LETS MOVE! FLORIDA POWERED BY FLIPANY 2nd Annual FLIPANY Health and Fitness Festival Kicks Off Corporate Wellness Challenge

May 14, 2011 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL – On Saturday, May 14th children participated in the Presidential Physical Fitness Challenge, a nationwide Let’s Move initiative, while families chopped, sautéed, and cooked a healthy turkey chili. All part of the 2nd annual FLIPANY Health and Fitness Festival, which provided access to free healthy activities and raised money for FLIPANY’s upcoming Corporate Wellness Challenge.
The event took place at Huizenga Plaza in Ft. Lauderdale and included over 20 vendors from the community who educated the participants about health and wellness programs.

We want to thank United Healthcare for sponsoring the Kids’ Zone and helping us provide kids with the opportunity to participate in the Presidential Physical Fitness Challenge as well as Whole Foods Market, our corporate food sponsor, said Lynne Kunins, Executive Director of FLIPANY.

This event was part of the Let’s Move Florida initiative which brings First Lady Obama’s Let’s Move Campaign to Florida by supporting the expansion of FLIPANY’s free and low-cost health and wellness classes, access to nutritious foods in school and afterschool, as well as making environmental changes in cities to encourage healthy lifestyles.

FLIPANY’s new initiative, the Corporate Wellness Challenge, gives corporate employees access to health and fitness professionals while creating an environment of social accountability and team building. FLIPANY professionals work with the corporations to custom build a wellness plan and then deliver nutrition counseling, workshops, and fitness classes to the corporations’ employees. As an incentive, participating corporations and businesses will compete against each other at the FLIPANY Fun Run 5K race in January 2012 and have an opportunity to be named The Let’s Move Florida Corporation of the Year

Interested corporations and local businesses should email Kerri Louati, RD, LD at klouati@FLIPANY.org to get more information.

FLIPANY, (Florida Introduces Physical Activity and Nutrition to Youth), is a local non-profit organization established in 2005, which provides affordable physical activity and nutrition education to low income youth and their families. FLIPANY’s mission is to empower youth and adults through physical activity and nutrition programs by raising awareness and creating policy changes for healthier communities. For more information about FLIPANY email Jeannie at Jnecessary@flipany.org , visit www.FLIPANY.org, or call 954-636-2388

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