Win awards for healthy lifestyles. (Tip-Off).If you attended the NRPA NRPA National Recreation and Park Association NRPA Natural Resources Protective Association (Staten Island, NY) NRPA Niagara Regional Police Association (Canada) NRPA National Rifle and Pistol Association National Congress & Exposition in Tampa, you heard Lynn Swann Lynn Curtis Swann (b. March 7, 1952, Alcoa, Tennessee) is a former professional football player, sports broadcaster and a Republican politician. As a youth, Swann went to Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California, later attended the University of Southern , chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports is an American government organization that aims to "promote, encourage and motivate Americans of all ages to become physically active and participate in sports". , communicate the importance of park and recreation agencies for our nation's health and fitness agenda. He asked our profession to help Americans of all ages to be physically active every day. Now he's giving us a tool to help get the job done. The Presidential Active Lifestyle Awards are designed to help Americans of all ages commit to being active for life. By engaging in regular physical activity five days a week for six weeks, participants can earn an award patch. There are no fitness requirements or tests. Adults must complete at least 30 minutes a day of physical activity five days a week; the standard for children is 60 minutes. The award is for any kind of movement, such as walking, sweeping the floor, taking the stairs instead of elevators, using a pedometer pe·dom·e·ter n. An instrument that gauges the approximate distance traveled on foot by registering the number of steps taken. pedometer Noun to accumulate steps or active play. This award is easy to incorporate into current fitness programs and can be done multi-generationally as well. In the future, according to Swarm, Americans will be able to track their activities on a new President's Challenge Web site that's under development. The site will be free, interactive and available to recreation centers, hospitals, health care providers, schools--any individual, business, or organization that wants to promote the active lifestyle. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , individuals can start earning an award using a paper activity log available through the Council. Participation is free, although there's a nominal fee for the award itself, an embroidered em·broi·der v. em·broi·dered, em·broi·der·ing, em·broi·ders v.tr. 1. To ornament with needlework: embroider a pillow cover. 2. Presidential patch and certificate. You can get activity logs for the Presidential Active Lifestyle Awards by calling 202-690-9000 or downloading them from www.presidentschallenge.org and www.fitness.gov. |
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