dominique Dawes, Allyson Felix, Grant Hill and Michelle Kwan; & Dan Barber
• ACTIVITIES to earn a Presidential Lifestyle Award (PALA)
• CHANCES to win daily prizes including a football signed by Drew Brees and a $100 giftcard giveaway

Married with Two Boys is proud to support iVillage and the President’s Challenge Program with this wonderful campaign!

For more information, please visit: http://challenges.ivillage.com/get-moving

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Mark Your Calendars! First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Campaign Event in Atlanta

Mighty Jumps Party and Play Center of Buckhead and Free Condoms and Lollipops.com have partnered to bring First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Campaign to Atlanta.  In 2010, President Barack Obama signed a proclamation declaring May as National Physical Fitness and Sports Month – so, what better way to commemorate both initiatives than by sponsoring Atlanta’s very first Family Fitness Challenge! 




Special guests include Big Brothers Big Sisters of Atlanta and the event will offer family-friendly competitions, such as jump rope, 3-legged race, sack race, and hula hoop contests, fun music, OMG Photo Booth, nutrition and health information resources, and provide healthy snacks for all participants.

The event is free for parents and/or guardians and entrance fees for children will be offered at a special rate.
Details on the event are below.

Mighty Jumps Indoor Party and Play Center
1019B Collier Road
Atlanta, GA 30318


May 21, 2011
10:30 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.


Cost: $8.99 per child - Parents exercise for free!

See you there!

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